9/38 All the same, it is just possible, I think, that they may come. Mr.Newthorpe needs society, however content he may believe himself. Annabel, to my surprise, does really seem independent of such aids. How wonderfully she has grown since I saw her two years ago! No, no, I don't mean physically--though that is also true--but how her mind has grown! Even her letters hadn't quite prepared me for what I found.' Egremont was leaning on the back of a chair, his hands folded together. Probably that will last for another year or so.' 'Less than human ?' 'Abstract, impersonal. |