6/21 Well, it's worth going in for, after all, isn't it? Denzil walked round the table and bent to lay his cheek against Lilian's. "What a reserve of energy in this timid little girl! Wait and see; who knows what sort of table you will preside at some day? Heavens! what a speech I'll give them at the Public Hall! It's bubbling over in me. I could stand up and thunder for three or four hours!" They gossiped a little longer, then Lilian went to prepare for her call upon Mrs.Powell, and Quarrier retired to the library. |