12/21 Please don't think I apply that word to you." "Oh, but it is very applicable," replied Cecily, with a laugh. "I think you are quite right; I often enough have the same feeling. But I am full of inconsistencies--as you are finding out, I know." Mrs.Lessingham displayed good nature in her intercourse with the Denyers. She smiled in private, and of course breathed to Cecily a word of warning; but the family entertained her, and Madeline she came really to like. With Mrs.Denyer she compared notes on the Italy of other days. |