32/53 I'm continually afraid lest she should find the house dull. My husband and myself are alone. My eldest girl was married three months ago, my younger one is just gone to Germany, and my son is spending half a year in the United States; the mother finds herself a little forsaken. It was really more than kind of Beatrice to come and bury herself with me for a week or two.' She passed by tactful transition to the matter in hand. I never yet knew any one who could talk with Emily without feeling deep interest in her. |