4/24 Ink is my opium, and the pen my nigger, and he must dig up gold for me. Danvers, you can make ready to dress me when I ring.' Emma helped the beautiful woman to her dressing-gown and the step from her bed. She had her thoughts, and went down to Redworth at the breakfast-table, marvelling that any husband other than a madman could cast such a jewel away. The material loveliness eclipses intellectual qualities in such reflections. |