7/14 My lord was only--a little queer before he knew her: His Mr.Woodseer may be encouraging her. You tell me the creature has a salary from him equal to your jointure.' 'Be civil to the man while it lasts,' Livia said, attentive to a degradation of tone--in her cousin, formerly of supreme self-containment. She brightened, and the little that it was, and the meanness of the satisfaction, darkened her. Envy of the lucky adventurer Mr.Woodseer, on her husband's behalf, grew horridly conscious for being reproved. |