14/20 An outwearied hopelessness expressed a passive sentiment very like indifference in the clear wide gaze. My proposal to her was Cadiz, with both our young ones. She will not.' And there is an end to that part of the question! Lady Arpington interpreted it, by the gaze more than the words, under subjection of the young woman's character. Nevertheless, she bore away Carinthia's consent to a final meeting with the earl at her house in London, as soon as things were settled at Croridge. |