5/28 To be sure, he got engaged to spite Selina, and she really did treat him badly, but I believe Miss Saul--such a horrid Hebrew name, isn't it--hypnotized him. He forgot her almost as soon as she died, in spite of his ridiculous idea of shutting up that house. And such valuable land as there is at Rexton too. Well, I hope this violent death of Selina will be a warning to Caranby. Not that I wish him any harm, in spite of your being next heir to the title, and we do need money." While Mrs.Mallow rambled on in this diffusive manner, Cuthbert was thinking. |