16/41 "No fool could do as she does. Remember, she's only a parson's daughter; and as for beauty--" "I don't admire her for one," said Crosbie. I wonder whether Dumbello likes it." Dumbello did like it. It satisfied his ambition to be led about as the senior lacquey in his wife's train. He believed himself to be a great man because the world fought for his wife's presence; and considered himself to be distinguished even among the eldest sons of marquises, by the greatness reflected from the parson's daughter whom he had married. |