She even spoke amiably of Carlotta.

I have not had so thoroughly enjoyable a day with Judith for a long time.
I don't think she set herself deliberately to please me.

That I should resent.

I know that women in order to please an unsuspecting male will walk weary miles by his side with blisters on their feet and a beatific smile on their faces.

But Judith has far too much commonsense.
Another pleasing feature of the day's jaunt has been the absence of the appeal to sentimentality which Judith of late, especially since her return from Paris, has been overfond of making.