39/65 But you've promptly recognised it. It's the first time," Vanderbank went on, to let him down more gently, "that I've heard Mrs.Brookenham admit the girl's good looks." "Her own girl's? I myself, I must tell you, extremely like Nanda's appearance. I think Lady Julia's granddaughter has in her face, in spite of everything--!" "What do you mean by everything ?" Mr.Longdon broke in with such an approach to resentment that his host's gaiety overflowed. |