31/47 This queer, silly girl, who seemed to see nothing in the right light, frequently made her feel awkward. Mrs.Brent told her husband that she appeared to have no sense of dignity or proper appreciation of her position. She was breathless with amazement and turned rather faint with excitement, bewilderment and her sense of relief. She had to sit down in the vicarage kitchen for a few minutes and drink a glass of the thin vicarage beer. Just as she left the house Mrs.Brent suddenly remembered something she had forgotten. |