15/21 "Unmarried ladies are always sensitive on the subject of age. I am sure I do not care who knows that my poor admiral was twenty years my senior. And _his_ age can be looked up in any book of reference. It would have been useless to try and conceal it,--a man so well known." "A woman is as old as she looks," said the canon, soothingly, for the annoyance of Miss Crewys was visible. "I am bound to say that Miss Crewys looks exactly the same as when I first knew her." "Of course, a spinster escapes the wear and tear of matrimony," said Miss Crewys, glaring at her widowed relative. |