43/53 And as for her looks, why, if you'll believe me, after we'd been married three months, I didn't know whether she had any looks or not. What are you smiling at, you young rogue ?" "Report did say that one look of Mrs.Armsworth's, to the last, would do more to manage Mr.Armsworth than the opinions of the whole bench of bishops." "Report's a liar, and you're a puppy! You don't know yet whether it was a pleasant look, or a cross one, lad. But still--well, she was an angel, and kept old Mark straighter than he's ever been since: not that he's so very bad, now. Though I sometimes think Mary's better even than her mother. That girl's a good girl, Tom." "Report agrees with you in that, at least." "Fool if it didn't. |