12/33 Dora is my friend, and I know her. And she has dissolved all her life and mind in Mr.Stanhope's life and mind, just as a lump of sugar is dissolved in water." Ruth laughed. "Can you not find a more poetic simile, Ethel ?" "It will do. This is an age of matter; a material symbol is the proper thing." "I am glad to hear she has dissolved her mind in Stanhope's," said Judge Rawdon. "Dora's intellect in itself is childish. |