22/46 The two men she left smoked in such silence as is one of the privileges of friendship. At last Penhallow said, "Of course, Mark, my wife is right, but I shall miss the girl. My wife cannot ride with me, and now I am to lose Leila. Confound it, rector, I wish the girl had less promise of beauty--of--well, all the Greys have it--attractiveness for our sex. |