at the trees, at the green fields visible behind those trees, and at the leafless branches which surrounded the body of the small blue tit.

Her sympathy with nature was exquisite.
"Most women know by instinct whether they can give it or not," Lady Otway slipped in quickly, in rather a low voice, as if she wanted to get this said while her sister-in-law's attention was diverted.

"And if not--well then, my advice would be--don't marry." "Oh, but marriage is the happiest life for a woman," said Mrs.Hilbery, catching the word marriage, as she brought her eyes back to the room again.

Then she turned her mind to what she had said.
"It's the most INTERESTING life," she corrected herself.

She looked at her daughter with a look of vague alarm.