15/73 I care more for Alixe Ruthven than--than you give me credit for caring about anybody. People are never wholly worthless, Mr. Give me credit for one wholly genuine affection, and you will not be too credulous; and perhaps in future you and I may better be able to endure one another when Fate lands us at the same tea-table." Boots said respectfully: "I am sorry for what I said, Mrs.Pane.I hope that your friend Mrs.Ruthven will soon recover." Rosamund looked at Nina, the tears still rimming her lids. "I miss her frightfully," she said. "If somebody would only tell me where she is--I--I know it could do no harm for me to see her. |