4/10 "She came with us, for we couldn't think of taking any of it for the house expenses if she was away; and, as it's not large, it's the more sacrifice she makes. But Sophia--Sophia might have been a very rich woman if she'd married the man she was engaged to. Mr.Monekton was only too anxious to settle everything upon her." Trenholme had positively started at these words. He did not hear the next remark. The eight years just passed of Sophia's life were quite unknown to him, and this was a revelation. |