[Hetty Wesley by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch]@TWC D-Link bookHetty Wesley CHAPTER I 9/11
It gave her the ineffable touch of greatness which more than redeemed her shabby black gown and antique bonnet; and, on an afterthought, the old gentleman decided that it must have been beautiful in its day.
Just now it was pale, and one hand clutched the silk shawl crossed upon her bosom.
He noted, too, that the hand was shapely, though roughened with housework where the mitten did not hide it. She had scarcely glanced at him, and after a while he dropped his scrutiny and gazed with her across the ring. "H'm," said he, "dander up, this time!" "Yes," the lady answered, "I know that look, sir, though I have never seen it on _him_.
And I trust to see him wear it, one day, in a better cause." "Tut, madam, the cause is good enough.
You don't tell me I'm talking to a Whig ?--not that I'd dispute with a lady, Whig or Tory." "A Whig ?" She fetched up a smile: she had evidently a reserve of mirth.
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