33/44 She's become--since she married--a woman to whom social power is a jewelled sceptre. Before then, she was what you see in that miniature--a little bit of a child with a pretty face that wanted kissing--and got it. Got it from me as well as others. I was fond of her, even after she married this man--a soldier; he's in the Guards, and after dinner sometimes thinks he has an eye to the situation in politics. |