19/27 "Miss Wishart does not care a straw for me. If she is in love with anybody, it is with Stocks." "I am much older than you, my dear, and I should know better. I may as well confess that I hoped it would be Mr.Stocks, but I can't disbelieve my own eyes. The child becomes wretched whenever she hears your name." "You are making me miserably unhappy, because I can't believe a word of it. I have made a howling fool of myself lately, and I can't be blind to what she thinks of me." Lady Manorwater looked pathetic. |