2/16 "How did that happen ?" "Well," said Mrs.Maynard, "my husband desired it, and I consented. She has grown up a good girl, but of course I can't feel toward her as I feel toward my own children." "No, of course not," agreed Mrs.Corey. "The others are all your own ?" "Yes, they are my own." "She doesn't know this, does she ?" "Oh, no, we have never let her suspect it. She thinks I am her mother, and she thinks I love her as I do my own children. But it is hard for me to pretend affection for her, when I remember her humble origin." "Your husband? |