51/52 You shall giva all you can think." He introduced her to a snuffy Portuguese priest with a list of semi-destitute widows as long as his cassock. As a strict Unitarian, Mrs.Cheyne could not sympathize with the creed, but she ended by respecting the brown, voluble little man. "I have now ver' good absolutions for six months"; and he strolled forth to get a handkerchief for the girl of the hour and to break the hearts of all the others. It was better to visit inland relatives till the coast was clear. |