"But I'd make you a very quiet, sociable wife, you know. I can ride to hounds, cook, sew clothes for old people, and drive a motor. What higher qualifications do you want?" "Ah! That's what I'm afraid I don't possess, any more them you do," she laughed. "It isn't a family characteristic. With us, it's everyone for herself," and she beat a tattoo upon the window-pane with the tips of her slim, white fingers.…
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