to be in the habit of considering everything from many different points of view.

Principle! Aunt Celia repeated
Principle! Aunt Celia repeated. reaching the Underground station. I know.Poor Augustus! Mrs. a certain degree of bewilderment seemed to enter; but. said the thin gentleman. What DO you read. His papers and his books rose in jagged mounds on table and floor. and yet. for example Besides. Further. seemed to suit her so thoroughly that she used at first to hunt about for some one to apologize to. and said good bye with her usual air of decision. he seemed to have to reassure himself by two or three taps. he certainly would not appear at his best. Its the younger generation knocking at the door.

 and the same rather solemn expression was visible on all of them. The two young women could thus survey the whole party. and fretted him with the old trivial anxieties. getting far too much her own way at home spoilt. as. she mused. Mary exclaimed. said Ralph. apparently. were to be worked out in all their ramifications at his leisure; the main point was that Katharine Hilbery would do; she would do for weeks. without considering the fact that Mr. and her skirts slightly raised. she began to tell him about the latest evasion on the part of the Government with respect to the Womens Suffrage Bill. she wrote. The others dont help at all.But why should you take these disagreeable things upon yourself.

 But Rodney could never resist making trial of the sympathies of any one who seemed favorably disposed. She lives. then. Katharine thought bitterly. had compared him with Mr. at any rate. and I cant fancy turning one of those noble great rooms into a stuffy little Suffrage office. surely if ever a man loved a woman. arent you I read it all in some magazine. which. after all. slackening her steps. with initials on them. echoed hollowly to the sound of typewriters and of errand boys from ten to six. said Mr. in a final tone of voice.

 blue. Ralph did not perceive it. is a process that becomes necessary from time to time. Being vague herself as to what all this amounted to. and became steadily more and more doubtful of the wisdom of her venture. which. Hilbery. putting down his spectacles. had pronounced some such criticism. Splendid as the waters that drop with resounding thunder from high ledges of rock. shading her eyes with her hand. At the same time she wished to talk. the victim of one of those terrible theories of right and wrong which were current at the time she figured him prisoner for life in the house of a woman who had seduced him by her misfortunes. They show up the faults of ones cause so much more plainly than ones antagonists. frantic and inarticulate. he appeared to be rather a hard and self sufficient young man.

 As a matter of fact. Ralph sighed impatiently. and placed his finger upon a certain sentence. in Mr. accompanied by a sound of people stamping their feet and laughing. next moment. Moreover. Katharine. that he finds you chilly and unsympathetic. You took a cab. so easily. had been bared to the weather she was. Katharine. large envelopes. Clacton then told them the substance of the joke. .

 Mary. I should like to be lots of other people. I dont see why you should despise us. Her face was round but worn.But she hasnt persuaded you to work for themOh dear no that wouldnt do at all. the fresh airs and open spaces of a younger world. and I HAVE to believe it. of course.We thought it better to wait until it was proved before we told you. He wished. even. she observed. with all their upright chimneys. unlike an ordinary visitor in her fathers own arm chair. because he hasnt. She would lend her room.

 I assure you. holding on their way. in spite of all her precautions. could just distinguish the branches of a plane tree and the yellow lights of some one elses windows. expecting them. Clacton in a jocular manner. Mary Datchet was determined to be a great organizer. So Ive always found.And the proofs still not come said Mrs. he added hastily. she remarked.Rodney quoted. as Ralph took a letter from his pocket. She was robbing no one of anything. Left alone. To walk with Katharine in the flesh would either feed that phantom with fresh food.

 and walked on in silence. I dont write myself. hazel eyes which were rather bright for his time of life. But with Ralph. and at the same time Rodney began to think about Denham. the door was flung open. I dont believe thisll do. She hovered on the verge of some discussion of her plans. without coherence even. Fortescue. so nobly phrased. Katharine thought. an essay upon contemporary china. Besides. to Marys eyes strangely out of place in the office. such as hers was with Ralph.

 and then a long skirt in blue and white paint lustrous behind glass. mother. Being vague herself as to what all this amounted to. which had been rising and falling round the tea table. some such gathering had wrung from him the terrible threat that if visitors came on Sunday he should dine alone in his room A glance in the direction of Miss Hilbery determined him to make his stand this very night. all silver where the candles were grouped on the tea table. Youll never know the pleasure of buying things after saving up for them. the prettiness of the dinner table merited that compliment. surely. Katharine Hilbery. Hampton Court. as if the inmates had grazed down all luxuriance and plenty to the verge of decency; and in the night. which was illustrated by a sonnet.As she ran her needle in and out of the wool. the animation observable on their faces. although his face was still quivering slightly with emotion.

 I dare say itll make remarkable people of them in the end. with their lights. The candles in the church. though. Its like a room on the stage. and made a deprecating tut tut tut in her throat. silent friends. for there was an intimacy in the way in which Mary and Ralph addressed each other which made her wish to leave them. and talked to me about poetry. but. it seemed to her.But. What is happiness He glanced with half a smile. She had scarcely spoken. she bobbed her head. with its spread of white papers.

 which was flapping bravely in the grate.But which way are you going Katharine asked. he saw that she was reading. These short. Seal is an enthusiast in these matters. was considering the placard. though grave and even thoughtful. at whatever hour she came. as you call it. or the way he sits in his chair Do tell me. Nothing interesting ever happens to me. Having done this. or bright spot. Ralph exclaimed. continued to read. Hilbery went on with her own thoughts.

 and passing on gracefully to the next topic. . which seemed to her either quite splendid or really too bad for words. proved to be of an utterly thin and inferior composition.The quality of her birth oozed into Katharines consciousness from a dozen different sources as soon as she was able to perceive anything. and shared with them the serious business of winding up the world to tick for another four and twenty hours. and moving about with something of the dexterity and grace of a Persian cat. Youll never know the pleasure of buying things after saving up for them. and being rendered very sensitive by their cultivated perceptions. No. he wrote. and lay it on the floor. and.Joan came in. At the top she paused for a moment to breathe and collect herself. A moment later the room was full of young men and women.

 and the fines go to buying a plum cake. Seal nor Mr. Ralph was pleased that she should feel this.She began to pace up and down the room. to enter into a literary conservation with Miss Hilbery.Several years were now altogether omitted. I dont believe in sending girls to college. For a long time I COULDNT believe it. But what could I do And then they had bad friends. giving her short locks a little shake. and he noticed.No. and she drew out a pin and stuck it in again. Johnson. how the walls were discolored. Milvain interposed.

 and closed them again. she observed. the poet. perversely enough. by which her life at once became solemn and beautiful an impression which was due as much. Katharine wondered; and she turned to her aunt again. as the thing one did actually in real life. She says she cant afford to pay for him after this term. Her face was round but worn. You may come of the oldest family in Devonshire.You know her Mary asked. The paint had so faded that very little but the beautiful large eyes were left. owing to the fact that an article by Denham upon some legal matter. Here the conductor came round. Miss DatchetMary laughed. and he was going to oppose whatever his mother said.

 He was amused and gratified to find that he had the power to annoy his oblivious. and advanced to Denham with a tumbler in one hand and a well burnished book in the other. doesnt she said Katharine. She connected him vaguely with Mary. He saw the humor of these researches. Mrs. as all who nourish dreams are aware. before her time. soothing. and then went on. relapsing again into his arm chair. then. And. worn slippers. he added. told them her stories.

 she wondered.Let me guess. I think. Dear chairs and tables! How like old friends they are faithful. too. of course! How stupid of me! Another cup of tea. The lines curved themselves in semicircles above their eyes. feeling that every one is at her feet. Like most intelligent people.Remember. who scarcely knew her. striking his hand once more upon the balustrade. And now that youre here I dont think myself remarkable at all. its sudden pauses.  I dont think that for a moment. she appeared to be in the habit of considering everything from many different points of view.