He did his best not to grin. She could not part with dignity. He looked at her reproachfully. ‘You mean I should give myself a dressingdown? Very well. She said”—Ann Veronica shivered again—“‘I hope it won’t make you uncomfortable, my dear’—like that—‘and whatever you do, do be careful of your hair!’ I think—I judge from her manner—that she thought it was just a little indelicate of us—considering everything; but she tried to be practical and sympathetic and live down to our standards. Niente. That’s where you go wrong. Not one of them but bore the marks of having been engaged in a recent and severe conflict. Hidden menace; a prescience of something dreadful about to happen. “To the best of my belief, I have not a single English acquaintance in the city. Anna glanced into her sister’s face, and rose to her feet. We have a very nice set of young people here too just at present, and you would soon make some friends. You're the first widow I ever heard of who could withstand that lure. There was also a curious interview at a big hotel with a middle-aged, white-powdered woman, all covered with jewels and reeking of scent, who wanted a Companion. "Rather in the way.
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