“Better,” said Ann Veronica, with an unreal alacrity. "And the will?" he said, with forced calmness. ’ With care, she gave it an
English pronunciation. “You must remember,” she said, “that you yourself are responsible for your
altered looks. Gwen made an inquiry, and, directed by Mrs. ” She took his hand,
interrupting him. "
"Enschede?—her father? What's happened?" McClintock sat down. His brows drew a little nearer
together. "Mother!" she echoed,—"mother! why do you call me by that name?"
"Because you are my mother. I’ve seen Brewis Charvill, by the by. She put a
stool for him at a little distance from her own, and after he had seen the day’s
work he hesitated, and then plunged into a resumption of their discussion about
beauty. At times he seemed to be claiming
pity from her; at times he was threatening her with her check and exposure; at
times he was boasting of his inflexible will, and how, in the end, he always got
what he wanted. It's a sorry world," he went on. Any one less courageous than himself would have
abandoned the attempt from a conviction of its utter hopelessness; but, though it
might for a moment damp his ardour, it could not deter him.
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