I do wish it had been she who had recovered! Did you see the exquisite old lace she sent me?\"
He had known that the moment must come sooner or later, but he had somewhat imagined that by force of willing he might hold it at bay.
\"Yes—I—no: yes, it was beautiful,\" he said, looking at her blindly, and wondering if, whenever he heard those two syllables, all his carefully built-up world would tumble about him like a house of cards.
I do wish it had been she who had recovered! Did you see the exquisite old lace she sent me?\"
He had known that the moment must come sooner or later, but he had somewhat imagined that by force of willing he might hold it at bay.
\"Yes—I—no: yes, it was beautiful,\" he said, looking at her blindly, and wondering if, whenever he heard those two syllables, all his carefully built-up world would tumble about him like a house of cards.
