\" said Miss Jackson tartly.
\"I don't think Ellen cares for society; but nobody knows exactly what she does care for,\" May continued, as if she had been groping for something noncommittal.
\"Ah, well—\" Mrs. Archer sighed again.
Everybody knew that the Countess Olenska was no longer in the good graces of her family. Even her devoted champion, old Mrs. Manson Mingott, had been unable to defend her refusal to return to her husband.
\" said Miss Jackson tartly.
\"I don't think Ellen cares for society; but nobody knows exactly what she does care for,\" May continued, as if she had been groping for something noncommittal.
\"Ah, well—\" Mrs. Archer sighed again.
Everybody knew that the Countess Olenska was no longer in the good graces of her family. Even her devoted champion, old Mrs. Manson Mingott, had been unable to defend her refusal to return to her husband.
