The two lovers sat together, and their sole discourse turned upon Jack and his ill-fated mother. “I wonder,” said Ann Veronica at last, “if I am beautiful? I wonder if I shall ever shine like a light, like a translucent goddess?— “I wonder— “I suppose girls and women have prayed for this, have come to this—In Babylon, in Nineveh. At the back of her mind there seemed always one irrelevant qualifying spectator whose presence she sought to disregard. Gerald, meanwhile, was off hunting up these lawyers, together with your son, ma’am—’ turning to Mrs Sindlesham ‘—and you know the outcome of that. He jumped back, cursing. “No,” said her brother, conclusively, “it’s not for a parent to go on persuading a child. There were moments when she doubted whether the whole mass of movements and societies and gatherings and talks was not simply one coherent spectacle of failure protecting itself from abjection by the glamour of its own assertions. A piece of old blanket was fastened across her shoulders, and she had no other clothing except a petticoat. Never be downhearted. We can’t even protect them from themselves. She dropped on her knees by his side, and gently unbuttoned his waistcoat. Utter silence answered him. The recollection of the forlorn and loveless years—stirred into consciousness by the unexpected confrontation—bent her as the high wind bends the water-reed.
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