Animating Maria
“Emerson Maria sought out Amy, who was lying in her room, nursing her sore, stiff shoulder.
Breathlessly, Maria told her about the buildings off the Strand and then launched into a comparison between the Duke of Berham and the duke in the novel she had been reading.
Amy groaned. ‘You are worse than I thought,’ she said. ‘I have never heard such a piece of silliness in all my born days. Grow up!’ Maria coloured angrily. ‘You must admit, Miss Amy, it is disgraceful that he should be the owner of such property.’ ‘Take it from me, he probably doesn’t even know he’s got it,’ said Amy. ‘His agents and men of business handle things like that. Maybe it was not even his agents who bought the wretched place, but his grandfather’s. That is not what troubles me. You seem like an intelligent girl to me and yet you can easily dream up a picture of Berham having droit de seigneur with a lot of poor women when he could have practically anyone in society he wanted. Young girls’ dreams are one thing, Ma...ria; dangerous fantasies are another.MoreLess
Breathlessly, Maria told her about the buildings off the Strand and then launched into a comparison between the Duke of Berham and the duke in the novel she had been reading.
Amy groaned. ‘You are worse than I thought,’ she said. ‘I have never heard such a piece of silliness in all my born days. Grow up!’ Maria coloured angrily. ‘You must admit, Miss Amy, it is disgraceful that he should be the owner of such property.’ ‘Take it from me, he probably doesn’t even know he’s got it,’ said Amy. ‘His agents and men of business handle things like that. Maybe it was not even his agents who bought the wretched place, but his grandfather’s. That is not what troubles me. You seem like an intelligent girl to me and yet you can easily dream up a picture of Berham having droit de seigneur with a lot of poor women when he could have practically anyone in society he wanted. Young girls’ dreams are one thing, Ma...ria; dangerous fantasies are another.MoreLess
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