Mistress of Brown Furrows
“And Carol felt vaguely anxious, a little maggot of doubt and unhappiness gnawing at her young and inexperienced heart.
“Young Winslow will probably go far,” Timothy remarked, when the silence was growing slightly oppressive. “He seems quite a bright lad, and he certainly has plenty of initiative. ”
“Do you think so?” Carol was not particularly interested. “He’s nice, but of course he’s very young,” she added. Her husband nodded. “That’s the point,” he said, with a grim inflection in his voice w...hich she quite failed to understand. “He is young!”
And after that they neither of them said anything until they got home.
CHAPTER FOURTEEN THAT night at dinner Timothy was unusually silent, and for the first time Carol was more or less ignored by him at a meal. He was punctilious enough when it came to passing her the various essential items on the table, but the few remarks he saw fit to make were addressed to his sister Meg. And Meg obviously thought this a little strange, for she glanced more than once at Carol in a mildly speculative fashion.MoreLess
“Young Winslow will probably go far,” Timothy remarked, when the silence was growing slightly oppressive. “He seems quite a bright lad, and he certainly has plenty of initiative. ”
“Do you think so?” Carol was not particularly interested. “He’s nice, but of course he’s very young,” she added. Her husband nodded. “That’s the point,” he said, with a grim inflection in his voice w...hich she quite failed to understand. “He is young!”
And after that they neither of them said anything until they got home.
CHAPTER FOURTEEN THAT night at dinner Timothy was unusually silent, and for the first time Carol was more or less ignored by him at a meal. He was punctilious enough when it came to passing her the various essential items on the table, but the few remarks he saw fit to make were addressed to his sister Meg. And Meg obviously thought this a little strange, for she glanced more than once at Carol in a mildly speculative fashion.MoreLess
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