Perdita (1981)
“I also wished to borrow evening slippers for her, and with this end in view, sought out John, hoping he might prevail upon Millicent’s patience in the matter. It did not occur to me there might be any irregularity in entering his room. I found him in the sitting room attached, just sitting alone, with a pensive look on his face.
“I did it,” he said, in fatal accents.
"Did what?” I asked, thinking he referred in some oblique way to Stornaway, and our predicament.
"Proposed. I am an engaged man, Moira. She said yes." "Oh! Congratulations, John. She is very nice. You will be happy.”
“I suppose you are wondering what I see in her?” he asked, on the defensive.
“Certainly not. You already told me she is very eligible.”
“It wasn’t the money. Perdie’s richer, and I would not take her for all the fish in the sea. Millie is not very pretty, and she’s not clever or anything like that. It is just that, somehow, she is comfortable. I feel right when I am with her. Smarter, braver, better." “She br...ings out the best in you.”MoreLess
“I did it,” he said, in fatal accents.
"Did what?” I asked, thinking he referred in some oblique way to Stornaway, and our predicament.
"Proposed. I am an engaged man, Moira. She said yes." "Oh! Congratulations, John. She is very nice. You will be happy.”
“I suppose you are wondering what I see in her?” he asked, on the defensive.
“Certainly not. You already told me she is very eligible.”
“It wasn’t the money. Perdie’s richer, and I would not take her for all the fish in the sea. Millie is not very pretty, and she’s not clever or anything like that. It is just that, somehow, she is comfortable. I feel right when I am with her. Smarter, braver, better." “She br...ings out the best in you.”MoreLess
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