A Fair Fraud — page 106: what you’re looking at

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A Fair Fraud 95 ‘She plays very nicely, I think.’ ‘Yes, but nothing at all out of the way. And really, poor little girl—-we know that she is a pood, obedient child, John, but to a stranger she must seem very dull and ignorant --she is not even pretty.’ ‘Well, there I don’t agree with you, my love. I think Marion is distinctly pretty-look- ing in her own quiet style—rather attractive, I may Say.’ Mrs Drury, who had been told this already by her son, began to wonder whether men looked at women with different eyes from their fellow-women. She herself could see nothing attractive in her little companion, and {t dis- tinctly annoyed her to heat her adinired either by her husband or her son. Neverthe- leas, if Mr Naylor admired her, so much the better, for what a wonderful and excellent thing it would be if he were to take her away right out of Kenneth’s path! Mrs Drury had not for- gotten that Kenneth had called Marion pretty, and had said terrible things concerning her nose and her lips! She had often shuddered at this memory. All the same, this thing must be too good to be true. Mr Naylor could uot be so misguided. Miracles do not take place in this matter-of-fact age. ‘He cannot mean anything serious,’ she said aloud, with sorrowful conviction, ‘It is cer- GOMMGIOO <S (GO) uu