The Craze of Christina — page 29: what you’re looking at

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The Craze of Christina. 25 give you a greeting as soon as we heard that you were settled down. I knew your uncle well, and I’ve come, my dear Mr. Clifford, to be a mother to you, a mother, my dear boy, and I know what it is to have a mother’s heart, I can tell you!”’ : ‘“‘Searcely wonderful, with eight children, is it?’’ murmured Mrs. Bruhen softly. Mrs. Ommaney turned sharply round. ‘‘Oh—you, Mrs. Bruhen! I thought I de- scried somebody scorching with all her might on the right-hand drive. I might have guessed it would be you.”’ ‘You would have guessed rightly, dear Mrs. Ommaney,’’ replied the lady, with a suspicious sweetness of manner, ‘‘but for all my scorching I seem to have come in coolerthan youare. Do sit down; how terribly hot that heavy old tri- eycle makes you—why don’t you buy some- thing lighter and swifter? It can’t be good for the heart to work so hard!”’ Mrs, Ommaney glared, but disdained to reply. She took her enemy’s advice, however, and sank down upon a chair still breathless from her recent exertions. Clifford was heard once more to murmur, ‘“Very kind,’’ and then as an after-thought, he added that he was motherless for the moment, Comichookssco