The Craze of Christina — page 32: what you’re looking at

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28 The Craze of Christina. “That all depends on whether Mr. Clifford gets the right people to advise him about it,”’ remarked Miss Ashley dryly, and then it seemed to Clifford’s fevered imagination that in the moment of silence that followed, the three iadies glared at one another savagely. ‘Exactly so,’ said Mrs. Ommaney, with a fierce nod; ‘‘and that is why I am going to try and persuade Mr. Clifford to come back and lunch with me, so that he may talk to my Maud about it.’’ Hereupon Mrs. Bruhen and Miss Ashley ex- changed glances of scornful amusement, and went away whispering together into one of the windows. Mrs. Ommaney was not slow in seizing her opportunity. “‘My Maud,”’ she said in a low- ered voice to Clifford—‘‘that’s my eldest girl— has a positive genius for decorating houses. She will love to arrange and settle everything for you—papers, dadoes, ceilings, carved over-man- tels and encaustic-tile fireplaces; you can leave it all safely to her—she will manage everything for you!”’ ‘‘Indeed?”’ said Clifford, a little doubtfully; ‘that will be very kind of her.”’ ‘Only, of course, you must talk it over with her, and go into it together. She would not Gomichbooks (E(0)