Her Faithful Knight — page 144: what you’re looking at

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140 Darcy’s Mother. loved by women of all classes, might have looked higher and chosen either an heiress or some lady in his own rank of life. But when I saw you 3 “Me, Lady Derrick, when you saw me?” “T realized,” pursued the widow calmly, “that you are beautiful enough to excuse any young man’s folly, and that you are a lady and have a face full of nobility and goodness. And I thanked God that my boy had fallen into such good hands.” “Indeed, Lady Derrick,” cried Panky. ‘you ; are mak- ing a great mistake, and you have been troubling yourself without cause. Your son is nothing more to me than a kind and courteous manager, and I am nothing more to him than the actress who will play the chief part in his piece.” “You need not fear any opposition from me,” Lady Derrick said, evidently unconvinced by Dorothy’s out- burst. “I have always expected that Darcy would be un- influenced by worldly considerations in his choice of a wife. And I shall be so happy to know.that he is safely married to a woman who loves him and who is ey of him.” “T sincerely hope you will, Lady Derrick,” fair from Miss Knight, “but it will never be to me!’ “You know that my son loves you?” “Indeed, I do not! He has never hinted at such a thing. Had he attempted to do so, forgive me for say- ing so, but I certainly should not have allowed him to proceed.” Lady Derrick drew back in her seat and gazed at the young girl with cold suspicion. “Have you some other attachment, or—entanglement ?” she asked pointedly. “T cannot see that that has anything to do with it,” CO)! I] ANGLO (GC)