But I'm glad I don't."
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@thatiliazdguy.bsky.socialBut I'm glad I don't."
@thatiliazdguy.bsky.social"You oughtn't to make me say too much.
@thatiliazdguy.bsky.socialShe shook her head in beautiful grave deprecation.
@thatiliazdguy.bsky.social"You conceive it a real escape then not to care for him?"
@thatiliazdguy.bsky.socialThat's Aunt Maud's security, though she doesn't yet fully recognise it—besides being Milly's own."
@thatiliazdguy.bsky.socialMilly's own state of mind, however," she went on, "is lucky.
@thatiliazdguy.bsky.socialWhat they think of their enemies, goodness knows, is bad enough; but I'm still more struck with what they think of their friends.
@thatiliazdguy.bsky.social"Yes," said Kate—"that's the way people are.
@thatiliazdguy.bsky.social"Takes him to her heart and yet thinks he cheats?"
@thatiliazdguy.bsky.socialDensher gave it his wonder.
@thatiliazdguy.bsky.socialNot really."
@thatiliazdguy.bsky.socialBut I mean Aunt Maud.
@thatiliazdguy.bsky.social"Yes—Milly either.
@thatiliazdguy.bsky.social"That Milly doesn't?"
@thatiliazdguy.bsky.social"The beauty is that she doesn't trust him."
@thatiliazdguy.bsky.socialKate seemed interested in the question, but "Oh he takes them easily," she answered.
@thatiliazdguy.bsky.social"If that interest—Mrs. Lowder's—takes the form of Lord Mark, hasn't he rather to look out for the forms *he* takes?"
@thatiliazdguy.bsky.social"With her own interest in you," Densher said while she reflected.
@thatiliazdguy.bsky.social"With his interest in me?"
@thatiliazdguy.bsky.socialHow does your aunt reconcile his interest in her—?"