in face of which he quickly asked himself if Mrs. Lowder had bethought herself of the American girl as a distraction for him, and if Kate's mastery of the subject were therefore but an appearance addressed to her aunt.
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@thatiliazdguy.bsky.socialin face of which he quickly asked himself if Mrs. Lowder had bethought herself of the American girl as a distraction for him, and if Kate's mastery of the subject were therefore but an appearance addressed to her aunt.
@thatiliazdguy.bsky.socialHe was moreover a little puzzled by this special harmony;
@thatiliazdguy.bsky.socialDensher really quite wondered if Aunt Maud knew how far Kate's devotion went.
@thatiliazdguy.bsky.socialIf she saw his intention in it she yet blinked neither with doubt nor with acceptance; she only said imperturbably: "Yes, she'll herself do anything for her friend; so that she but preaches what she practises."
@thatiliazdguy.bsky.socialBut Aunt Maud, wonderfully and facing him straight, took it as if her confidence were supplied with other props.
@thatiliazdguy.bsky.socialHe found pleasure in being able to give his hostess an account of his passage with Kate that, while quite veracious, might be reassuring to herself.
@thatiliazdguy.bsky.social*She* keeps me up—she has had so much to say about them."
@thatiliazdguy.bsky.socialThat's exactly, you know, what Miss Croy has been saying to me.
@thatiliazdguy.bsky.social"You're all looking after my manners.
@thatiliazdguy.bsky.socialHe at any rate could but try.
@thatiliazdguy.bsky.socialAffected, surprised by the coincidence of her appeal with Kate's, he asked himself quickly if it mightn't help him with her.
@thatiliazdguy.bsky.socialDon't, I only mean, in the press of other things, too much neglect her."
@thatiliazdguy.bsky.social"Well, one seemed rather to gather that you hadn't taken out the patent.
@thatiliazdguy.bsky.socialBut you must remember that, so far as her 'interest' is concerned, I myself discovered, I—as was said at dinner—invented her."
@thatiliazdguy.bsky.social"If you mean Miss Theale," he said, "I shall certainly not forget her.
@thatiliazdguy.bsky.socialYou'll find her really interesting."
@thatiliazdguy.bsky.social"Return to our little friend.
@thatiliazdguy.bsky.socialIt was an imperative "Wait a minute," by which she both detained and dismissed him; she was particular about her minute, but he hadn't yet given her, as happened, a sign of withdrawal.
@thatiliazdguy.bsky.socialWhat further occurred was that Aunt Maud, having released her, immediately had a word for himself.
@thatiliazdguy.bsky.socialThis personage had forestalled him in opening the door for her and was evidently—with a view, Densher might have judged, to ulterior designs on Milly—proposing to attend her to her carriage.