"There! there!" she said, speaking as she would have done to a
fretful child, "you know what my father is."
"It seems to me that I am just beginning to learn," said the
widow bitterly, "and knowing how ready he is to believe ill of
me, I think it is better we should part for ever."
"But you'll never be Lady Braddock."
"Even if I married him, I am not sure that I should be, since I
learn that his brother is singularly healthy and comes of a long-
lived family. And it will not be pleasant to live with your
father when he has such a temper."
"That was only because he was excited. Think of your salon, and
of the position you wish to hold in, London."
"Ah, well," said Mrs. Jasher, visibly softening, "there is
something to be said there. After all, one can never find a man
who is perfection. And a very amiable man is usually a fool.
One can't expect a rose to be without thorns. But really, my
dear," she surveyed Lucy with mild surprise, "you appear to be
very anxious that I should marry your father."
"I want to see my father made comfortable before I marry Archie,"
said the girl with a blush. "Of course my father is quite a
child in household affairs and needs everything done for him.
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