"Georgie"
cent chaps, but I don't think it 's a nice life for a lady—do you, Martin?"
I was silent; so was Drusilla. Georgie went on very earnestly.
"You see, she's had such a sickener now that she would be glad to give it up, I believe. I think Mr. Lappin has washed a little of the rosy bloom off the life for her just now. Don't be angry with me Drusilla."
Drusilla made an effort. "I never can be really angry with you, Georgie—at least not for long. But I don't think you ought to let yourself get so deeply interested in all kinds of girls, now that you are more than half engaged to Phillida. And how can I influence a girl I've never spoken to in my life, even if she is genuine?" She laughed helplessly. "Oh, Georgie, you know they always say they're clergymen's daughters, don't they, even in novels?"
"Upon my word," said I at last, "I think you must be mad. To bring us all this way on a wild goose—"
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