Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 109 June to November 1904 . her and the ordinary fastwoman,—there would be an end of thissilly ill-natured talk. Other womenmight be of the earth, earthy. Kitty wasa sprite, with all the irresponsibility ofsuch ethereal incalculable creatures. Themen and women — women especially—who gossiped and lied about her, who sentabominable paragraphs to scurrilouspapers,—he had one now in his pocketwhich had reached him at the Housefrom an anonymous correspondent,—-spoke out of their own vile experience,judged her by their own standards. Hismother, at any rate,—he pr
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 109 June to November 1904 . her and the ordinary fastwoman,—there would be an end of thissilly ill-natured talk. Other womenmight be of the earth, earthy. Kitty wasa sprite, with all the irresponsibility ofsuch ethereal incalculable creatures. Themen and women — women especially—who gossiped and lied about her, who sentabominable paragraphs to scurrilouspapers,—he had one now in his pocketwhich had reached him at the Housefrom an anonymous correspondent,—-spoke out of their own vile experience,judged her by their own standards. Hismother, at any rate,—he proudly thought,—ought to know better than to be misledby them for a moment. At the same time, something must bedone. Kitty had no doubt been be-having like a romantic, excitable child,with this unscrupulous man, whose recordwith regard to women was probablywholly unknown to her,—however fool-ishly she might plume herself on herknowledge of the world. What had Kitty,indeed, been doing with herself these sixweeks? Ashe tried to recall them in de-. HE READ IT, STANDING IN THE SILENT HOUSE
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