. Under false colours . he replied,as they walked slowly through the corridor. Decent people ! echoed Lady Eosanne, with a slightbackward movement of her pretty head. Why notconfess honestly that you rejoice in being descended fromall these women with pale oval faces and stiff whitehands, and all these grave men in armour ? Mr. de Wilton is not in the least like any of them,said Cherry, speaking on impulse, and looking curiouslyat the portraits. Here is one with a beautiful melan-choly face of the Stuart type; did he ever do any greatthings ? He did a good many mean things, Arnold responded. A
. Under false colours . he replied,as they walked slowly through the corridor. Decent people ! echoed Lady Eosanne, with a slightbackward movement of her pretty head. Why notconfess honestly that you rejoice in being descended fromall these women with pale oval faces and stiff whitehands, and all these grave men in armour ? Mr. de Wilton is not in the least like any of them,said Cherry, speaking on impulse, and looking curiouslyat the portraits. Here is one with a beautiful melan-choly face of the Stuart type; did he ever do any greatthings ? He did a good many mean things, Arnold responded. And I believe these fellows owe a great deal to theirdress. Take away this ones ruff and decorations, and puthim into this jacket of mine, and what would he look likethen ? Considering the hideous garb that we men wearto-day, I think we are a tolerably good-looking lot. Men have degenerated, said Eosanne, with her airof superb disdain. They are perfectly aware of thefact, and so they are always trying to make excuses for. 498 ARNOLD DESCRIBES THE PORTRAITS TO CHERRY AND LADY ROSANNE. THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR, LENOX ANDTILDEN FCUr:DAT!O:S. A PRETTY SOPHIST. 103 themselves. After all, how can we expect them to bewhat their ancestors were ? These knights had causesworth fighting for in their day; but now Oh, do you think there is no cause worth fighting fornow ? cried Cherry, with a sudden flush. Is therenot always the right that lacks assistance? But there are hundreds of different rights, and onereally doesnt know which to assist, replied Eosanne,with a look of amusement. Life is a complicated thingnow-a-days; it was simpler in the past. Still, there are certain causes that may always besafely and justly defended, said Cherry, quietly. Are there ? I am not sure about that. If you takethe part of the crushed, somebody proves quite clearlythat you have been cruelly unjust to the crushers. Andif you go over to the crushers, somebody else instantlyshows, with equal clearness
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