The Ladies' home journal . e. I like them. You cant hurt my feel-ings. Dont you think its a lovely house? Yes, I do. Did it have to be so big? Well, you know Nelson likes plenty ofspace, and we do have to do a lot of enter-taining. You see, one of these days Nelsonsgoing into politics. I think the ConservativeParty needs men like him. I expect youre right about that. Thisstaircase will be just the thing for your recep-tions. I can see you standing at the drawing-room door, graciously receiving the guests. Thats one reason we bouglit it, becauseof the staircase, and the size of the drawingroom.
The Ladies' home journal . e. I like them. You cant hurt my feel-ings. Dont you think its a lovely house? Yes, I do. Did it have to be so big? Well, you know Nelson likes plenty ofspace, and we do have to do a lot of enter-taining. You see, one of these days Nelsonsgoing into politics. I think the ConservativeParty needs men like him. I expect youre right about that. Thisstaircase will be just the thing for your recep-tions. I can see you standing at the drawing-room door, graciously receiving the guests. Thats one reason we bouglit it, becauseof the staircase, and the size of the drawingroom. Well, you must have liked it, saidMaud, or you wouldnt have chosen it. Itsall very handsome, she said more gener-ously. You mustnt mind me. You know wenever did like the same things. When Nelson came home, he greeted Maudwarmly and, after a seconds hesitation,kissed her cheek. She felt about Nelson muchas she felt about Letty. She was fond of himin spite of a number of things. Maudthought he had thickened and coarsened in. Well, make up your miml-if youre going^be the father, you rant be boss too. to the past two years. His face was more highlyctjlored, his neck seemed to have was a big, rather barrel-shai^d man, andshe now detected a slight iJomjKJsity in hismanner which struck her as new. She couldsee no gray in his thick dark hair, and U>r thefirst time wondered if he dyed it. His brjwneyes, small but pleasant and frequentlysmiling, were a trifle close together; thefleshiness of nose and lips suggested a sen-suality that his regular and ordered domesticlife belied. (It was Letlys claim that she hadfound the perfect husband.) Yet to Maudthere was something very likable alx)ut him. JHk asked Maud how her mother was andwanted to know why she hadnt come overtoo. Maud explained that her mothersonly sister had just been widowed and hermother had not liked to leave her so she came over with Lowell Pierce in-stead, said Letty mischievously. Im notsure shes n
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