Ralph Ryder of Brent : a novel . CHAPTER IV. Nanny received very quietly her mother-in-laws involuntary confession. For itwas a confession. The vehement words,* Who told you ? forced out of her in amoment of terror, could not be explainedaway. Old Mrs. Ryder felt this, andshe walked to the nearest window withtottering feet, pushed up the sash, andleaned out, with her drawn face exposedto the night air, and to a fine rain whichhad just begun to fall. * You will get wet, said Nanny, verygentlv. RALPH RYDER OF BRENT She felt a pang of pity for this fragile-looking old lady, who had borne theweigh
Ralph Ryder of Brent : a novel . CHAPTER IV. Nanny received very quietly her mother-in-laws involuntary confession. For itwas a confession. The vehement words,* Who told you ? forced out of her in amoment of terror, could not be explainedaway. Old Mrs. Ryder felt this, andshe walked to the nearest window withtottering feet, pushed up the sash, andleaned out, with her drawn face exposedto the night air, and to a fine rain whichhad just begun to fall. * You will get wet, said Nanny, verygentlv. RALPH RYDER OF BRENT She felt a pang of pity for this fragile-looking old lady, who had borne theweight of a hideous secret for years andyears. The old lady started back, and for amoment Nanny thought, as the wrinkledface appeared to soften under the gaze ofher sympathetic eyes, that her mother-in-law was going to do the only wise andhonest thing, and to tell her frankly thewhole story. But the habits of a quarterof a century are not broken through in amoment; she was secretive by nature, asmost women are, and her tendency tound
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