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Chapter 1

           Shehadinmindatthemoment,richandpoor,highandlow;thegreatinbirthreceivingfromher,halfgrudging,somerespect,forhadshenotinherveinsthebloodofthatverynoble,ifslightlymythical,Italianhouse,whosedaughters,scatteredaboutEnglishdrawing-roomsinthenineteenthcentury,hadlispedsocharmingly,hadstormedsowildly,andallherwitandherbearingandhertempercamefromthem,andnotfromthesluggishEnglish,orthecoldScotch;butmoreprofoundly,sheruminatedtheotherproblem,ofrichandpoor,andthethingsshesawwithherowneyes,weekly,daily,hereorinLondon,whenshevisitedthiswidow,orthatstrugglingwifeinpersonwithabagonherarm,andanote-bookandpencilwithwhichshewrotedownincolumnscarefullyruledforthepurposewagesandspendings,employmentandunemployment,inthehopethatthusshewouldceasetobeaprivatewomanwhosecharitywashalfasoptoherownindignation,halfarelieftoherowncuriosity,andbecomewhatwithheruntrainedmindshegreatlyadmired,aninvestigator,elucidatingthesocialproblem.

           Insolublequestionstheywere,itseemedtoher,standingthere,holdingJamesbythehand.Hehadfollowedherintothedrawing-room,thatyoungmantheylaughedat;hewasstandingbythetable,fidgetingwithsomething,awkwardly,feelinghimselfoutofthings,assheknewwithoutlookinground.Theyhadallgonethechildren;MintaDoyleandPaulRayley;AugustusCarmichael;herhusbandtheyhadallgone.

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