Chapter XVI

           

           WhatfollowedshowedthatMrs.Stricklandwasawomanofcharacter.Whateveranguishshesufferedsheconcealed.Shesawshrewdlythattheworldisquicklyboredbytherecitalofmisfortune,andwillinglyavoidsthesightofdistress.Whenevershewentout—andcompassionforhermisadventuremadeherfriendseagertoentertainher—sheboreademeanourthatwasperfect.Shewasbrave,butnottooobviously;cheerful,butnotbrazenly;andsheseemedmoreanxioustolistentothetroublesofothersthantodiscussherown.Whenevershespokeofherhusbanditwaswithpity.Herattitudetowardshimatfirstperplexedme.Onedayshesaidtome:

           "Youknow,I’mconvincedyouweremistakenaboutCharlesbeingalone.FromwhatI’vebeenabletogatherfromcertainsourcesthatIcan’ttellyou,Iknowthathedidn’tleaveEnglandbyhimself."

           "Inthatcasehehasapositivegeniusforcoveringuphistracks."

           Shelookedawayandslightlycoloured.

           "WhatImeanis,ifanyonetalkstoyouaboutit,pleasedon’tcontradictitiftheysayheelopedwithsomebody."

           "Ofcoursenot."

           Shechangedtheconversationasthoughitwereamattertowhichsheattachednoimportance.Idiscoveredpresentlythatapeculiarstorywascirculatingamongherfriends.TheysaidthatCharlesStricklandhadbecomeinfatuatedwithaFrenchdancer,whomhehadfirstseenintheballetattheEmpire,andhadaccompaniedhertoParis.Icouldnotfindouthowthishadarisen,but,singularlyenough,itcreatedmuchsympathyforMrs.Strickland,andatthesametimegavehernotalittleprestige

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