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Chapter 9
Butshehadthatqueersortofbossiness,endlessassertionofherownwill,whichisoneofthesignsofinsanityinmodernwoman.Shethoughtshewasutterlysubservientandlivingforothers.Cliffordfascinatedherbecausehealways,orsooften,frustratedherwill,asifbyafinerinstinct.Hehadafiner,subtlerwillofself-assertionthanherself.Thiswashischarmforher.
Perhapsthathadbeenhischarm,too,forConnie.
’It’salovelyday,today!’MrsBoltonwouldsayinhercaressive,persuasivevoice.’Ishouldthinkyou’denjoyalittleruninyourchairtoday,thesun’sjustlovely.’
’Yes?Willyougivemethatbook--there,thatyellowone.AndIthinkI’llhavethosehyacinthstakenout.’
’Whythey’resobeautiful!’Shepronounceditwiththe’y’sound:be-yutiful!’Andthescentissimplygorgeous.’
’ThescentiswhatIobjectto,’hesaid.’It’salittlefunereal.’
’Doyouthinkso!’sheexclaimedinsurprise,justalittleoffended,butimpressed.Andshecarriedthehyacinthsoutoftheroom,impressedbyhishigherfastidiousness.
’ShallIshaveyouthismorning,orwouldyouratherdoityourself?’Alwaysthesamesoft,caressive,subservient,yetmanagingvoice.
’Idon’tknow.Doyoumindwaitingawhile.I’llringwhenI’mready.’
’Verygood,SirClifford!’shereplied,sosoftandsubmissive,withdrawingquietly.Buteveryrebuffstoredupnewenergyofwillinher.
Whenherang,afteratime,shewouldappearatonce.Andthenhewouldsay:
’IthinkI’dratheryoushavedmethismorning.
