This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt: ...no talent.... And then there were the children.... Gabrielle. We women have often to bury our talents in the summer of our life, but it may be that they flower the more plentifully in the autumn. To Mrs. HollesDaile. Don't you 'think so? Mrs. Hollesdaile. As a girl I fancied that I had a small gift for writing. And I ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt: ...no talent.... And then there were the children.... Gabrielle. We women have often to bury our talents in the summer of our life, but it may be that they flower the more plentifully in the autumn. To Mrs. HollesDaile. Don't you 'think so? Mrs. Hollesdaile. As a girl I fancied that I had a small gift for writing. And I certainly buried it--for I had no time--and it has flowered--here! She touches David on the shoulder. Gabrielle. Yes--that is the best use perhaps a woman can make of her gifts.... To Clara. Your house is deliriously walled in.... The garden runs right round it, I suppose? Clara. Yes. David. It would be quite a pleasant little garden but for the neighbours' spying windows. Gabrielle. A good place to take one's conscience to for an airing! Mrs. Hollesdaile. I am afraid the poor thing would be unhappy--the place is so very exposed! She laughs, David. Merrily. My mother has one of those big, overgrown consciences--very tender and pulpy--like a snail that's too fat to get back to its shell r Mrs. Hollesdaile. And Davie's is like a hedgehog, that pricks everyone else, but is very comfortable itself! David. Laughing. You see the liberties she takes with me. No man is a hero to his mother. Won't you take your jacket off, Mrs. Molyneux? It's very hot in here. Gabrielle. No, thanks; I've unfastened it. And I can't stop very long. Clara. Rises. If you will excuse me--I don't know why they're not bringing the tea. She goes out by tlie door on the right. Gabrielle. And the children--don't they come down? Mrs. Hollesdaile.. Would you really like to see them? Gabrielle. Oh, yes, please; I am very fond of children. Mrs. Hollesdaile. You have none of your own, Mrs. Molyneux? Gabrielle. I had a little girl, but she died. Mrs. Hollesdaile. Sympathetically. The o...
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