And in these crowded four weeks, what had she learned? That all horizons were lies: that smiles and handshakes and goodbyes and welcomes were lies: that there were really no to-morrows, only a treadmill of to-days: and that out of these lies and mirages she had plucked a bitter truth—she was alone. Lost from all protection, all her family dead—as are mine. Restraining with an effort his intense curiosity, he talked of general subjects only, trying his best to entertain her. He forgot for the moment his own self-pity, the egotism of his own passionate love. They did not have to wait long. His salvation—if there was to be any—lay in her ignorance of life. The very old lady in the antimacassar touched Ann Veronica’s arm suddenly, and said, in a deep, arch voice: “Talking of love again; spring again, love again. Nice position. It is no good arguing about a thing like that. Whatever he wrote he was: he became this or that character, he suffered or prospered equally. But this time she wanted nothing for herself: she wanted something for Hoddy—success. I must tell you all about God’s land, this marvellous virgin country, with its silent forests and dazzling peaks. Manning, all this sort of thing is very well as sentiment, but does it correspond with the realities? Are women truly such angelic things and men so chivalrous? You men have, I know, meant to make us Queens and Goddesses, but in practice—well, look, for example, at the stream of girls one meets going to work of a morning, round-shouldered, cheap, and underfed! They aren’t queens, and no one is treating them as queens. Young and old were dressed in their gayest apparel; and it was evident from the smiles that lighted up every countenance, from the roguish looks of the younger swains, and the demure expression of several pretty rustic maidens, that a ceremony, which never fails to interest all classes,—a wedding,—was about to take place. " "There isn't an angel in heaven, Ruth, purer or sweeter than you are.
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