"You remember what I said to you?" she resumed. "That I would cease
to rebel, whatsoever Mr. Harley asked me to do, unless he insisted
upon marrying me to a man I did not love?"
"I do," I replied. "And, as far as I am aware, you have stuck by
your agreement. Stuart, I doubt not, has by this time got ready for
his finishing-touches."
"Your surmise is correct," she answered, sadly; and then, with some
spirit, she added: "And they are finishing-touches with a vengeance.
I have been loyal to my word, in spite of much discomfort. I have
travelled from pillar to post as meekly as a lamb, because it fitted
in with Stuart Harley's convenience that I should do so. He has
taken me and my friend Mrs. Willard to and through five different
summer resorts, where I have cut the figure he wished me to cut
without regard to my own feelings. I have discussed all sorts of
topics, of which in reality I know nothing, to lend depth to his
book. I have snubbed men I really liked, and appeared to like men I
profoundly hated, for his sake.
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