Now,
Carrissima hesitated. She could easily have answered in such a way
that her hostess, with all her audacity, would have been silenced.
"I haven't spoken to Mark," she faltered, "since your marriage."
"How disappointing!" cried Bridget. "So, after all my efforts you
didn't follow the advice I gave you."
"No," said Carrissima.
"Why not?"
"Oh well, I couldn't," said Carrissima, and Bridget shrugged her
shoulders as if to put the topic aside.
"Did the colonel tell you," she inquired, "that Jimmy is going to stand
for Atlinghurst? Between us we are going to accomplish the most
wonderful things. He always insists that his mind is too independent
for the House of Commons, but I tell him a man must expect to sacrifice
some of his independence when he marries."
"In spite of all your theories!" suggested Carrissima.
"Of course," Bridget continued, "I quite understand that most people
believe Jimmy sacrificed a great deal more than that! Your brother
Lawrence, for instance! Oh dear, I can imagine exactly what he says!
Carrissima, there's one thing which makes me angry!"
"Only one?" said Carrissima.
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