Her first husband
must have been a man who greatly refined and educated her. We
can't ever get away from the fact that Daddy believed in her and
loved her."
"Yes," said Katy, "but he was a fooled man. She wasn't what we
thought she was. Many's the time I've stood injustice about the
accounts and household management because I wouldn't be wakin'
him up to what he was bound to for life."
"That doesn't help us," said Linda. "I must go in and face
them."
She handed her books to Katy, and went into the living room She
concentrated on John Gilman first, and a wee qualm of disgust
crept through her soul when she saw that after weeks of suffering
he was once more ready to devote himself to Eileen. Linda
marveled at the power a woman could hold over a man that would
force him to compromise with his intellect, his education and
environment. Then she turned her attention to Eileen, and the
shock she received was informing. She studied her an instant
incredulously, then she went to her and held out her hand.
"How do you do?" she said as cordially as was possible to
her."This is unexpected."
Her mind was working rapidly, yet she could not recall ever
having seen a woman quite so beautiful as Eileen. She was very
certain that the color on her cheeks was ebbing and rising with
excitement; it was no longer so deep as to be stationary. She
was very certain that her eyes had not been darkened as to lids
or waxed as to lashes.
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