[Gutenberg 3367] • A Hazard of New Fortunes — Volume 2
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- Authors
- Howells, William Dean
- Tags
- domestic fiction , new york (n.y.) -- fiction , social classes -- fiction , moving , city and town life -- fiction , middle-aged persons -- fiction , married people -- fiction , household -- fiction
- Date
- 1889-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.11 MB
- Lang
- en
Excerpt from A Hazard of New Fortunes a Novel, Vol. 2 of 2
Mrs. Horn believed in the world and in society and its unwritten constitution devoutly, and she tolerated her niece's benevolent activities as she tolerated her aesthetic sympathies because these things, however oddly, were tolerated - even encouraged by society; and they gave Margaret a charm. They made her originality interesting. Mrs. Horn did not intend that they should ever go so far as to make her troublesome; and it was with a sense of this abejant authority of her aunt's that the girl asked her approval of her proposed call upon the Dryfooses. She explained as well as she could the social destitution of these opulent people, and she had of course to name Beaton as the source of her knowledge concerning them.
"Did Mr. Beaton suggest your calling on them?"
"No; he rather discouraged it."