Citation de MegGomar
Jogging back to Holborn in the hackney carriage Mary Anne decided
upon two things. The first, to remember in future that face value counted for
nothing, that every act of apparent generosity hid an ulterior motive, and
one motive only when the benefactor was male. The second, not to return
home until she was married, when, flaunting a ring and her marriage
certificate, she would have the whip hand of her mother. Mary Anne would
be the benefactress then. The daughter-in-law of rich Mr. Clarke of Snow
Hill would have a very different status from Miss Farquhar of Black Raven
Passage. No necessity for lodgers anymore. Her mother, Isobel, the boys,
would appreciate at long last the better days. Mrs. Joseph Clarke would
keep them all.
upon two things. The first, to remember in future that face value counted for
nothing, that every act of apparent generosity hid an ulterior motive, and
one motive only when the benefactor was male. The second, not to return
home until she was married, when, flaunting a ring and her marriage
certificate, she would have the whip hand of her mother. Mary Anne would
be the benefactress then. The daughter-in-law of rich Mr. Clarke of Snow
Hill would have a very different status from Miss Farquhar of Black Raven
Passage. No necessity for lodgers anymore. Her mother, Isobel, the boys,
would appreciate at long last the better days. Mrs. Joseph Clarke would
keep them all.