Before he
knew what she was doing, she bent forward and kissed his forehead.
"You poor boy," she said in a voice half laughing, yet so gentle that
he hardly recognized it, "don't take my teasing so much to heart. You
are only finding out like the rest of us that it is impossible not to
be human."
He could answer only by grasping her hand, ashamed of the weakness
which had betrayed him, and touched deeply by her kindness.
"Come," Mrs. Staggchase said, moving to the bell, and speaking in her
natural tone. "I have helped you to break your life into bits; I must
try to help you to put the pieces together into something better. You
must stay here for a while, and we'll consider what is to be done next.
Will you tell Patrick how to get your things from the Clergy House?
Take your old room. I'll see you at luncheon."
And as the servant appeared at one door she withdrew by another.
XXX
PARTED OUR FELLOWSHIP
Othello, ii. 1.
Berenice had abundant leisure to reflect upon her attitude toward her
lovers, for Mrs. Frostwinch was soon so seriously ill that it was
evident to all that the end was at hand.
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