" Why, had she not a year or two the advantage of him in
youthfulness?
CHAPTER XX
THE HUSBAND'S RETURN
Gammon would gladly have answered in person Mrs. Clover's letter,
but he had promised Polly that he would neither visit the china shop
nor in any way communicate with her aunt. Polly had made a great
point of this, and he thought the reason was not far to seek; she
still harboured jealousy of her cousin, and no doubt it would be
delightful to make known, just how and when she herself saw fit, her
triumph over Minnie. So he kept away from Battersea Park Road,
though often wishing to spend an evening there in the old way, with
Mrs. Clover's bright face on one side of him and Minnie's modestly
bent head on the other.
It would have been so restful after all this excitement, for however
he tried to grasp the facts, Mrs. Clover and Minnie still seemed
remote from the world of wealth and titles; he could not change
their names or see them in any other position than that which was
familiar and natural. In talk with Polly he always rose to hilarious
anticipations, partly the result of amorous fervour; but this mood
did not survive their parting.
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