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" Here Malcolm paused.
"You mean Miss Sheldon has to work too?" observed Cedric.
"Yes, I mean that," returned Malcolm slowly. "She is very fond of my
mother--they are much attached to each other--but there is no doubt
that Anna works too hard. You can see now," he went on hurriedly,
"why I thought it better to take rooms for myself. I was not in
sympathy with my mother's pursuits; and when I left Oxford I soon
began to realise that life was impossible under my mother's roof.
The separation was painful to us both, and it nearly broke Anna's
heart, but at the present moment I do not think that any of us
repents of my action."
"You are all right now, Herrick?"
"Yes, I am all right, as you will see for yourself on Friday. My
crib just suits me. I have excellent companionship when I want it,
or solitude if I prefer it, and though life at Cheyne Walk is a
trifle Bohemian after Queen's Gate, I would not exchange it for a
palace."
"I am so glad to hear you say that. But, Herrick, I begin to be
afraid, don't you know, that you will find the Wood House slow.


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