Elizabeth might laugh at her and call her grannie, but in her secret
thoughts Dinah cherished a fond idea of a little fair-haired girl
whom she would mother for Cedric's sake.
And now first Malcolm and then Elizabeth had given her this charming
new idea.
"I am afraid you will be shocked," she said presently, "but I do not
think I shall be so dreadfully disappointed if Cedric does fail in
his Civil Service Examination. He might have to go to India, you
see, and it would be so much nicer to keep him in England."
"The heart of man, and woman too, is deceitful and desperately
wicked," and Elizabeth heaved a deep sigh. "To think that you can be
so selfish, Die, as to build up your happiness on the poor lad's
ruined hopes," and then she burst out laughing and took her sister
by the shoulders. "Grannie," she said solemnly, "you just idolise
that boy. If it would do him any good you would lie down and let him
trample on you. Have I not often warned you that if you go on like
this you will turn him out a full-fledged tyrant? Human nature--
masculine human nature I mean," correcting herself--"will not stand
it.
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