You generally say
everything you want, and you need n't be afraid of me. He does n't spoil
me, simply because I am so bad I can't be spoiled; but that 's of no
consequence. I was spoiled ages ago; every one spoiled me--every one
except Mrs. Vivian. I was always fond of having everything I want, and I
generally managed to get it. I always had lovely clothes; mamma thought
that was a kind of a duty. If it was a duty, I don't suppose it counts
as a part of the spoiling. But I was very much indulged, and I know I
have everything now. Gordon is a perfect husband; I believe if I were
to ask him for a present of his nose, he would cut it off and give it
to me. I think I will ask him for a small piece of it some day; it
will rather improve him to have an inch or two less. I don't say he 's
handsome; but he 's just as good as he can be. Some people say that
if you are very fond of a person you always think them handsome; but I
don't agree with that at all. I am very fond of Gordon, and yet I am
not blinded by affection, as regards his personal appearance. He 's too
light for my taste, and too red. And because you think people handsome,
it does n't follow that you are fond of them. I used to have a friend
who was awfully handsome--the handsomest man I ever saw--and I was
perfectly conscious of his defects.
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