very much." She also says that they had been "little lovers once" and that she might have come to "persuade" herself that she really loved him and might have married him and "been most wretched." She then assures her husband, ". Annie admits that before she married the Doctor she had liked Jack Maldon "very much. Annie then dispels the suspicion that she married the Doctor for his money and exposes her mother as the opportunist. It is left up to David to explain the suspicion that Uriah Heep has aroused in her husband. Strong will only say that it is not her fault. Annie kneels in front of her husband and begs him "to break this long silence." Dr. Dick supports her on his arm and lays the other hand upon the Doctor's arm. Annie glides into the room "pale and trembling." Mr. Everyone goes into the study, where David notices Mr. Markleham is pleased about this and thinks that it is only right. Markleham is at the house and says that she has just overheard the Doctor making out a will in which he leaves everything to Annie. Then one evening in the autumn, David and his aunt visit Dr. Devoted to her." "Then I've got it, boy!" Mr. He asks if the Doctor is angry with her, and David replies, "No. Dick expresses his concern over the marital drift between the Doctor and his wife. Dick will soon "distinguish himself in some extraordinary manner." Aunt Betsey, while speaking with David, predicts that Mr. Dick becomes disturbed over this because both Dr. Markleham widens the gap between the couple. Strong encourages Annie to get out more, the selfish Mrs. Markleham, the "Old Soldier," drags Annie around to operas, concerts, and other forms of entertainment, even though Annie would prefer to stay at home. Strong and observes that his marriage is becoming more troubled.
0 kommentar(er)
