Chapter 3

           Itwasalmosttwowhentheywentintothedining-room.Backandforthoverthedesertedtablesaheavypatternofbeamsandshadowsswayedwiththemotionofthepinesoutside.Twowaiters,pilingplatesandtalkingloudItalian,fellsilentwhentheycameinandbroughtthematiredversionofthetabled’hôteluncheon.

           "Ifellinloveonthebeach,"saidRosemary.

           "Whowith?"

           "Firstwithawholelotofpeoplewholookednice.Thenwithoneman."

           "Didyoutalktohim?"

           "Justalittle.Veryhandsome.Withreddishhair."Shewaseating,ravenously."He’smarriedthoughit’susuallytheway."

           Hermotherwasherbestfriendandhadputeverylastpossibilityintotheguidingofher,notsorareathinginthetheatricalprofession,butratherspecialinthatMrs.ElsieSpeerswasnotrecompensingherselfforadefeatofherown.Shehadnopersonalbitternessorresentmentsaboutlifetwicesatisfactorilymarriedandtwicewidowed,hercheerfulstoicismhadeachtimedeepened.Oneofherhusbandshadbeenacavalryofficerandoneanarmydoctor,andtheybothleftsomethingtoherthatshetriedtopresentintacttoRosemary.BynotsparingRosemaryshehadmadeherhardbynotsparingherownlaboranddevotionshehadcultivatedanidealisminRosemary,whichatpresentwasdirectedtowardherselfandsawtheworldthroughhereyes.SothatwhileRosemarywasa"simple"childshewasprotectedbyadoublesheathofhermother’sarmorandherownshehadamaturedistrustofthetrivial,thefacileandthevulgar.

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