A Declaration of Love

           ForthefirsttimeinherlifeBerenicenowponderedseriouslywhatshecoulddo.Shethoughtofmarriage,butdecidedthatinsteadofsendingforBraxmarortakingupsomesickeningchaseofanindividualevenlesssatisfactoryitmightbeadvisabletoannounceinasimplesocialwaytoherfriendsthathermotherhadlosthermoney,andthatsheherselfwasnowcompelledtotakeupsomeformofemploymenttheteachingofdancing,perhaps,orthepracticeofitprofessionally.Shesuggestedthiscalmlytohermotheroneday.Mrs.Carter,whohadbeenlongaparasitereally,withoutanyconstructivemonetarynotionsofrealimport,wasterrified.Tothinkthatsheand"Bevy,"herwonderfuldaughter,andbyreactionherson,shouldcometoanythingsohumdrumandprosaicasordinarystrugglinglife,andafterallherdreams.Shesighedandcriedinsecret,writingCowperwoodacautiousexplanationandaskinghimtoseeherprivatelyinNewYorkwhenhereturned.

           "Don’tyouthinkwehadbestgoonalittlewhilelonger?"shesuggestedtoBerenice."Itjustwringsmyhearttothinkthatyou,withyourqualifications,shouldhavetostooptogivingdancing-lessons.Wehadbetterdoalmostanythingforawhileyet.Youcanmakeasuitablemarriage,andtheneverythingwillbeallrightforyou.Itdoesn’tmatteraboutme.Icanlive.Butyou—"Mrs.Carter’sstrainedeyesindicatedthemiseryshefelt.

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