She had been a dreamer, an adept at make-believe, but the poor coverings she had wrought for a dingy reality were now too threadbare to hide it.
He had made a sensation, had seen wonder and respect in dull
eyes, and tasted for a moment that esteem which he had singularly failed to
find elsewhere.
John Buchan - The Path of the King (1921)
2 comments:
Interesting literary characters there. I can see why they might be superficially attracted to one another, especially if they have recently become isolated from their usual friends. Any relationship or agreement between them would, however, be disastrous. I don't know why, but I get the impression that an evil continental nobleman has brought them together. I guess I read too many novels...
Sam - yes I think the delicate flowering of their relationship is already doomed by entrenched family hostilities and that evil continental nobleman. I read too many novels too.
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