ArcherhadbeenstunnedbyoldCatherine''ssummons; butthatsheshouldhavedecidedtoremainunderherroof——waslesseasytoexplain.
ArcherwassurethatMadameOlenska''sallowanceitwashardlyenoughtoliveon, inanysenseknowntotheMingottvocabulary; andnowthatMedoraManson, whosharedherlife, hadbeenruined, 'sofferfrominterestedmotives.
Shehadtheheedlessgenerosityandthespasmodicextravaganceofpersonsusedtolargefortunes, andindifferenttomoney; butshecouldgowithoutmanythingswhichherrelationsconsideredindispensable, 'sestablishmentsshouldcaresolittleabout "howthingsweredone." Moreover, asArcherknew, severalmonthshadpassedsinceherallowancehadbeencutoff; yetintheintervalshehadmadenoefforttoregainhergrandmother'.
; ; shewasfightingherfateashehadfoughthis, , andfromthefactofhismakingnoattempttoseeher, thathewasmeditatingadecisivestep, , asuddenfearofherownweaknessmighthaveseizedher, andshemighthavefeltthat, afterall, itwasbettertoacceptthecompromiseusualinsuchcases, andfollowthelineofleastresistance.
Anhourearlier, 'sbell, , andfailingthat, tolearnfromhergrandmotheronwhatday, andbywhichtrain, , andtravelwithhertoWashington, , wherevershewent, .
