I thought it almost a shame, guessing that, that she had no mother.~思~兔~網~
''Well,'' she said, folding the paper very small and putting it inside her own pocket, ''Lady Alice does indeed speak highly of you. I think you must have been sorry to leave her house.''
''Pretty sorry, miss,'' I said. ''But then, you see, Lady Alice has gone to India. I think I should have found the sun there rather fierce.''
She smiled. ''Will you prefer the grey skies of Briar? You know, the sun never shines here. My uncle has forbidden it. Strong light, you see, fades print.''
She laughed and showed her teeth, which were small and very white. I smiled, but kept my lips shut—for my own teeth, that are yellow now, were I am afraid to say quite yellow even then; and seeing hers made me fancy them yellower.
She said, ''You know my uncle is a scholar, Susan?'' I said, ''I h