Contrary Mary
The contrast between the sisters had never been more marked than when Mary, leaning over the stair-rail, answered the breathless, "Dearest, where have you been?
The contrast between the sisters had never been more marked than when Mary, leaning over the stair-rail, answered the breathless, "Dearest, where have you been?" with her calm:
"There`s plenty of time, Constance."
And Constance, soothed as always by her sister`s tranquillity, repeated Mary`s words for the benefit of a ponderously anxious Personage in amber satin.
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