: The confessions of a well-meaning woman by McKenna Stephen - Women England Fiction; English fiction 20th century; Upper class England Fiction

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THE CONFESSIONS OF A WELL-MEANING WOMAN

LADY ANN SPENWORTH PREFERS NOT TO DISCUSS HER OPERATION

Hoped for, rather than expected... You are quite right.

"Oh, she's signed on for the duration of the war," Brackenbury interrupted.

"But I do think," I resumed, "that you should keep an eye on her..."

"Her head is screwed on quite tight," said Brackenbury, "though I have no idea what you're insinuating."

"If she's in love with him, I don't care who she marries," said Brackenbury with a quite extraordinary callousness. "He must be a decent fellow, of course, who'll make her happy. I don't attach the importance to Debrett that you do, Ann, especially since the war."

"But aren't you frightening yourself unduly?," interrupted Brackenbury. "Arthur told me it was only--"

Brackenbury would only talk of increasing expenses and the burden of taxation.

"I could face my operation with an easier mind," I said, "if I knew that Will would never want."

"Do not," I said, "let us discuss the matter any more. It is unpleasant to be a pauper, but more unpleasant to be a beggar. If my boy wins through with his life--"

"Oh, you needn't worry about that," said Brackenbury. "They tell me he's on a staff which has never even heard a shot fired."

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