"I suppose they're well. I've been staying at their house till I was driven out of it by the perpetual clack about that Thornton girl's marriage. It was too much for Thornton himself, though she was his sister. He used to go and sit in his own room perpetually. He's getting past the age for caring for such things, either as principal or accessory. I was surprised to find the old lady falling into the current, and carried away by her daughter's enthusiasm for orange-blossoms and lace. I thought Mrs. Thornton had been made of sterner stuff."
"She would put on any assumption of feeling to veil her daughter's weakness," said Margaret in a low voice.

'I suppose they're well. I've been staying at their house till I was driven out of it by the perpetual clack about that Thornton girl's marriage. It was too much for Thornton himself, though she was his sister. He's getting past the age for caring for such things. I was surprised to find the old lady carried away by her daughter's enthusiasm for orange-blossoms and lace. I thought Mrs. Thornton was made of sterner stuff.'
'She would put on any manner to veil her daughter's weakness,' said Margaret in a low voice.
