She imagined that he and she
would make a match of it when he came back from Paris.
Mrs.Holt: The idea of her thinking such a thing! Karsten
Bernick--a man of the world and the pink of courtesy, a perfect
gentleman, the darling of all the ladies...
Mrs.Rummel: And, with it all, such an excellent young man, Mrs.
Holt--so moral.
Mrs.Lynge: But what has this Miss Hessel made of herself in
America?
Mrs.Rummel: Well, you see, over that (as my husband once put it)
has been drawn a veil which one should hesitate to lift.
Mrs.Lynge: What do you mean?
Mrs.Rummel: She no longer has any connection with the family, as
you may suppose; but this much the whole town knows, that she has
sung for money in drinking saloons over there--
Mrs.Holt: And has given lectures in public--
Mrs.Rummel: And has published some mad kind of book.
Mrs.Lynge: You don't say so!
Mrs.Rummel: Yes, it is true enough that Lona Hessel is one of
the spots on the sun of the Bernick family's good fortune. Well,
now you know the whole story, Mrs. Lynge. I am sure I would never
have spoken about it except to put you on your guard.
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