When you have rain and a gale,
it must be fearfully dreary."
"We have had some rough days, but the bay has a beauty of its own even
in a storm, and we shall not be here in the winter."
"De Burgh runs down to see you pretty often?" asked Mrs. Ormonde, after
a short pause. The old regimental habit of calling men by their surnames
still returned when she was off guard.
"Yes," replied Katherine, calmly; "he seems to enjoy a day by the
sea-side."
Mrs. Ormonde laughed--a hard laugh. "I dare say _you_ enjoy it too."
"Mr. De Burgh is not particularly sympathetic to me, but I like him
better than I did."
"Oh, I dare say he makes himself very pleasant to you, and I never knew
him show attention to an unmarried woman before, nor to many married
women either. Of course it would be absurd to suppose that if you had
not a good fortune you would see quite so much of him."
"Naturally," returned Katherine. "I fancy my money would be of great use
to him; so it would to most men. That does not affect me. If it is an
incentive to make them agreeable and useful, why, so be it."
"I did not expect to hear _you_ talk like that. Now I hate and despise
mercenary men."
"Well, you see, the man or the woman _must_ have money or there can be
no marriage.
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