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Mr. Wycherley did not think the times were yet ripe for it to be superseded. He had said so more than once. Mrs. AVycherley rather believed in what she called " those pretty trifles that make a room look bright ; " so she concocted some flower holders out of Japanese fans and some velvet that had been on the dress that she had worn when Maria was married. MISTER WITCHERY DID NOT THINK THE TIMES WERE YET RIPE FOR IT TO BE SUPERSEDED HE HAD SAID SO MORE THAN ONCE MISSUS WITCHERY RATHER BELIEVED IN WHAT SHE CALLED THOSE PRETTY TRIFLES THAT MAKE A ROOM LOOK BRIGHT SO SHE CONCOCTED SOME FLOWER HOLDERS OUT OF JAPANESE FENCE AND SOME VELVET THAT HAD BEEN ON THE DRESS THAT SHE HAD WORN WHEN MARIA WAS MARRIED
 strong point with him. " Be rational, Jessica," he would frequently say to his wife. " I only ask you to be rational." When he went his walk, she alluded to his headache. Nobody minded. He was not the attraction, neither was she, and they both knew it ; but Angela wore pink, and under- studies attract one another. Angela petted her papa a good deal ; and, in return, he never mentioned anything in which he was seriously THE OCTAVE OF CLAUDIUS. 3 and commercially interested. In public she would sometimes talk to him with endearing facetiousness ; this mildly puzzled him — he only dealt in the milder sensations — because in private she rarely tried to talk brightly to him. Mrs, Wycherley's drawing-room was not in itself wonderful. The walls were covered with a paper that had a dado to it ; she had ordered it some years ago herself, and she regretted it. She knew now that it had been premature, and that a paper-with-a-dado did not constitute art's last word with regard to wall-decoration. K IT HE HAD A DISLIKE NOT WHOLLY RATIONAL TO THE SALON REASON WAS A STRONG POINT WITH HIM BE RATIONAL JESSICA HE WOULD FREQUENTLY SAY TO HIS WIFE I ONLY ASK YOU TO BE RATIONAL WHEN HE WENT HIS WALK SHE ALLUDED TO HIS HEADACHE NOBODY MINDED HE WAS NOT THE ATTRACTION NEITHER WAS SHE AND THEY BOTH KNEW IT BUT ANGELA WORE PINK AND UNDER STUDIES ATTRACT ONE ANOTHER ANGELA PETTED HER PAPA A GOOD DEAL AND IN RETURN HE NEVER MENTIONED ANYTHING IN WHICH HE WAS SERIOUSLY AND COMMERCIALLY INTERESTED IN PUBLIC SHE WOULD SOMETIMES TALK TO HIM WITH ENDEARING FACETIOUSNESS THIS MILDLY PUZZLED HIM HE ONLY DEALT IN THE MILDER SENSATIONS BECAUSE IN PRIVATE SHE RARELY TALKED TOO BRIGHTLY TO HIM MISSUS WITCHERLIE'S DRAWING ROOM WAS NOT IN ITSELF WONDERFUL THE WALLS WERE COVERED WITH A PAPER THAT HAD A DADO TO IT SHE HAD ORDERED IT SOME YEARS AGO HERSELF AND SHE REGRETTED IT SHE KNEW NOW THAT IT HAD BEEN PREMATURE AND THAT A PAPER WITH A DADO DID NOT CONSTITUTE ART'S LAST WORD WITH REGARD TO ALL DECORATION
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