46
Heartbreak House
Mrs Hushabye bursts into the room tempestuously and embraces
Ellie. She is a couple of years older than Lady Utterword, and
even better looking. She has magnificent black hair, eyes like the
fishpools of Heshbon, and a nobly modelled neck, short at the
back and low between her shoulders in front. Unlike her sister
she is uncorseted and dressed anyhow in a rich robe of black pile
that shows off her white skin and statuesque contour.
MRS HUSHABYE
. Ellie, my darling, my pettikins [
kissing
her], how long have you been here? I’ve been at home all the
time: I was putting flowers and things in your room; and
when I just sat down for a moment to try how comfortable
the armchair was I went off to sleep. Papa woke me and told
me you were here. Fancy your finding no one, and being
neglected and abandoned. [
Kissing her again]. My poor love!
[
She deposits Ellie on the sofa. Meanwhile Ariadne has left the
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