Mona Maclean, medical student / a novel by Graham Travers (Margaret Todd).

  • Margaret Todd
Date:
1900
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Credit: Mona Maclean, medical student / a novel by Graham Travers (Margaret Todd). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VARIUM ET MUTABILE.” (( tions that were only suggested in the weed, and it will live for ever and ever.” “Amen!’’said Ralph fervently. “Mona, how is it you know so much 1 Who taught you all this about love 1 ” She smiled. “I had some time to think about it after that night at Barntoun Wood. And I think my friends have very often made me their confidante. It is so easy to see where other people fail! ” CHAPTER LXIII. 11 VARIUM ET MUTABILE.” “You escaped us last night, Mrs Dudley,” said one of her acquaintances next morning. “ \ es. I wanted to watch the dancing; but the salon gets so warm in the evening, I could not stand it. We went for a stroll instead.” “Neither of you gives us too much of your company, certainly. I am anxious to hear your husband’s opinion of a leader in this morning’s Times.” Here he comes, then,” said Mona, as Ralph appeared with a rug over his arm. “ Captain Bruce wants to speak to you, dear. You will know where to find me by-and- bye.” She strolled on into the woods, and ensconced herself com- fortably on a gnarled old trunk, to wait for her husband. It was not many minutes before he joined her. “ That’s right! ” he said, throwing himself on the grass at her feet, with a long sigh of content. “ How you spoil one, dear, for other people’s conversation ! ” “ I have not had a very alarming competitor this morning,” she said, smiling.
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