And
now for Archie's wife, Daisy they call her. What of her?"
Mrs. Jerrold evidently had no scruples about freeing her mind with
regard to Daisy McPherson, and she answered, promptly:
"I did not like her at all, neither did Lady Jane, and I tried my best
to keep aloof from her, but could not; she is pushing and aggressive and
sweetly unconscious that she is not wanted. And yet she is exceedingly
pretty, with that innocent kind of face and childish, appealing way
which women detest, but which takes with the men," and Mrs. Geraldine
glanced sharply at her husband, who was just then very busy with his
pudding, and pretended not to hear her, while she went on: "She has some
accomplishments, speaks French and German, I believe, perfectly, sings
simple ballads tolerably well, but rolls her eyes frightfully, and is so
conscious of herself that she disgusts you. I should call her a regular
Becky Sharp, always managing to get the best of everything, and, as she
told me herself, always having on her list two or three invitations for
as many weeks, to as many different places.
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