No doubt she decided to put it off as late
as possible, in hopes that you might make some other arrangement.
Had you not done so, she might have done the heroic thing and invited
you, though I am by no means sure of it. Of course, now she will
say the first time she meets you that she was quite disappointed
at having heard from me that Mrs. Hunter would be with you, as she
had hoped to have the pleasure of having you in her carriage with
her."
"But why shouldn't she like it?" Isobel said indignantly. "Surely
I am not as disagreeable as all that! Come, Doctor!"
Captain Doolan laughed, while the Doctor said, "It is just
the contrary, my dear; I am quite sure that if you were in Mrs.
Cromarty's place, and had two tall, washed out looking daughters,
you would not feel the slightest desire to place Miss Hannay in
the same carriage with them."
"I call that very disagreeable of you, Doctor," Isobel said,
flushing, "and I shall not like you at all if you take such unkind
and malicious views of people. I don't suppose such an idea ever
entered into Mrs. Cromarty's head, and even if it did, it makes it
all the kinder that she should think of offering me a seat. I do
think most men seem to consider that women think of nothing but
looks, and that girls are always trying to attract men, and mothers
always thinking of getting their daughters married. It is not at all
nice, Doctor, to have such ideas, and I shall thank Mrs. Cromarty
warmly, when I see her, for her kindness in thinking about me.
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