Sir Walter Scott distinctly says so."
"Considering what you believe about her--I mean all that about her and
Mrs. Lorimer being the same person, and her wanting to kill Simpkins--I
don't see how you can expect her to be what you call womanly."
"There you're wrong, Major; quite wrong, as usual. There's no reason
in the world why a woman shouldn't be womanly just because she happens
to hold rather advanced opinions on some ethical subjects. As a matter
of fact, it came out in the trial that Mrs. Lorimer was devotedly
attentive to her husband, her last husband, during his illness. She
watched him day and night, and wouldn't allow any one else to bring him
his medicine. I naturally thought she'd display the same spirit with
regard to Simpkins. I hope she will after they're married; but I'm
disappointed in her just at present."
"What are you going to do about the lobsters, J. J.?" said the Major,
dropping the subject of Miss King's character. "You know very well
that there are none on the island, and after all you said about their
swarming about in a lobster bed, Miss King will naturally expect us to
bring her back a few.
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