Daily Dose

From Washington Square, by Henry James

NO AIRS

"She had no airs and no arts; she never attempted to disguise her expectancy.  She was waiting on his good pleasure, and would wait modestly and patiently; his hanging back at this supreme time might appear strange, but of course he must have a good reason for it.  Catherine would have made a wife of the gentle, old fashioned pattern -- regarding reasons as favors and windfalls, but no more expecting one every day than she would have expected a bouquet of camellias."

From Chapter 29