Grace Anzley's Laughter

Mrs. Slade: I always wanted a brilliant daughter, and never quite understood why I got an angel instead. Mrs. Anzley echoed her laugh in a faint murmur. She was simply absorbed in her work. What was there for her to worry about? she knew that babes would almost certainly come back engaged to the extremely eligible campollieri. And she'll settle the New York house and settle down near them in Rome and never be in their way. One might almost have a imagine. If one had known her less well, Mrs. Slade reflected.