Anna Chapin Ray, Janet: Her Winter in Quebec — Chapter 10 (1906)
“ And then, just before Marie came in on the last night of Rob's captivity, some sudden mood led Rob to speak of the way, all the previous winter and spring, he had been conscious of missing the real Day out of his life. And Day's only answer had been the laying her cheek upon her arm as it rested in its usual place across Rob's knee. ”
Anna Chapin Ray, Janet: Her Winter in Quebec — Chapter 10 (1906)
“ Civil war within the meagre limits of a single house is an impossible state of things; yet, in the days which followed the two storms, Janet's and that of the elements, the Leslie house achieved the impossible. In a sense, circumstances helped on the achievement. On the night following the storm, the four young people went to bed in four wholly distinct moods. Janet was ill at ease, anxious about Rob, sturdily determined to brave it out and conceal both emotions. Ronald was penitent; Day was impenitent, and Rob was filled with an amused disgust with the whole situation. ”
Anna Chapin Ray, Janet: Her Winter in Quebec — Chapter 10 (1906)
“ For no assignable cause, Ronald had clambered up on his dignity and had hoisted up Janet with him. Rob was swift to see how insecurely they were poised, and on what a tottering foundation; and he lost no opportunity to upset their balance. It was impossible to resent the bland good humour of his conversation which showed an astounding agility in skating out upon thin ice, and then dodging backwards, just as the ice began to crack. "Mrs. Leslie, what are we going to do with those bad children of ours?" Mrs. Argyle made direct question, one night. ”
