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The
fact
that
they
offered
such
firm
footing
—
formed
,
so
to
speak
,
a
friendly
territory
on
which
the
opposing
powers
could
meet
and
treat
—
helped
him
through
the
task
of
explaining
and
justifying
himself
as
the
successor
of
Fraser
Leath
.
Madame
de
Chantelle
could
not
resist
such
incontestable
claims
.
She
seemed
to
feel
her
son
’
s
hovering
and
discriminating
presence
,
and
she
gave
Darrow
the
sense
that
he
was
being
tested
and
approved
as
a
last
addition
to
the
Leath
Collection
.
She
also
made
him
aware
of
the
immense
advantage
he
possessed
in
belonging
to
the
diplomatic
profession
.
She
spoke
of
this
humdrum
calling
as
a
Career
,
and
gave
Darrow
to
understand
that
she
supposed
him
to
have
been
seducing
Duchesses
when
he
was
not
negotiating
Treaties
.
He
heard
again
quaint
phrases
which
romantic
old
ladies
had
used
in
his
youth
:
“
Brilliant
diplomatic
society
.
.
.
social
advantages
.
.
.
the
entree
everywhere
.
.
.
nothing
else
forms
a
young
man
in
the
same
way
.
.
.
”
and
she
sighingly
added
that
she
could
have
wished
her
grandson
had
chosen
the
same
path
to
glory
.
Darrow
prudently
suppressed
his
own
view
of
the
profession
,
as
well
as
the
fact
that
he
had
adopted
it
provisionally
,
and
for
reasons
less
social
than
sociological
;
and
the
talk
presently
passed
on
to
the
subject
of
his
future
plans
.
Here
again
,
Madame
de
Chantelle
’
s
awe
of
the
Career
made
her
admit
the
necessity
of
Anna
’
s
consenting
to
an
early
marriage
.
The
fact
that
Darrow
was
“
ordered
”
to
South
America
seemed
to
put
him
in
the
romantic
light
of
a
young
soldier
charged
to
lead
a
forlorn
hope
:
she
sighed
and
said
:
“
At
such
moments
a
wife
’
s
duty
is
at
her
husband
’
s
side
.
”
The
problem
of
Effie
’
s
future
might
have
disturbed
her
,
she
added
;
but
since
Anna
,
for
a
time
,
consented
to
leave
the
little
girl
with
her
,
that
problem
was
at
any
rate
deferred
.
She
spoke
plaintively
of
the
responsibility
of
looking
after
her
granddaughter
,
but
Darrow
divined
that
she
enjoyed
the
flavour
of
the
word
more
than
she
felt
the
weight
of
the
fact
.
“
Effie
’
s
a
perfect
child
.
She
’
s
more
like
my
son
,
perhaps
,
than
dear
Owen
.
She
’
ll
never
intentionally
give
me
the
least
trouble
.
But
of
course
the
responsibility
will
be
great
.
.
.
.
I
’
m
not
sure
I
should
dare
to
undertake
it
if
it
were
not
for
her
having
such
a
treasure
of
a
governess
.
Has
Anna
told
you
about
our
little
governess
?
After
all
the
worry
we
had
last
year
,
with
one
impossible
creature
after
another
,
it
seems
providential
,
just
now
,
to
have
found
her
.
At
first
we
were
afraid
she
was
too
young
;
but
now
we
’
ve
the
greatest
confidence
in
her
.
So
clever
and
amusing
—
and
such
a
lady
!
I
don
’
t
say
her
education
’
s
all
it
might
be
.
.
.
no
drawing
or
singing
.
.
.
but
one
can
’
t
have
everything
;
and
she
speaks
Italian
.
.
.
”
Madame
de
Chantelle
’
s
fond
insistence
on
the
likeness
between
Effie
Leath
and
her
father
,
if
not
particularly
gratifying
to
Darrow
,
had
at
least
increased
his
desire
to
see
the
little
girl
.
It
gave
him
an
odd
feeling
of
discomfort
to
think
that
she
should
have
any
of
the
characteristics
of
the
late
Fraser
Leath
:
he
had
,
somehow
,
fantastically
pictured
her
as
the
mystical
offspring
of
the
early
tenderness
between
himself
and
Anna
Summers
.
His
encounter
with
Effie
took
place
the
next
morning
,
on
the
lawn
below
the
terrace
,
where
he
found
her
,
in
the
early
sunshine
,
knocking
about
golf
balls
with
her
brother
.
Almost
at
once
,
and
with
infinite
relief
,
he
saw
that
the
resemblance
of
which
Madame
de
Chantelle
boasted
was
mainly
external
.
Even
that
discovery
was
slightly
distasteful
,
though
Darrow
was
forced
to
own
that
Fraser
Leath
’
s
straight
-
featured
fairness
had
lent
itself
to
the
production
of
a
peculiarly
finished
image
of
childish
purity
.
But
it
was
evident
that
other
elements
had
also
gone
to
the
making
of
Effie
,
and
that
another
spirit
sat
in
her
eyes
.
Her
serious
handshake
,
her
“
pretty
”
greeting
,
were
worthy
of
the
Leath
tradition
,
and
he
guessed
her
to
be
more
malleable
than
Owen
,
more
subject
to
the
influences
of
Givre
;
but
the
shout
with
which
she
returned
to
her
romp
had
in
it
the
note
of
her
mother
’
s
emancipation
.
