28 GARRYOWEN 



A nice letter, written in a nice, firm, sensible 



woman's hand- 

 Miss Grimshaw had referred Mr French to 



several highly respectable people, but Mr French, 



with that splendid indifference to detail which was 



part of his nature, had not troubled to take Miss 



Grimshaw's character up. 



"Oh, bother her character," said he; "no 



woman has any character worth troubhng about 



over forty." 



