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She had been hoping for this visit for sos were not all right between her nephew and his

fiancee Neither of them had been near her for weeks She had asked Phil

to dinner many times; his invariable answer had been 'Too busy'

Her instinct was alarmed, and the instinct in such ht to have been a Forsyte; in young

Jolyon's sense of the word, she certainly had that privilege, and merits

description as such

She had hters in a way that people said was

beyond their deserts, for they had the professional plainness only to be

found, as a rule, as Her

name was upon the committees of numberless charities connected with

the Church-dances, theatricals, or bazaars--and she never lent her nahly organized

She believed, as she often said, in putting things on a commercial

basis; the proper function of the Church, of charity, indeed, of

everything, was to strengthen the fabric of 'Society' Individual

action, therefore, she considered ianization alone could you feel sure that you were

getting a return for your anization!

And there is no doubt that she hat old Jolyon called her--"a 'dab'

at that"--he went further, he called her "a huanized so ads were handed over, they were indeed skim

milk divested of all cream of human kindness But as she often justly

remarked, sentiment was to be deprecated She was, in fact, a little