My American Diary. Clare Sheridan
sad because he is thinking of poor Ireland.”
“Who is Mademoiselle X?”
“Is she a nun?”
“Is her face china?”
“Is her face wax?”
“How did she get the face inside the bronze?”
“It is beautiful.”
“It is horrid.”
“She was a Russian spy.”
“She was a French war nurse.”
“I have read the book about her.”
“There was a play about her, I saw it.”
“She is Mrs. Sheridan’s sister.”
“ ‘John’ is Mrs. Sheridan’s baby. She sat up and modelled it in bed.”
“He is Shane Leslies’ baby.”
“It is a Russian baby.”
“That is Asquith. It was through his influence that Mrs. Sheridan got in and out of Russia with safety.”
“Where is the Exhibition?” (Question asked by a lady after looking at the things for half an hour.)
“I suppose she sold the mask for less because it was broken—I mean that its head is not all there.”
“They all have souls—that are almost living.”
“This Hall looks like a funeral parlor.”
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