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Arthuret's lamentation to the Vicar that dear Arthurine did so miss intellectual society, such as she had been used to with the High School mistresses two of whom had actually been at Girton! 'Does she not get on with Bessie Merrifield? he asked. 'Miss Bessie has a very sweet face; Arthurine did say she seemed well informed and more intelligent than her sister.
Arthurine had brought home all prizes, all distinctions at the High School, but here was the only disappointment of her life a low fever had prevented her trying for a scholarship at Girton.
Arthuret, indeed, was making herself the best hostess that a lady who had served no apprenticeship could be to all alike, but Arthurine or 'Atty, as Daisy and Pansy were heard shouting to her all in white flannels, a man all but the petticoats seemed to be absorbed in a little court of the second-rate people of Bonchamp, some whom, as Mrs.
Arthuret contrived to get a private interview with Mrs. Merrifield. 'Oh! dear Mrs. Merrifield, I am so grieved, and so is Arthurine. We were told that the Admiral was so excessively angry, and he is so kind. I could not bear for him to think Arthurine meant anything personal. 'Indeed, said Mrs. Merrifield, rather astonished. 'But is he so very angry? for it is all a mistake.
The good lady, who had struck the family at first as a somewhat elderly mother for so young a daughter, had been for many years a governess, engaged all the time to a curate, who only obtained a small district incumbency in a town, after wear and tear, waiting and anxiety, had so exhausted him that the second winter brought on bronchitis, and he scarcely lived to see his little daughter, Arthurine.
Rudden, who for that matter probably believed the whole letter to have been forged, and would not enter into the enthusiasm of autographs. 'Oh, thank you! It is so kind, said the mother; and Arthurine, who looked as if she had not slept all night, and was ready to burst into tears on the least provocation, murmured something to the same effect, which the Admiral answered, half hearing
Miss Mohun and Miss Merrifield encountered Miss Prescott and Agatha among a perfect herd of cycles, making Bessie laugh over the recollections of the horror caused at Stokesley by the arrival of Arthurine Arthuret on a tricycle twelve years previously.
Arthurine controlled herself enough for a civil 'Good-morning! but she shed tears as she walked home and told her pitying mother that she was thwarted on every side, and that nobody could comprehend her. The meetings for German reading were, however, contrived chiefly little as Arthurine guessed it by the influence of Bessie Merrifield. The two Greville girls and Mr.
Perhaps Arthurine might take her up. It would be such an advantage to the poor girl. 'Which? was on Mr. Doyle's tongue, but he restrained it, and only observed that Bessie had lived for a good many years in London. 'So I understood, said Arthurine, 'but with an old grandmother, and that is quite as bad as if it was in the country; but I will see about it.
'School manager, guardian of the poor! cried Arthurine. 'We shall see, repeated the Vicar. 'Good-morning. He asked Bessie's leave to disclose who MESA was. 'Oh, don't! she cried, 'it would spoil the fun! Besides, mamma would not like it, which is a better reason.
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