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There was considerable sly joking, on the Skeptic's part, concerning the change of conditions which now made Hepatica my chaperon, instead of, as in former days, my being alert to protect her from visiting philosophers and skeptics.
Either because Robin Hood walked too fast for her weary limbs, or because she felt it a greater duty to chaperon Nuttie than Annaple, she fell back on the couple in the rear, and was rather surprised at the tenor of their conversation. This 'umbrella man' was telling of his vicar's delight in the beautiful chalice veil that had been sent by Mrs.
If they were to publish it in their 'Yellow Prism Series' I could fling all such considerations to the winds, for there they cater to stronger palates, palates cultivated by French literary cooks, and morals need not be considered, provided the story is well told and likely to sell; but this is for the other series, and a chaperon is a sine qua non.
'No, said I, 'I cannot, for I am on a visit with that precise body, the Countess of Tinemouth, who would not, to save you and all your generation, come into such a mob, 'Her ladyship shall have my box, cried he; 'for I would not for the world lose the honor of your opinion on the merits of my farce. 'To be sure not! cries I; so I accepted his box, and drove off, devising with Lady Sara how to get your ladyship as our chaperon and Mr.
One good result certainly followed from all this. I became almost immediately on intimate terms with Mrs. Bingham and her daughter, and much of the awkwardness in my position as their chaperon, which bon gre, mal gre I was destined to be, was at once got over. Mrs.
"I will chaperon you with pleasure, Elmer," Mrs. Wilson agreed. "But what about you, Peter? Are you not invited?" Peter looked chagrined. "No; I am not invited, and I call it unkind of Harriet. She knows I am dreadfully impressed with the 'Automobile Girls." Mrs. Wilson and Elmer both laughed provokingly. "That is just what's the trouble with you, Peter.
The good lady was a little worried by the fear that her reputation as a chaperon would be damaged, and, sincerely believing that "no harm had been done," and that her homily would remove all danger from the future, she counselled as she thought wisely.
He slipped and fell over, breaking his neck as a result. Bettina smiled at Aggie. "Not at all," she said. "The day of blind love is gone, that's all gone like the day of the chaperon." Neither of us cared to pursue this, and Tish at that moment appearing with Jasper, Aggie and I made a move toward bed. But Jasper not going, and none of us caring to leave him alone with Bettina, we sat down again.
"An hour?" said Betty, with feigned indignation for she was a good little actress, was Betty. "Why, we thought you were never coming!" "You mean to say you were waiting for us?" said Allen, incredulously. "Betty, are you telling the truth? Mrs. Irving, is she?" "I assure you I was too busy finding my bathing suit and getting into it to know just when the girls were ready," responded the chaperon.
We were at a hotel with his brother's family. It isn't proper any more for me to go around with my uncles unless I have a chaperon. Mademoiselle says that I oughtn't even to go down-town alone with them but, of course, that is French etiquette, and not American.
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