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But the wife of the Austrian Minister, who was her very dearest friend, saw and appreciated, and gave her a quick little smile over her fan, which said that the table was perfect, the people most interesting, and that she could possess her soul in peace. So Mrs. Trevelyan pulled at the tips of her gloves and smiled upon her guests. Mrs.
'My dearest Uncle, It is now nearly five weeks since I learnt from my letters of March and April, brought to me by this ship, the very precarious state of my dear Father. 'He has never missed a mail since we have been parted, never once; and he wrote as he always did both in March and April.
But, ah, dearest angel, you know not the peril in which you walk. Your innocent mind cannot conceive the audacious height to which unholy love may climb in a man's fiery nature. You cannot fathom the black depths of such a character as Fareham a man as capable of greatness in evil as of distinction in good. Forget not whose fierce blood runs in those veins.
"But we are to find our good in it also," continued Hamish; "for Barcaldine is to give you a shieling in his wood of Letter-findreight, with grass for your goats, and a cow, when you please to have one, on the common; and my own pay, dearest mother, though I am far away, will do more than provide you with meal, and with all else you can want. Do not fear for me.
Dick made his prayer to Fate disjointedly after the manner of the heathen as he threw the piece of silver into the river. If any evil were to befal, let him bear the burden and let Maisie go unscathed, since the threepenny piece was dearest to him of all his possessions.
For the rest you have your jointure as my widow; and my grandmother's large fortune, which descended to me, I have bequeathed to you in my will. So that when I leave you, my dearest, I leave you safe from all pecuniary troubles. It is my last wish nay, my last command, that you take all without hesitation. You promise me this, Edith?" "I promise," she answered lowly.
"We've had just the dearest visit, and we've been to the theater, to a big fair, to see a hall hung with beautiful pictures, and how we have enjoyed it all!" she said. "I'll do the entertaining to-morrow," said Rob. "I'll take you all to see something that will be no end of fun." "What will it be, Rob?" Vera asked, but Rob tweaked her curls, and laughed.
"Yes, dearest; but you see we must think of our girls. If you and I took the children to town they could have governesses and masters the very best and would thus be sufficiently educated to take their place in society." Mr. Cardew was quite silent for a full minute after his wife had made this suggestion. To tell the truth, she had done a somewhat extraordinary thing.
Then turning towards her, she added, "Marie Fiquet, that which is dearest to you is your honour, and there where you are going everyone, without counting my lord, will try to rob you of it, but you see well what it is worth; for that reason do not lose it save willingly and in proper manner.
Agnès and I leave by the early train on Saturday morning, so good-bye till then, dear Mamma; love from your affectionate daughter, Elizabeth. Carriston Towers, 27th October. Dearest Mamma, I shall never again arrive at a place at three o'clock in the afternoon; it is perfectly ghastly! As we drove up to the door it was pouring with rain I felt that I should not like anything here.
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