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She came of better stock. But I don't see what George Ramsey is thinking of, for my part." "Lily is very pretty and has a very good disposition," said Maria. "I think she will make him a good wife." Aunt Maria sniffed. "Now, Maria Edgham," said she, "what's the use. You know it's sour grapes he's getting. You know he wanted somebody else." "Whom?" asked Maria, innocently, sipping her chocolate.
Once, when walking on Elm Street under the leafless arches of the elms, where she thought she was quite alone, although it was a very bright, warm afternoon, and quite dry it was not a snowy winter she spoke more loudly than she intended, and looked up to see another, bigger girl, the daughter of the Edgham lawyer, whose name was Annie Stone.
Edgham, and make a cup of tea." "Thank you, dear," poor Harry said, gratefully. Then he said to Maria, "Will you wait and have some hot beefsteak and tea with papa, darling?" Maria shook her head. "I think she had better eat the cold beef and bread, and drink the wine, and go at once to bed, if she is to start on that early train to-morrow," Ida said. "Maybe you are right, dear," Harry said.
He was evidently a servant, and his master beckoned him. "Call Mrs. Jerrolds, Williams," he said. "What is your name?" he asked Maria, who was sobbing more wildly than ever. "Her name is Maria Edgham," replied Gladys, "and his is Wollaston Lee. They both live in Edgham." "How old are you?" the clergyman asked of Wollaston; but Gladys cut in again.
I don't think Miss Edgham altogether approves of me for some reason." "I should like to know what reason she has for not approving of you," cried his mother, jealously. She looked admiringly at her son, who was handsome, with a sort of rugged beauty, and whose face displayed strength, and honesty not to be questioned. "I would like to know who Maria Edgham thinks she is.
Maria was conscious of his astonished and puzzled gaze at her all the way. When she reached the academy the other teachers that is, the women assailed her openly. One even attempted to loosen by force Maria's tightly strained locks. "Why, Miss Edgham, you fairly frighten me," she said, when Maria resisted.
"I guess she had better stay in here with you the rest of the night," said Harry to his sister-in-law; but little Maria sat up determinately. "No, I'm going back to my own room," she said. "Hadn't you better stay with your aunt, darling?" Harry Edgham looked shamefaced and guilty. He saw that his sister-in-law and Maria had been weeping, and he knew why, in the depths of his soul.
Maria did not look up. Her eyes seemed fixed on a fringe of wood across the track in which some katydids were calling, late as it was. That wood, with its persistent voices of unseen things, served to turn her thought from herself, just as the cry of the child had done. "Miss Edgham," said Wollaston, in a strained voice.
Jonas White, who with his son Henry kept a market, thereby insuring such choice cuts of meat, spoke then. He did not, as a rule, say much at table, especially when Maria and her father, who in his estimation occupied a superior place in society, were present. "Guess Mr. Edgham knows what he's about," said he.
It even occurred to wonder if anything could be the matter with Maria's mind. When the two girls went into the little dining-room, where breakfast was ready for them, Aunt Maria began to say something about the weather, then she cut herself short when she saw Maria. "Maria Edgham," said she, "what on earth " Maria took her place at the table. "Those gems look delicious," she observed.
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