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You are setting a shocking example of laziness! Aunt Edmonstone, how can you encourage such proceedings! Indolence is the parent of vice, you know. Philip smiled just as much as the occasion required, and answered, 'I beg your pardon, I had forgotten my duty. I'll attend to my business better in future. And turning to a small, shy damsel, who seldom met with a partner, he asked her to dance.

The doctor was wanted for another private interview, in which to assure Amabel that there was no danger for Charles, and then, after promising to come to Redclyffe if there was occasion, and engaging to write and tell Mrs. Edmonstone they had his consent, he departed to meet them by and by at the station, and put Charles into the carriage.

He refuses to answer the question on which my uncle's good opinion depends; he owns he has been to blame, and thus retracts his full denial. In my opinion, his letter says nothing so plainly as, "While I can stand fair with you I do not wish to break with you." 'He will not find that quite so easy. cried Mr. Edmonstone. 'I am no fool to be hoodwinked, especially where my little Amy is concerned.

'Do you wish us to do anything else, mamma? We don't care about it. 'No, my dear, said Mrs. Edmonstone, 'I see no reason against it. But and she felt as if she was making a desperate plunge, 'there is something I want to say to you. Amy stood ready to hear, but Mrs. Edmonstone paused. Another effort, and she spoke:

'Ah that is a feather in master Philip's cap; besides, he is your neighbour at least, his father is. 'I suppose you know Lord Thorndale? said Mrs. Edmonstone, in explanation. 'I have seen him once at the Quarter Sessions, said Sir Guy; 'but he lives on the other side of Moorworth, and there was no visiting. 'Well, this youth, James Thorndale, the second son, was Philip's fag.

The two elder girls had been entirely under a governess till a month or two before the opening of our story, when Laura was old enough to be introduced; and the governess departing, the two sisters became Charles's companions in the drawing-room, while Mrs. Edmonstone, who had a peculiar taste and talent for teaching, undertook little Charlotte's lessons herself.

Read without me, she answered, hoping Charlie would not be vexed, and feeling her face light up again. The hour for the expedition came, and Amy set off walking with Laura, because Guy was with Mrs. Edmonstone; but presently, after holding open a gate for Charlotte, who was on the donkey, he came up to the sisters, and joined in the conversation.

'We ought, said Amy; 'but I meant to be reasonable when Eveleen is gone. Perhaps I ought to have waited till then, but I don't know. Lady Eveleen is so amusing that it leads to farther dawdling, and it would not do to wait to resist the temptation till it is out of the way. As he spoke, they saw Mrs. Edmonstone coming out, and went to meet her.

Potts' fault. Even the name could not spoil the spirited sound of the speech, and Mrs. Edmonstone was full of sympathy. 'You must remember, she said, 'that in the eyes of a man brought up at public school, nothing compensates for the want of the regular classical education. I have no doubt it was very provoking. 'I don't want to be excused, thank you, said Guy.

The wasting money on a spendthrift relation would be a far less evil than what I apprehend. 'I wish I knew what to do! It is very unlucky that your uncle is from home. 'Very. Mrs. Edmonstone was frightened by the sense of responsibility, and was only anxious to catch hold of something to direct her. 'What would you have me do? she asked, hopelessly. 'Speak seriously to Guy.