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May, Ella, and Doris knew perfectly well that they were in the wrong, but they tried to justify their conduct to each other by calling Patty "priggish". They treated her in as cool a manner as possible, and generally had some secrets to whisper about in a corner of the room, making her feel how little they cared for her company, and how much they would have preferred Beatrice Wynne in her place.
"And Eve the new one of that name," said Phyllis. "Theology is in the air!" cried Ella. "Even the stage of a theater is not free from the taint. It must be the case of Mr. Holland. Where is Mr. Holland, by the way, Lord Earlscourt?" "I haven't seen him for some time. He must have gone away. I'm not Mr. Holland's keeper, thank Heaven!" said Lord Earlscourt, with heartfelt devoutness.
"Heister liked knitting it is the most convenient work for one who loves talking; the fingers may go whilst the tongue is most busy. "Ella would have gone on without noticing Madame Kamp, but Heister had no mind that she should. "'Good evening, Ella Stolberg, she cried, 'whither away in such haste? but I know, to Madame Eversil's. Can't you stop a minute? I have a word to say to you.
By this time only one or two stars were visible in the heavens; and they shone with pale, faint gleams; while in the east the beautiful gray and crimson tints of Aurora announced that day was already breaking on the slumbering world. Drawing rein, Algernon and Ella paused as if to contemplate the scene.
"Seems to me you're putting an awful lot into this," observed Ella Monahan, her wise eyes on Fanny's rather tense face. "You've got to," replied Fanny, "to get anything out of it." "I guess you're right," Ella agreed, and laughed a rueful little laugh. "I know I've given 'em everything I've got and a few things I didn't know I had. It's a queer game life.
He saw with amazement that it bore the Windgall crest. It was a hastily written note from the earl stating that circumstances had occurred which enabled him to withdraw his opposition to the union of Clare with Lady Ella. Kimberley recovered. He can speak now to Clare's wife without embarrassment and without pain. Has he forgotten his love? No.
I can't make a bolt for the front door or sneak out of the back door; I can't sit here like a graven image if he comes " "Miss Bodine! Well, I'm lucky for once in my ill-fated life." "Oh! I beg your pardon," remarked Ella, turning from the window, out of which she had apparently been gazing with intense preoccupation. "Good-afternoon, Mr. Houghton."
I, for my part, intend keeping away from the church as long as Mr. Holland remains in the pulpit." She did not think it necessary to refer to the remarks made by Mr. Holland upon the occasion of his last visit to her, though these words might not be without interest to Ella.
There is great freedom in her brush and a delicacy well suited to the painting of children's portraits; her children and their mothers really smile, not grin, and are altogether attractive. I cannot say whether the portraits I have seen are good likenesses, but they have an air of individuality which favors that idea. <b>LAMB, ELLA CONDIE</b> Mrs. Charles R. Lamb.
But through all her feverish haste the great question forced itself upon her: "Would you not wish now, Ella, to relinquish all your dreams, since time after time things go so badly?" She sobbed violently and answered: "Not for worlds. No! for these dreams are the best things that I have. They have given me the power to measure others so that I can never exalt anything which is base. No!
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