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She had no school yet, she told herself excusingly; but a self she would not hear knew how intently she was fighting Newell's own particular battle with him, how she watched here and there lest a penny be spilled and his road be made the longer to the goal he fixed.
'When you are ill, Kitty, I intend to come and read good books to you. 'Mrs. Avory encouraged the canon, said Kitty. 'I found out afterwards that she had read the story before, and yet she gave a sort of surprised giggle at everything. 'The Wrottesleys are being awfully good to her, said Jane excusingly.
"Ay, the child's got rheumatic fever, and the doctor won't let her go outside," the woman explained excusingly. "I'll do that for you. How big d'you want it?" "Well, as we must have it, it might as well be a big one. Here's sixpence, it can't be more than that." She gave him the money wrapped in a piece of paper, and the nag set off again.
"You do care for your auntie, don't you, dear?" she sobbed, but softly and sorrowfully now. "You always will care for your poor auntie, won't you, dear?" "Oh yes," promised Margery readily, anxious only to comfort and cheer, "when auntie isn't cross," she added innocently. Miss Hender's loving clasp loosened a little. "Everybody is cross sometimes," she muttered excusingly.
Once more she stood still and immobile, her hands loosely clasped before her. It might have been that he had kissed a statue, and her perfect stillness made him afraid. "Ella," he said. "Ella." "Why did you do that?" she said, a little wildly now in her turn. "It was not that you were going to do to me before." "I love you," he muttered excusingly. She shook her head.
"It's simply because you lived there all that time without him knowing we were engaged. He says if he'd known he would never have let you stay there a day." She smiled, mournfully, forgivingly, excusingly. "But it's preposterous!" "Oh! It is." "And how does he behave to you? Is he treating you decently?" "Oh! Fairly. You see, he's got a lot to get over.
"Clancy," he said gently, "the work along that new trench is going a great deal too slow." "'Tis hard work, sorr," replied Clancy excusingly, "and you'll be remembering the boys have been at it all night."
Do satisfy a fellow's curiosity, Win, and don't sit there mute as a fish." Thus admonished, Winnie gave herself a little shake and laughed lightly. "No wonder," she said excusingly. "Only think, Dick, the author of this book calls herself 'Aunt Judith, and that is the name of one of Nellie Latimer's aunts." The boy gave a prolonged whistle.
There of course there would have been a crowd of idle spectators." "Poor Roderick," sighed Mabel. "It is a pity he is so utterly aimless. He might have made a career for himself by this time, if he had chosen." "He will do something by-and-by, I daresay," said the Duchess, excusingly. "You will be able to mould him as you like, pet."
She had not seen him since the eventful afternoon, but Eleanor had conveyed his good wishes for a happy visit, and her manner showed she was in ignorance of what had occurred. Ruth was grateful for a silence which left her friendship untouched, and her thoughts of the doctor were gentle and kindly. "But I couldn't I couldn't!" she said to herself excusingly. "I don't want to marry anyone yet.
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