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At that instant little Hattie crept softly to the back of Edna's chair, and whispered: "Bro' Felix says, won't you please come back soon, and finish that story where you left off reading last night?" Very glad to possess so good an excuse, the governess rose at once; but Mrs. Andrews said: "Wait, Miss Earl. What do you want, Hattie?" "Bro' Felix wants Miss Earl, and sent me to beg her to come."
Then he revolved the possibilities of making Felix a present, without silencing his father's confidences, and felt that it could not be done in any direct manner at present; nay, that it could hardly add to the radiant happiness of the boy, who rushed across the road, almost under the nose of the railway-omnibus horses, and exclaimed 'He will let us have it for nothing, Father!
'I know, of course, said Lance, 'that a man from a London house would be of more use; but there's this awful salary, and he would never care to look after Felix. 'I allow that; but even if you can be of much present use, is it not at the expense of greater usefulness by and by? 'I am sick of that! Edgar and Clem both mean to be of use by and by, and what comes of it?
For this purpose the Pope commissioned two bishops, Vitalis and Misenus, to go as his legates to the emperor. They were to invite Acacius to attend a council at Rome, and to answer therein the complaint brought against him by the elected patriarch of Alexandria. The legates carried a letter from Pope Felix to the emperor, in which, according to custom, the Pope informed him of his election.
When everything was quiet, Kitty prepared a very substantial lunch. Then, calling her little brother Felix, she went across the yard to the quarters, and stopped at Uncle Manuel's cabin. The door was ajar, and Kitty could see the venerable old negro nodding before the flickering embers. She went in and called his name "Uncle Manuel!" "Eh! Who dat?"
She worships the very ground he treads on. 'Even a mother should not throw her worship away like that. The fact is that your brother will ruin you both if this goes on. 'What can mamma do? 'Leave London, and then refuse to pay a shilling on his behalf. 'What would Felix do in the country? 'If he did nothing, how much better would that be than what he does in town?
When they were thoroughly roused, Felix, now that he had an appreciative audience, for he was by no means an individual who believed in wasting his sweetness on the desert air, prepared to amuse them. "You haven't heard the last new song by Frosti, have you?" he asked, after he had brought his galop to a conclusion.
She had a great deal to say, and he had a great deal it seemed to ask so much to ask indeed, that gradually a dim sense that he was asking about other things than herself about her father and the ways of the house, and what guests they had, came over her. It chilled her. She drew away from him, and said, suddenly, "Oh, Felix!" and looked at him. Nothing more.
It was a weary night for Felix, and the next day his wound was declared trivial, and he was lodged in Loumford Jail. Four other men were arrested, one for theft, and three others for riot and assault. III. The Trial A great change took place in the fortunes of Esther in the interval between the riot and the opening of the assizes.
"So that in not coming here this evening," said Celeste, naively, "Monsieur Felix commits not only a fault against good manners, but a sin."
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