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But it did so happen, nevertheless, that the Countess made her dinner at luncheon-time, and that she always came upstairs towards evening, although Mrs. Rubelle had taken the nursing duties entirely off her hands. I attach no importance to such an insolent observation as this on the part of a servant.
Well, the incidents of the forenoon's shooting, picturesque as they were, and full of novelty to Tita's protege, need not be described. At the end of the fourth drive, when we had got on nearly to luncheon-time, it appeared that Charlie had killed a handsome buck, and he was so pleased with this performance that he grew friendly with Dr. Krumm, who had, indeed, given him the haupt-stelle.
"A stranger has landed from the creek," she said. "He looks as if he had lost his way. I will go on and put him right." She ran forward as she spoke, seizing upon that stranger's presence as a means of relief, even if the relief was only to last for a minute. Such relief might be felt, she imagined, by a witness in a court when the judge rises for his half-hour at luncheon-time.
Luncheon-time found them absorbed in a most critical process. "Bust lunch!" said Noel. "We can't possibly leave this now." But Chris's sense of duty proved too strong for her inclination at this juncture, and she sallied forth from their retreat to rescue Bertrand from a tête-
This magnificent piece of self-torturing logic sufficed to occupy him all the morning. At luncheon-time he was careful not to come down before the bell rang. As he prepared himself, the glass showed a drawn visage, heavy eyes; he thought he was uglier than ever. Descending, he heard no voices. With tremors he stepped into the dining-room, and there sat Mrs. Hannaford alone.
"Here is your tonic, George; it is the last dose that I can give you, as I am going back to my disconsolate husband at luncheon-time." "I can't have you go away yet; I am not well enough." "I must go, George; people will begin to talk if I stop here any longer." "Well, if you must, I suppose you must," he answered, sulkily.
I succeeded in getting back to the hotel for ten minutes at luncheon-time. Dolly met me pale, sleepless, but unbeaten. "The doctor is with her just now," she said. "She has been in fearful pain, poor kiddy; but he has given her a drug of some sort, and she is easier now." "Couldn't I see her, just a moment?" I said wistfully.
Sir Samuel Wakely said, with gruff kind-heartedness, when I appeared at breakfast: "I have seen Wilks, and he says there is very little chance of its clearing for us to shoot to-day, so I think Lady Wakely and I will be starting home before luncheon-time. With your husband ill, I am sure you would be glad to be relieved of visitors."
Three days after, Genevieve received a letter which made her change countenance, and hurry to her own room, whence she did not emerge till luncheon-time. In the late afternoon, there was a knock at the drawing-room door, and Mr. Dusautoy said, 'Can I speak with you a minute, Mrs. Kendal? Dreading ill news of Lucy, she hurried to the morning-room with him. 'Fanny said I had better speak to you.
The maid stood looking at her with a puzzled gaze, and Susy somewhat sharply repeated her order. "But don't wake him on purpose," she added, foreseeing the probable effect on Strefford's temper. "But, signora, the gentleman is already out." "Already out?" Strefford, who could hardly be routed from his bed before luncheon-time! "Is it so late?" Susy cried, incredulous. "After nine.
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