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We have specimens of a pleasant correspondence between him and his sister, Lady Mildmay, also with his wife, marked by a sweet and gentle tone, the utterance of a kindly spirit, fragrant records of hearts once so warm with love. John came into the world between the years that marked, respectively, the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, and the visit of the Spanish Armada.
"I have always understood that you sailors had but to look at a ship to tell her nationality at once; at least that is the impression that one gathers from the general run of sea novels." "Yes," answered Mildmay. "But that refers to the old days of wooden ships. There was a distinctiveness in the model of the wooden ship that was an almost infallible index to her nationality.
It might come round in some disagreeable way to Robin Redbreast. 'I think Mrs Mildmay must be particularly nice and sensible, Mrs Harper replied.
May made the slightest gesture of impatience, but a moment later smiled again at Lady Mildmay, saying, "Yes, I suppose that's what I ought to have said." The visitor rose to go; approaching May, she first shook hands and then stood for a moment with a half-expectant half-imploring air. It was plain that she suggested a kiss.
No sooner was the Flying Fish fairly settled on the ice than Mildmay, who knew exactly what ought to be done, descended to the lower recesses of the ship, and, opening the trap-door in her bottom, made his way out on the ice, dragging with him a ladder which was always kept in the diving-room.
The visiting party therefore consisted of Lady Olivia, Ida, Sir Reginald, Mildmay, and Lethbridge, most of whom availed themselves of the opportunity to scribble a hasty letter or two to friends at home.
One of her seats was Wanstead in Essex, some fifteen miles from London. Originally a royal manor, Wanstead was granted by Edward VI. to Lord Rich, who sold it to Elizabeth's favorite, Leicester. Subsequently, on its reverting to the Crown, James I. gave it to Sir Henry Mildmay, but, he having been one of Charles I.'s judges, it became forfeited, and once more returned to the sovereign.
Mildmay shout after him, 'Come back, I entreat you, Vane; you are not fit for it, while he struggled to drag off a very heavy pair of boots he had on boots he had on purpose for rough shingly walking, but which he knew would weight him terribly in the water. A touch on his arm made him start. It was Tobias.
It struck her even more forcibly this morning than the day before. 'Is Colonel Mildmay dark or fair? Does he resemble his sister? inquired the old lady. Mrs Mildmay considered. 'No; I scarcely think so, she said. 'And yet there is a family likeness.
But Jacinth looked a little grave; she could not quite 'make out' her mother. 'Aunt Alison spends almost nothing on herself, she said. 'She gives away every farthing she possibly can. 'I know she does, dear. She is the most self-denying person in those ways that I have ever met, said Mrs Mildmay heartily, though mentally hoping to herself that Jacinth was not very matter-of-fact.
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