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His way of speaking was not wholly natural; like his attitude, it had something constrained; he seemed to be discharging a duty. 'Observe the selfishness of youth, remarked Mr. Athel. 'Age, I dare say, has its selfishness too in the present instance, was Mrs. Rossall's rejoinder. 'To whom does that refer? questioned her brother, jocosely. Beatrice turned her head suddenly towards Emily.
Rossall, which dated from her late childhood, was not the perfect accord which may subsist between women of very different characters, yet here she gave and received more sympathy than elsewhere. It was her frequent saying that she came to Mrs. Rossall's house when she wanted to rest.
'I gather from your look, aunt, he began, when the others did not seem disposed to break silence, 'that you take my father's view of what he has been telling you. 'I am not sure what your father's view is, was Mrs. Rossall's reply, given very coldly. 'But I certainly think you have proposed what is impossible. 'Yes, you are right, rejoined Wilfrid, to the surprise of both.
Rossall's homekeeping tendencies and the growing childhood of her twins tended to persuade her that her youth was gone; even the new spring fashions stirred her to but languid interest, and her music, in which she had some attainments, was all but laid aside. With widowhood began a new phase of her life.
Rossall, 'do change your place and sit between those two; they never can be next each other without quarrelling. Breakfast drew out to unusual length. Miss Redwing was full of the season's news, and Mrs. Rossall's reviving interest in such vanities scarcely affected concealment. Mr.
When engaged in her work of teaching, she was at ease; alone in the room which had been set apart for her, she lived in the freedom of her instincts; but in Mrs. Rossall's drawing-room she could only act a part, and all such divergence from reality was pain.
Rossall's society at other times, though no one suspected it, she suffered much from loneliness. With her mother she was in accord on the subjects of religion and music, but even natural affection, blending with these sympathies, could not bring about complete unity in her home there was the same lack that she experienced in the outer world.
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