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Selincourt said, putting the glass to his eye to get another look at the place they were approaching. "Will our hut be down here on the shore?" asked Mary, who was straining her eyes for a first glimpse of the house they were to live in.
Across the semi-dark of a "Courtyard by Moonlight" it was hard to distinguish anything but the silhouette of his hand and arm, and Mrs. Cleve's fair hair and immense jewelled fan. What were they saying to each other in this public isolation where anything might be said so long as decorum was preserved? Selincourt gave a little laugh as the curtain rose.
Selincourt from the muskeg. But Katherine went on to the store with her head in a whirl; almost she was disposed to believe that dark story from her father's past to be only a dream, or some conjured-up vision of a diseased fancy almost, but not quite. Only too well she knew that it was the dread of Mr.
Burton with a shiver, for spring floods were no joke in that part of the world. "By the way, has Miles told you that he saw the Englishman to-day?" "What Englishman?" demanded Katherine, with dismay in her tone, for her thoughts immediately flew to Mr. Selincourt; only, of course, it was not possible that he could arrive before June.
Jenkin smiling and waving from the bank. "What a nice little woman, and how friendly and kind in her manner!" exclaimed Mary, whereat Mr. Selincourt laughed. "Has Canada bewitched you already? What is to become of class distinctions if you are just going to hobnob with anyone who may happen along?" he asked, his eyes twinkling with fun, for he was quoting from her own past utterances.
John's, Newfoundland, whence the idea was taken. Already Mr. Selincourt was in treaty for the purchase of land on both sides of the river.
"To see me?" Katherine asked in surprise. "Yes, he even went over the portage to see if you were coming, but he could not wait, because the Mary sailed with the evening tide," answered Miles. Mr. Selincourt is Confidential
Selincourt, and for that reason shunned anything to do with it. "Astor has gone across to Fort Garry to-day; he started at dawn, and a pretty stiff journey he'll have before he gets back: but I warned him not to go, for I smelled the rain coming when I put my head outside this morning; my nose is worth two of his, for he can't smell weather, and never could," Mrs.
"Yes; at least, I have heard about Mr. Selincourt coming, if that is what you mean," Katherine answered, as she unfastened her outer garments. "That is not the best part of the news by any means," returned Mrs. Burton, giving Lotta a little shake to silence the demand for more of "Mother Hubbard". "What delights me so much is to think that Miss Selincourt is coming too.
Katherine exclaimed in pleased surprise, as she came down the portage path, laden with a great reed basket filled with ptarmigan eggs. "Katherine, I have had such a nice morning!" he said with childish eagerness. "Mr. Selincourt has been to see me, and I like him so very much."
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