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He buttoned his coat tightly over his chest, straightened himself up, sought out his aunt, and said, with some dignity and a slightly injured air: "Nancy, yo' interfe'ence in my household affairs this mornin' was vehy creditable to yo' heart, and deeply touches me; but if I thought you regarded it in any other light except as a short tempo'ary loan, it would offend me keenly.
She just wanted to feel that the monograms were on her dress, that was all." "How strange!" "Yes, it was. But this is a vehy strange part of the world." "And what happened afterwards?" "Bella died when she had her first baby, and the baby died as well. And the father's dead now, too." "What a horrid story, Winnie!" Audrey murmured. And after a pause: "I like your sister." "She was vehy uncommon.
Ah, Major! when you are gettin' old and have no wife to love you and no children to make yo' heart glad, a wood fire full of honest old logs, every one of which is doing its best to please you, is a great comfort." "Draw closer, Major; vehy cold night, gentlemen. We do not have any such weather in my State. Fitz, have you thawed out yet?"
"Were you ever engaged?" "Me? Oh, no!" answered Miss Ingate with tranquillity. "I'm vehy interested in them. Oh, vehy! Oh, vehy! And I like talking to them. But anything more than that gets on my nerves. My eldest sister was the one. Oh! She was the one.
At that instant the shutter again opened overhead. "Hello, Colonel! Home, are you? Chad, where's my julep? Ah, Major, hope I see you vehy well, suh. Where's Kerfoot?" That legal luminary craned his head forward as far as it would go without necessitating any additional movement of his body, caught Yancey's eye as he leaned out of the window, and held up the empty glass.
Within a few days, however, I shall receive a vehy large amount of secu'ities from an English syndicate that isinvestigatin' my railroad. I shall then return the amount to you with interest, together with that other sum which you loaned me when I left Caarter Hall." The little lady's only reply was to slip her hand into his and kisshim on the forehead.
I'm standin' there with a grin on my face when a nigger comes 'round the shed 'n' sees me lookin' at them plows. "'Fine plows, sah, an' vehy cheap, he says. "'Do I look like I needs a plow? I says to him. "'No, sah, says the nigger, lookin' me over. 'I cyant rightly say you favohs plowin', but howkum you ain' tendin' de sale? "'I don't see nothin' over there that suits me, I says.
I've seen a deal of love in my time, ever since my sister Arabella's first engagement, but I never saw any that wasn't vehy, vehy queer." "I do hope they'll be happy," said Audrey. "Do you?" said Miss Ingate. The carriage had emptied, and the two adventurers stood alone among empty compartments. The platform was also empty. Not a porter in sight.