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Madame Bonnemain herself met them at the station, a bright-eyed, red-cheeked, happy-faced little woman, on whom the care and the worry of life appeared to have sat but lightly during all these hard years. She was visibly affected at meeting with her old school-friend. 'Why, Henrietta, you are not one bit changed; you actually look younger than ever, exclaimed Mrs.
In 1829, after the departure of Monsieur de Chargeboeuf, she was excited by the anticipation of a little pleasure; she was expecting the Baronne de Fontaine. Anna's husband, who was now Director-General under the Minister of Finance, took advantage of leave of absence on the occasion of his father's death to take his wife to Italy. Anna wished to spend the day at Sancerre with her school-friend.
The same school-friend sometimes took me to the Observatory, to see old Professor d'Arrest a refined and sapient man and there, for the first time, I saw the stellar heavens through a telescope. I had learnt astronomy at school, but had lacked talent to attain any real insight into the subject.
"And these menaces, my dear mother?" "Will, I hope, have a good effect. She kept up a correspondence with an old school-friend in the country. I have put a stop to this, for it appeared to me dangerous. She is now under my sole influence, and I hope we shall attain our ends; but you see, my dear daughter, it is never without crosses and difficulties that we succeed in doing good!"
"You remember our visit to your old school-friend, Mr. Dobson?" "Of course; perfectly." Mr. Dobson was a worthy clergyman, doing his weary best in a rural parish. "And you remember Mrs. Evermore?" "Yes." "You thought her name a funny one; but you said it ought to have been 'Nevermore, because she seemed never to get any further!" "Come, come, Molly! that won't do!
Hamlet, trusting more to this firmer and truly antique character than to his own, requests Horatio to aid him during the play-scene in watching the King, so as to procure more natural evidence of his guilt. This school-friend how often may he have philosophised with him! is to him as just a man As e'er my conversation coped withal.
Penn had prepared themselves for a trip to Richmond, when Miss Kilner suddenly presented herself. "One longs to escape from London to-day," she said. "So you are going to Richmond? I have a school-friend who lives down by the river, and I told Miss Saxon that I should go to see her." "Will you come with us?" Mrs. Beaton asked, brightening. "Yes," Elsie answered; and the three went off together.
And, in addition to all this, Lucille was away on a visit to a school-friend. And when Lucille went away, she took with her the sunshine. Archie was not surprised at her being popular and in demand among her friends, but that did not help him to become reconciled to her absence.
In 1829, after the departure of Monsieur de Chargeboeuf, she was excited by the anticipation of a little pleasure; she was expecting the Baronne de Fontaine. Anna's husband, who was now Director-General under the Minister of Finance, took advantage of leave of absence on the occasion of his father's death to take his wife to Italy. Anna wished to spend the day at Sancerre with her school-friend.
Have the clergy ready, for it's marriage." Then in your bitter need you remembered having talked with me in this hotel-parlor the very day of your accident. I had been a school-friend of your dead sister, and for her sake, on the rare occasions of your seeing me, you have always been polite and kindly patronized me.
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