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She loved her mother-in-law dearly, she didn't know what she'd do without her, but So it went on; struggle as she would with herself, there still lay at the bottom of her mind the thought that Mrs. Ede had prevented her from going that evening to the theatre, and turn, twist, and wander away as she would, it invariably came back to her.
Now, if you go there, if only for one night, the ice will be broken, and of course you will invite her to visit you, and all will go well." "A nice little scheme," responded Blanch, "but what will mamma and Ede say, do you think?" "Oh, never mind them," answered the plotter; "they need never know it. Just tell them you are going to Saratoga with me for a few days.
Ede had gone away the day before without leaving any message. The porter who informed her of his departure looked her over curiously, setting her thinking that he thought Mr. Ede had done well to get clear of the likes of her. She had tried to make herself look tidy and thought she had succeeded, but tidy or untidy, it was all the same, nothing mattered now; she was done for.
'If you'll let me have the skirt, ma'am, I'll stitch it up. Kate handed her the silk wearily, and was about to speak when Mrs. Ede entered. 'Mr. Lennox is downstairs, she said stiffly. 'I don't know what you'll think of him. I'm a Christian woman and I don't want to misjudge anyone, but he looks to me like a person of very loose ways.
When Franz again heard Tzigany music it was under very different circumstances. A fete was given by a Hungarian gentleman, of which this music was to be one of the attractions, the most distinguished performers being Farkas Miska and Remenyi Ede.
For more than a week past the new lodger had formed the staple subject of conversation in this household. Mrs. Ede, Kate's mother-in-law, was loud in her protestations that the harbouring of an actor could not but be attended by bad luck.
'Ede, ye fond one for all that he's not thy husband! Th' 'rt not his wife; and the child is a bastard. He hath a wife and children of his own rank, and bearing his name; and that's Sir John Horseleigh, of Clyfton Horseleigh, and not plain Jack, as you think him, and your lawful husband. The sacrament of marriage is no safeguard nowadays.
You can't make everybody over; you couldn't brush me up much; you can't make a grand lady out of Edith." Mrs. Stuart looked up inquiringly. "Now you've had your way about your family, and I want you to let Ede alone." "Why?" "She doesn't want that Wheelright fellow, and if you think it over you'll see that she couldn't do as you have. She ain't the sort." Mrs.
Kate always noticed it with aversion, but Ralph, who was not susceptible to feminine revulsions of feelings, begged her to read the passage, and with an eagerness that surprised his mother. Without giving it a second thought she began, but she had not read half a dozen words before Mrs. Ede had gathered up her knitting and was preparing to leave the room. 'Oh, mother, don't go!
Ede smiled at this explanation, and withdrew, leaving Kate in doubt as to the truth of the excuse put forward by her assistant; but remembering that Mrs. Barnes's dress had been promised for Tuesday morning, she said: 'Come, we're wasting all the morning; we must get on with Mrs.
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