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Then Madame de Corset will soon be sending in her bill for that famous dress of Ada's, and she will want the money she lent me." "Then Madame de Corset must wait," said Katherine, firmly. "Ada is really your debtor. Where could she live at so small a cost as with you? Where could she be so free to run about without a thought for the children? What has become of her?
Ada's parents simply could not afford it. If she has talent, the thing comes of itself and she need only go to a school of Dramatic Art so that she could more easily get a good Theatre says Ada. So I don't see why it should be so frightfully expensive. I'm awfully sorry for Ada. September 10th. Oh we have all been so excited. I've got to pack up my diary because we're going home to-morrow.
She possessed a lively temper and was no meeker than she should be, but during the past summer she had learned to control herself fairly well. Ada's cruel taunt, directed with such a sneer at the Guerin sisters that every girl knew whom she meant, had sent Betty's temper to the boiling point. "Easy, easy, Betty," counseled Miss Anderson, putting an arm about the shaking girl.
Elmslie's great object in life. Hardly was one obstacle to the ill-omened marriage removed by my father's death before another succeeded it in the shape of anxieties and difficulties caused by the delicate state of Ada's health.
'I brought my bag in case of accidents. 'And we'll telegraph to Adeline to join us tomorrow, said Mr. Mohun, who seemed to have been seized with a hunger for the sight of his kindred. 'Telegraph! My dear Maurice, Ada's nerves would be torn to smithereens by a telegram without me to open it for her.
Her face had instantly slipped back into the old sullen lines. "When she can sing like that, shouldn't you think she would be perfectly happy?" sighed Betty. "I'd give anything if I had a voice!" As a matter of fact Betty had a clear little contralto of her own and she sang as naturally as a bird. But there was no denying that Ada's voice was exceptional.
Suddenly he decided, with a certainty that astonished him, that she would come in the afternoon. After dinner he stayed in the sitting-room, fidgeting with impatience. He looked for something to do, and remembered that he had still to clear up the mystery of Ada's drunken bout.
I go down to Sandbourne the day after to-morrow, to take them from that delightful school, and place them in a far different establishment." "Ha! Does Mrs. Ormonde go with you?" "Mrs. Ormonde? Oh no. You know " she hesitated. "Well, you see, Colonel Ormonde is exceedingly indignant with me because I have lost my fortune, and I fancy he does not approve of Ada's having anything to do with me.
Phyllis, without much annoyance to one so obedient, was trained into more civilisation, and Ada's more serious faults were duly watched and guarded against. The removal of Esther was a great advantage to Ada; an older and more steady person was taken in her place; while to the great relief of Mr.
"Si, signor, she not only awoke, and drank up the draught, but she began to talk, and has now gone to sleep again," replied Marianna. "See how sweetly she sleeps." The young man stepped across the cabin so that he might be able to see Ada's countenance. He observed the slight roseate tinge which had visited her cheek, and her calm, quiet breathing. "The lady does well," he whispered.
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