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"She knows him, too, and so does Mrs. Adlerfeld." "Oh!" repeated Miss Castlevaine. "I see him riding with that Miss Puddicombe a good deal lately. Guess she's trying to catch him." "They are coming now for certain!" exclaimed Mrs. Albright. Away in the distance the returning party could be discerned. Soon there was a waving of eager hands. The forward ones started on a race.
"It makes me so glad and happy, it hurts," she said, her hand upon her breast. "I knew you'd love it!" exulted Polly, dropping lightly between the two and laying a hand upon each. "Let's come out here every week!" Nobody objected. Mrs. Albright wagged an approving smile, Mrs. Adlerfeld continued her dreamy gaze into the brook, the invalid was too drowsy to speak. "Go to sleep, all of you!"
She had been to see an old friend of hers, a member of the Board, and this lady had given her the same amount of money that Miss Sniffen had " "Stolen!" burst out Miss Crilly. "I'm telling this story!" announced Mrs. Albright placidly. "But Miss Twining said," she resumed, "that she had promised not to divulge the name of the lady to any one. So I don't know who it is.
But it did seem as if Mrs. Nobbs never would go! Oh, the dear woman is so excited that I don't know whether she will get dressed straight or not! Mrs. Albright is helping her. His coming has upset her completely. But it is a happy up-setting! You can see that! I am so glad!" "Will she come right over?" "If they'll let her. I presume they will." "If they don't, I'll make a fuss!" threatened Polly.
Her children required constant attention, and the servants, bond and free, for the most part lazy, evasive, and insubordinate spoilt by the inefficiency of a vacillating master were hard to govern or to please. Peter Taylor was insidious, but plausible; Albright, obstinate; the negroes, with few exceptions, "something between a hindrance and a help."
"Why, I never thought that anybody could be tired!" said Polly contritely. "Why didn't you speak sooner?" "Oh, we'll be all right by the time you get back!" laughed Mrs. Albright. "Now run along, every one of you! Shoo! Shoo!" She waved her skirts toward them. It took a good deal of urging, however, to induce Polly to leave Miss Sterling.
"He didn't stay long enough to say anything!" sputtered Miss Crilly. "He walked in and walked out I wish I'd timed him!" "You'd have had to look in a hurry," remarked Mrs. Albright quietly. "Guess he's like a doctor my mother used to tell about," observed Miss Crilly. "You had to catch hold of his coat-tails if you wanted to ask him a question.
Adlerfeld gave them a surprise. Of course, Miss Churchill and the matron knew all about it, and Mrs. Albright and Miss Nita and I; but the majority did not dream of such a thing. At eight o'clock Mrs. Adlerfeld, who had slipped away to put on her traveling dress, walked in on the arm of Mr. Von Dalin, and there was a minister, and they were married!
It is nothing!" Mrs. Albright put an arm around her. "It is only that Mr. Randolph is sick." "O-o-h!" mourned Polly. "It's in the morning paper," added Miss Crilly. "It says, 'seriously ill." "Yet he may not be," interposed Miss Sterling. "The papers seldom get it right." "It is too bad!" Polly sat down.
Mis' Albright and Miss Mullaly and Miss Major and I, and I said, 'Come in and sit down! So I struck a light, and happened to glance this way! Well, I gave one scream, and looked round to make sure where I was; and Miss Mullaly she squealed out, 'How came that here? Then I spun across the room lively!
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