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Any well, any duffer can act Brutus or Richard the Third or the Ghost of Banquo, but it is reserved only to a few to be able to do justice to the parts of Bartholomew Bumblebee or Miss Anastatia Acidrop. And when one comes to compare the paltry exploits and dull observations of the old tragedy heroes with the noble wit and sublime actions of their modern rivals it is not to be wondered at!
Moss good-day, Mary, said my grandmother; and added, 'the child has been wild to come and see you, Anastatia. "Mrs. Moss held out her hand good-naturedly. 'So you wanted to see me, my dear? said she. "I took my hand out of my pocket, where I had been holding the pincushion, and put both into Mrs. Moss's palm. "'I brought this for you ma'am, I said.
I thought of her as I had heard of her young and beautiful and modelled my hopes accordingly. "Most people's day-dreams take, sooner or later, a selfish turn. I seemed to identify myself with the beautiful Anastatia. I thought of the ball as one looks back to the past. I fancied myself moving through the minuet de la cour, whose stately paces scarcely made the silken rosebuds rustle.
"'Indeed, ma'am. But my aunt respectfully continued her work, as I could hear by the scraping of the scissors along the table. "'I heard some news there. The manor is let. "I almost jumped in my bed, and Aunt Harriet's scissors paused. "'Let, ma'am! To whom! "'To a Mrs. Moss. You must have heard me speak of her. I knew her years ago, when we were both young women. Anastatia Eden, she was then.
I remember sitting up with Anastatia after a ball, where he had been at her side all the evening. We sipped hot posset, and talked of our partners. Ah, dear! and here my grandmother heaved a sigh; partly, perhaps, because of the follies of youth, and partly, perhaps, because youth had gone, and could come back no more. "'Anastatia talked of him, she continued.
Captain Pierce stationed one of his ships to guard the passage, by way of the Motanzas, and with the others blocked up the mouth of the harbour, so that the Spaniards were cut off from all supplies by sea. On the island of Anastatia batteries were soon erected, and several cannon mounted by the assistance of the active and enterprising sailors.
INSPECTOR. That's a bad job. Take your ticket, Mrs. Dibble, and don't lose it, and pass on. Doctor taps Mr. Dibble on the eyebrow with his forefinger, and away they go. Anastatia Weedle. That is me, sir. INSPECTOR. Going alone, Anastatia? I am with Mrs. Jobson, sir, but I've got separated for the moment. INSPECTOR. Oh! You are with the Jobsons? Quite right. That'll do, Miss Weedle.
"'Yes, and very happily a charming woman. But the strange part of the story is, that he came quite unexpectedly into a large property that was in his family. "'Did he? Then he would have been as good a match as most of her admirers? "'Better. It was a fine estate. Poor Anastatia! "'Serve her right, said my aunt, shortly. "'She was very beautiful, my grandmother gently recommenced.
'I remember her asking me if "her man" were not a pretty fellow, and if he had not sweet blue eyes and the greatest simplicity I ever knew but in a child. It was true enough; and he was a great deal more than that a great deal more than she ever understood. Poor Anastatia! I advised her to marry him, but she seemed to look on that as impossible.
Sandy Tom was at home; I could only imagine the gentle rub of the head with which he would have assented. Meanwhile, I made up my mind firmly on one point. My grandmother was wrong. Miss Anastatia Eden had not loved Mr. Sandford. "Smash! The fire, which had been gradually becoming hollow, fell in at this moment, and I started to find myself chilly and cramped, and so lay down.
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