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Ward doesn't allow the word money or rank to be spoken of she lives above all that. She says that money is a great talent, and that people who are merely purse-proud are detestable. Oh, but I've told you enough, haven't I?" "Yes, oh yes!" said Merry. "Thanks very, very much. And so Aneta is there; and as Molly and Isabel will be there, they will tell me more at Christmas.
Maggie was in the act of removing her father's treasures from the tin boxes when, without any warning, the room-door was opened, and Aneta, in her pure white dress, with her golden hair surrounding her very fair face, entered the room. "Oh!" said Maggie, dropping a curiously made cross in her confusion and turning a dull brick-red. "Whatever have you come about?"
"Oh, he will be so angry, and I am really terrified of him when he is angry." "But think how much more angry he will be if you don't give me that address, and things happen to-morrow which you little expect. Oh! please trust me." Aneta said a few more words, and in the end she was in possession of that address at Shepherd's Bush where Martin the grocer's flourishing shop was to be found.
Fancy, we two, and you two" she touched one of the Tristram girls "and you, Maggie, and then dear Aneta; why, that'll make six. What a lot we shall have to talk about! Maggie, you and Aneta will be our two heroines; we shall always be applying to you for information." The conversation was here interrupted by Jackdaw, who pinched Maggie on the arm. "You're not attending to us," he said.
Ought we to send for the doctor?" "Oh no, she is not a bit ill in that way. Good-night, Lucy; I felt I ought to tell you." Aneta continued her way until she reached Maggie's room. It was now past midnight. The quiet and regular household had all retired to bed, and Maggie had feverishly begun to prepare for departure. She knew how to let herself out.
We must get that brooch back from Pearce." "Yes, Aneta; I will send Miss Johnson round for it at once. What did you say he gave Maggie for it?" "Five pounds, Mrs. Ward." "It is very honest of him to offer to restore it to her. Ring the bell, dear, and Lucy Johnson will come." Miss Johnson was very much interested when she saw the sparkling treasures. "Maggie's!" she exclaimed.
"I will tell you why I regret it," said Aneta, turning her calm, beautiful eyes upon Maggie's face. "Thank you," said Maggie. "I regret it, Maggie Howland, because you are at the school." "How very polite!" said Maggie, turning crimson. "It is not polite," said Aneta, "and I am sorry that I have to speak as I do; but it is necessary.
Have you any trouble?" "Yes," said Aneta; "and I cannot tell you, dear Mrs. Ward." "I trust you, of course, Aneta." "I know you do; and I want you to trust me more than ever. It has something to do with Maggie." Mrs. Ward slightly frowned. "I am never sure" she began. But Aneta stopped her impulsively.
Was Aneta thinking of the Martyns of The Meadows? The color rushed all over Maggie's face. She clenched her hands. "I hate the horrid, horrid things!" she said. "I won't wear one of them." "Oh, come, dear," said Mrs. Ward kindly; "your stepfather means very well indeed by you. He has doubtless had very little to do with dressing a lady before.
Aneta may look to her laurels, for it's my opinion that the Gibsons and the Cardews will both come over to our side after Saturday." While this conversation was going on, and Maggie's absence was deplored, and no business whatever was being done towards the entertainment of Saturday, Maggie found herself seated opposite to Aneta in Aneta's own bedroom. Maggie felt queer and shaken.
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