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Oh, Peter, won't the Van Raaltens and the Arlingtons fall over themselves with rage if the Earl of Raygan and his mother and sister stop with us for a fortnight!" "Stop with us for a fortnight!" mimicked Peter, scornful yet affectionate now. "You get more British every day in your accent and conversation, my kid." "Well, I try hard enough! I do like their way of speaking.
We need mention, only that the seeds of irreconcileable dislike were sown at this time, between the Miss Falconers and their dear friends, the Lady Arlingtons: there was some difficulty made by Lady Anne about lending her diamond crescent for Zara's turban Miss Georgiana could never forgive this; and Lady Frances, on her part, was provoked, beyond measure, by an order from the duke, her uncle, forbidding her to appear on the stage.
Opposite to several names he wrote commonplace young or, commonplace old ladies: of the latter number were Lady Trant and Lady Kew: of the former were the Miss G s, and others not worth mentioning. Then came the two Lady Arlingtons, nieces of the Duke of Greenwich. "The Lady Arlingtons," continues Alfred, "are glad to get to Mrs. Falconer, and Mrs.
"You think I have lost my senses this morning I thought, and I am afraid so did many other people, that you had lost yours last night. Another such scene, your friends the Lady Arlingtons for spectators, you are ridiculous, and, of course, undone for life in the fashionable world establishment, and every thing else that is desirable, irrevocably out of the question.
CHRISTMAS had come round again merry old Christmas, with his smiling face and wealth of good cheer; and every preparation had been made by the Arlingtons for their annual Christmas party, which was always a gay time for the young friends of the family. Some hundreds of miles away, in a quiet New-England village, lived Mr. Archer, an uncle of Mr. Arlington.
The Arlingtons are with her now, but I fancy she would rather be sitting with us or alone best of all, poor dear. You see, she is a mixture of the angel that is too much for some people. How she got it I don't know, not among us, I should think, though she came to us straight out of the schoolroom, or I fancy she would never have come at all.
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