Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: May 19, 2025
"Whom are you looking at so hard?" Mrs. Ashborne inquired. "Bertram Challoner and his bride," said Mrs. Keith. "They're coming toward us yonder." Then a curious thing happened, for a man who was crossing the street seemed to see the Challoners and, turning suddenly, stepped back behind a passing cab.
Keith took the letters and gave Mrs. Ashborne an English newspaper. "The bobcat has torn a hole in the basket," the girl went on, "and I'm afraid it's trying to get at the mink." "Tell some of the hotel people to take it out at once and see that the basket is sent to be mended." The girl withdrew and Mrs. Ashborne looked up. "Did I hear aright?" she asked in surprise. "She said a bobcat?" Mrs.
"Is your companion fond of attending to wild animals?" Mrs. Ashborne inquired. "I have wondered where you got her. You have had a number, but she is different from the rest." "I suppose you mean she is too good for the post?" Mrs. Keith suggested. "However, I don't mind telling you that she is Eustace Graham's daughter; you must have heard of him." "Eustace Graham?
They had their backs to him when he went on, but he looked round, as if to make sure he had not been observed before he entered the hotel. "That was strange," said Mrs. Ashborne. "It looked as if the fellow didn't want to meet our friends. Who can he be?" "How can I tell?" Mrs. Keith rejoined. "I think I've seen him somewhere, but that's all I know."
Keith turned to her companion with an amused expression. "I daresay you noticed that he didn't mind keeping her waiting." "I thought he meant to flout her when he acted on her suggestion, and I half expected something of a scene," said Mrs. Ashborne. "The woman has a temper." Mrs. Keith smiled. "The man is a fortune hunter, but he's taking the right way.
"It's a new role for Sedgwick," she remarked. "When he has finished, we are going into the cathedral to hear the music. I'm fond of churches, and we spent the afternoon in Notre Dame." Mrs. Ashborne said it was worth seeing and conversation languished for the next three or four minutes, after which Mrs. Chudleigh moved forward imperiously and took Sedgwick away. Mrs.
She was not strong, and I always thought he had her highly strung nervous temperament, though he must have learned to control it in the army." "He couldn't have got in unless the doctors were satisfied with him," Mrs. Ashborne pointed out. "That's true; but both mental and physical traits have a way of lying dormant while we're young, and developing later.
"Whom are you looking at so hard?" Mrs. Ashborne inquired. "Bertram Challoner and his bride," said Mrs. Keith. "They're coming towards us yonder." Then a curious thing happened, for a man who was crossing the street seemed to see the Challoners and, turning suddenly, stepped back behind a passing cab.
Bertram has shown himself a capable officer; but, to my mind, he looked more like a soldier when he was at Sandhurst than he does now." Mrs. Ashborne glanced toward Millicent, who was distributing a basket of peaches among a group of untidy immigrant children. One toddling baby clung to her skirt. "What a charming picture! Miss Graham fits the part well.
Looking around as Millicent joined them, she noticed the girl's puzzled expression. Millicent had obviously seen the stranger's action, but Mrs. Keith did not wish to pursue the subject then; and the next moment Challoner came up and greeted her heartily, while his wife spoke to Mrs. Ashborne. "We arrived only this afternoon, and must have missed you at dinner," he said.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking