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Carmine and his young man had come provided with real Indian costumes; the feeling of the company was that Mr. Carmine was a mullah. The aunt-like lady with the noble nose stood out amidst these levities in a black silk costume with a gold chain. She refused, it seemed, to make herself absurd, though she encouraged the others to extravagance by nods and enigmatical smiles.
He told the maiden aunt-like lady with the prominent nose, and she said almost enviously, "Every one here is asked to play except me. I assuage the perambulator. I suppose one mustn't be envious. I don't see why I shouldn't play. I'm not so old as all that." He told Hugh, and Hugh warned him to be careful not to get hold of one of the sprung sticks.
It was as much as Hilary could do to help laughing herself, she being too near her nephew's own age always to maintain a dignified aunt-like attitude, but nevertheless, when, having disposed of her sisters in the parlor, she coaxed Ascott into the school-room, and insisted upon his Latin being done she helping him, Aunt Hilary scolded him well, and bound him over to keep the peace toward the new servant.
I assure you, Nephew, you ought to think of a woman like me as of of a ram caught in the bushes." "I'm willing to think of you in that way, if it's not offensive. The Consul didn't go into particulars " "That was unnecessary." "Perhaps. Everything's settled, then. I'll count you out five hundred dollars in gulden. Buy what you choose so long as it's aunt-like.
Prudence is an admirable cook, particularly as regard Yorkshire Pudding; gentle, little Miss Priscilla is the most er Aunt-like, and perfect of housekeepers; and Miss Anthea is our sovereign lady, before whose radiant beauty, Small Porges and I like true knights, and gallant gentles, do constant homage, and in whose behalf Small Porges and I do stand prepared to wage stern battle, by day, or by night."
Did they not know that upon leaving the reunions their extended families would be relegated to the faces of strangers in the foggy back alleys of memory in which they would exit as maternal, paternal, avuncular and aunt-like outlines of diaphanous faces and stick figures only to be restored a little from time to time with letters and telephone calls?
Even Miss Gascoigne seemed to feel that she had gone a bit too far, and busied herself over the tea equipage; while Miss Grey, after one or two deprecating looks at dear Arnold, began knitting nervously at her eternal socks -the only aunt-like duty which, in her meek laziness, she attempted to fulfill toward the children.
Hugh and Betty too made friends, and hearing shouts of laughter coming from Hugh's audience, I went, aunt-like, to see what was happening, and I heard Hugh saying: "I've got another! What did the skeleton " "Hugh," I said, "I want you!" "I'm asking riddles, Aunt Woggles." "Yes, but have you seen the tortoise?" The situation was saved.
"Oh, it's much too big for a knife, Hugh," I replied. "I 'spect it is, all the same," he said with a nod; "you've made it big on purpose; I positively know you have." At last it was opened, and I said, aunt-like, "Do you like it, Hugh?" "Awfully, thanks." Then he added a little wistfully, "Tommy's got a knife with things in it, a button'ook."
I felt rather as if I had a magnificent wild beast in the house; and yet there was a wonderful attraction, partly from the drawing of kindred blood, and partly from the strength and sweetness of Harold's own face, and, aunt-like, I could not help feeling proud, of having such a grand creature belonging to me, though there might be a little dread of what he would do next.
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