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'I see a very good, very dear side of one, said Averil, pressing the eager hand that was held out to her, 'and that is enough for me. I was not a favourite in my own town, and I have not spirits to make friends here. 'Ah! you will have spirits in our woods, she said. 'You shall show me how you go gipsying in England. 'The dear, dear woods! Oh, we must go! cried the little girls.
It was no wonder that Minna and Ella squabbled together as to which was cross, Henry or Averil, and the spirit of party took up its fatal abode in the house of Bankside. Too oft my anxious eye has spied That secret grief thou fain wouldst hide The passing pang of humbled pride.
Thomas May and Ella were at Liverpool; adding that Averil had been exceedingly ill throughout the voyage, though on being carried ashore, she had so far revived, that Tom hoped to bring her home the next day; but emotion was so dangerous, that he begged not to be met at the station, and above all, that Leonard would not show himself till summoned. Dr.
"It was as easy as wink and of course my experience in our old Story Club helped me. You know the scene where Averil makes the cake?
Perhaps it is because you are tired out that you get nervous and agitated. You will be quite different after a rest. 'Are you sure? whispered Averil, with her eyes rounded, 'are you sure that is all the reason? 'What do you mean? said Mary.
Averil looked wistfully after him, as if he were wanted to complete full felicity even in Leonard's presence. How little would they once have thought that her first words to her brother would be, 'Oh, was there ever any one like him? 'We owe it all to him, said Leonard.
May had ordered. 'I can't eat that, said Averil, with almost disgust. 'Take it away. 'Please don't, said Mary. 'Is that the way you use me, Miss Ward, when I come to drink tea with you? 'Oh, I beg your pardon, was the mechanical answer.
Their garrison is too small to be split up, and Fort Akbar must be protected at all costs. It is a more important post than this even." "But there are women here," Averil whispered. "They are under my protection," said Carlyon quietly. "I want you to start at once before we shut the gates." "Have they taken you by surprise, then?" she asked, with a sharp, involuntary shiver. "No," Carlyon said.
It was what Averil had been hearing morning, noon, and night, so no wonder she believed it, and was ashamed of a futile girlish fear. And was Henry sure it was a healthy place? Had she not heard of feverish swamps in Indiana? Oh yes, in new unsettled places; but there had hardly been an ailment in the Muller family since they had settled at Massissauga.
'Oh! there is no fear but that I shall go to-morrow, said Averil; 'I mean to do it! the last words being spoken in a resolute tone, unlike the weariness of her former replies. And with this purpose before her, she consented to be taken back by Mary to rest on the sofa, and even to try to eat and drink.
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