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Updated: June 12, 2025
'He wrote? Wilfrid heard it with a little surprise, but without concern. 'Do you know whether Mrs. Hood is alone with her? he went on to ask. 'I believe so. 'And she is better? He added quickly, 'Has she proper attendance? Have any friends been of aid? 'The Baxendales have shown much kindness. My aunt saw her yesterday. 'Will it be long before she is able to leave her room, do you know?
At nineteen she for the first time left home. Through the Baxendales she obtained the position of governess in a family residing in Liverpool, and remained with them till she went to London, to the Athels. These three years in Liverpool were momentous for her; they led her from girlhood to womanhood, and established her character.
The triumphant return of Mr. Baxendale had naturally led to festive occasions; at one dinner at the Baxendales' house Dagworthy was present, but, as it seemed, in the body only. People who, in the provincial way, made old jokes last a very long time, remarked to each other with a smile that Dagworthy appeared to be in a mood which promised an item of interest in the police reports before long.
Emily's sphere of work extended itself; the school only took her mornings, and for the afternoon there was proposed to her the teaching of the little Baxendales. The Baxendales were well-to-do people; the father was, just then, mayor of Dunfield, the mother was related to the member of Parliament for the town. We have had mention of them as connections of Beatrice Redwing.
At four o'clock he presented himself at the house, and sent in a card to Beatrice. The Baxendales lived in St. Luke's, which we already know as the fashionable quarter of Dunfield. Their house stood by itself, with high walls about it, enclosing a garden; at the door were stone pillars, the lower half painted a dull red. It seemed the abode of solid people, not troubled with scruples of taste.
'But I should indeed like to hear her, Emily said, 'and she seems to sing so rarely. 'She has only just returned to England, Wilfrid remarked They had heard of Beatrice having been in Florence a week or two prior to their own stay there. She was travelling with the Baxendales.
She had a letter on the following morning on which she recognised Beatrice Redwing's bend. To her surprise, the stamp was of Dunfield. It proved that Beatrice was on a visit to the Baxendales.
At first the suggestion did not recommend itself, but nothing better came into his mind, and, as his impatience grew, the obstacles seemed so trifling that he overlooked them. He remembered that the address of the Baxendales was unknown to him; but it could easily be discovered. Yes, he would go straight to Beatrice.
She was at home then for a few weeks before her departure for London, and the Baxendales, who had always shown her much kindness, invited her to an evening party, at which Dagworthy was present. He had chatted with her on that occasion. Yes, he was going to speak.
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