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"And," added Bettina, "I think one of the most interesting studies in the world is about these same old saints whom you dislike so much, Malcom. They were heroes; and I think some of them were a great deal grander than those mythological characters you so dote upon. If your uncle will only be so good as to talk to us of the pictures! Let us go at once and thank him.
Mundy was coming down the hall, and at the door her hands went out to take the child from Selwyn. "Bettina told me, and I thought perhaps you'd bring the little creature here. I've got a place all fixed. You are tired out." She turned to me, and then to Selwyn. "Thank you, sir, for taking care of her for going with her and bringing her back. I'm sorry I wasn't here to do it myself.
Jean rose; he looked at the two, Bettina and Paul, a haze floated before his eyes, he suffered cruelly. "There is only one thing I can do," thought he, "profit by this waltz, and go. To-morrow I will write a few lines to Mrs. Scott to excuse myself." He gained the door, he looked no more at Bettina; had he looked, he would have stayed.
They sat in tender proximity to each other, and Bettina was listening to Egbert's eloquent story of the olden times, and of the many chivalric deeds for which the neighborhood of this spot was celebrated.
He spoke with extreme seriousness, and there was a tone in his last words which conveyed to Bettina the suspicion that they referred to something more than any act of Lord Hurdly's which had heretofore been mentioned between them. She waited, therefore, in some agitation to hear what his next words should be.
"I shall not be cold while you with that open dress I shall go to oblige you to go in." And without even offering his hand, he ran quickly down the steps. "If I touch her hand," he thought, "I am lost, my secret will escape me." His secret! He did not know that Bettina read his heart like an open book.
They knew that between one and two o'clock the regiment must pass through the village. They had been promised that they should be taken to see the soldiers pass, and for them, as well as for Bettina, the return of the 9th Artillery was a great event. "Aunt Betty," said Bella, "Aunt Betty, come with us." "Yes, do come," said Harry, "do come, we shall see our friend Jean, on his big gray horse."
They exchanged many tender embraces; then, Richard, addressing his sister-in-law, said, laughingly: "Well, when is the wedding to be?" "What wedding?" "Yours." "My wedding?" "Yes, certainly." "And to whom am I about to be married?" "To Monsieur Jean Reynaud." "Ah! Susie has written to you?" "Susie? Not at all. Susie has not said a word. It is you, Bettina, who have written to me.
Yet Bettina had the same uncomfortable sense of being criticised and held to strict account. She felt as if evidence were rolling up against her which might one day be brought before her all at once. She had, however, acquired a thirst for some knowledge of things beyond her own narrow interests, which was not to be calmed except by indulgence.
That the remote Miss Vanderpoel should have emerged from her luxurious corner to frankly bully the lot of them was an excellent shock for the crowd. Men, who had been in danger of losing their heads and becoming as uncontrolled as the women, suddenly realised the fact and pulled themselves together. Bettina made her way at once to the Worthingtons' staterooms. There she found frenzy reigning.
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