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Weel, are ye awa? 'Yes; good-bye. When you come down to Bourhill, after I come back, we'll have long talks. I shall be so glad to have you there. 'Aweel, wha wad hae thocht it? Ye'll no' rue'd, my doo, if I'm spared, that's a' the thanks I can gie. An' wull ye no' gang up by? There was distinct anxiety in her repetition of the question. But Gladys, with averted head, hastened towards the door.
They've been companions in misfortune, I had almost said for a long time, and it is natural that they should feel kindly towards each other. Miss Bourhill Graham must needs aim a little higher. I like the young fellow, however. There's an honesty of purpose and a fearless individuality about him which refreshes one. Odd, isn't it, to find two such gems in such a place?
This admirable plea, so earnestly and persuasively uttered, somewhat touched Gladys, though her face still wore a perplexed and even troubled look. 'Well, but how can it do me any harm to have these girls at Bourhill? Is it because they are poor that I must not have them?
She had sustained another fearful disappointment, and she saw that Bourhill had utterly failed to work the charm on Liz which Teen herself experienced more and more every day. If she were not altogether blind to its loveliness, at least it did not touch any deeper feeling than mere eye pleasure; but more serious and disappointing still was the tone in which she spoke of Gladys.
To look at you, one would think you as gentle as a lamb. 'Dear Mrs. Fordyce, don't make me out such a terrible person, said Gladys quickly. 'Is it so odd that I should wish to brighten life a little for those whom I know have had so very little brightness? 'No; it is not your aim, only your method, I object to, my dear. It will never do to fill Bourhill with such people. But I will say no more.
Never since she came to Bourhill had so long a time elapsed without communicating with one or other of the Fordyce family, but as the days went by and they made no sign, the girl's pride rose, and she told herself that if they pleased to take offence because she reserved to herself the right to ask whom she willed to her own house, they should receive no advances from her.
'I have an inklin', replied Teen, and said no more, though her face became yet more gravely troubled. 'Liz, she said suddenly, 'will ye tell me wan thing afore we gang doon to Bourhill, if we gang? 'What is't? 'Had Fordyce onything to dae wi' you gaun awa' when you did? 'Mind yer ain business, replied Liz, with the utmost calmness, not even changing colour.
On the fourteenth the young couple set sail for the land of the Southern Cross, and were absent exactly twelve months, the reason for their return being that they wished their first-born child to see the light first in Bourhill.
'I mean, my dear, that for you, as Miss Graham of Bourhill, a new life is opening up a life in which it will be quite wise to forget the past. Your life here, I should think, he added, with a significant glance round the place, 'has not held much in it worth remembering. It will pass from you like a dream in the midst of the many new interests which will encompass you now.
It ran thus: 'COLQUHOUN STREET, Thursday Night. 'DEAR MISS GRAHAM, I received your kind letter this morning, and I thank you for acquainting me with my sister's departure from Bourhill. The news did not surprise me at all. I was only astonished that she stayed so long. This afternoon I called at the address you gave me, and the landlady informed me that Mrs.
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