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Drane immediately, and for you to send Cicely home and give her a lot of work to do at Cobhurst. They should go there this afternoon." "Yes," said the doctor; "of course, the sooner the better; but it has struck me perhaps it might be well to mention the matter to Miss Panney before the Dranes actually leave Mrs. Brinkly. You know she was very active in procuring that place for them." Mrs.
I put off that until the last in order that Miss Drane may be at home. I ought to have called on them before, considering that I did so much in getting them established in Thorbury, I am sure Mrs. Brinkly would not have taken them if I had not talked her into it, but one thing and another has prevented my going there.
Cicely, who had been half way to the door, now came back and stood by the table. "Mother never objects to anything," she said. "She thinks our rooms are very neat and comfortable, and that Mrs. Brinkly is a kind landlady, but she has complained a great deal of the heat. You know our house was very airy." "I am sorry," said the doctor, "that Mrs. Brinkly's house is not likely to prove pleasant.
"She is very much dissatisfied with the Brinkly establishment. I think I saw signs of mental disturbance in our luncheon to-day." Cicely laughed. She was a girl who was pleasant to look at when she laughed, for her features accommodated themselves so naturally to mirthful expression. "It is almost funny," she said, "to see how fond La Fleur is of mother.
Brinkly and find out about this; and she also determined to drop in at Cobhurst, and see how poor Ralph was getting on by himself. But for these things there was no hurry. But jogging into town one morning, she was amazed to meet Ralph and Mrs. Drane returning to Cobhurst in the gig. Both vehicles stopped, and Ralph immediately began to tell the old lady of Miriam's good fortune.
I only told you that to show you how you can always expect her to turn up unexpected." "Mrs. Brinkly spoke of Miss Panney," said Cicely; "she said that she was the first one to come and see her about rooms for us." "That was certainly very kind," said Mrs. Drane, "considering that she does not know us at all, except through Dr. Tolbridge. I remember his speaking of her."
"That is nice," said Miss Panney, "and how do they like it at Mrs. Brinkly's? I saw their rooms, which are neatly furnished, and Mrs. Brinkly keeps a very good table. I have taken many a meal at her house." Had there been a column of mercury at Mrs. Tolbridge's back, it would have gone down several degrees, as she prepared to answer Miss Panney's question.
She did not exactly hesitate, but she was so slow in beginning to speak, that Miss Panney, who was untying her bonnet-strings, had time to add, reflectively, "Yes, they are sure to find her a good landlady." "The Dranes are not with Mrs. Brinkly now," said Mrs. Tolbridge. "They left yesterday afternoon, although some of their things were not sent away until this morning."
The old lady's hands dropped from her bonnet-strings to her lap. "Left Mrs. Brinkly!" she exclaimed. "And where have they gone?" "To Cobhurst, where they will board for a while, during the hot weather. They found it very close and uncomfortable in that part of the town, with the mercury in the eighties." Miss Panney sat up tall and straight.
She was very much opposed to their staying with Mrs. Brinkly, you see she had lived with them and has quite an affection for them, and actually went so far as to talk of taking a house in the country and boarding them herself. And you know, Miss Panney, how bad it would be for the doctor to lose La Fleur." "Did the doctor have anything to do with this?" asked Miss Panney. Now Mrs.
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