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"I wish I had heard all this before, Byo, but it's too late now, for I've promised. And of course I never thought it all out so. You know I've never even seen a wedding. But is only Mr. Lasalle, in this case; and you know he has 'been though the motions' " Mr. Lasalle, truly! Mrs. Bywank repeated in great scorn. 'A likely thing! 'Going through the motions! Rollo repeated.
Some favoured young ladies even stayed over night sometimes, and then they all went driving together. Mr. Falkirk frowned, and Mrs. Bywank smiled; and cards accumulated to a fearful extent in the hall basket at Chickaree. Rollo among others had been discomfited, by finding the young lady invisible, or, what was the same thing for his purpose, visible to too many at once.
She came back and held out her hand. 'I hope your luncheon is ready, Byo? she said; 'and that you have something very good to reward Mr. Rollo for his long waiting. I had no idea I was delaying any one but you, or I should have made more haste. Mrs. Bywank spoils me, Mr. Rollo, by giving me just the same welcome whether I come early or late. But I am very sorry if I have hindered you.
'It is very plain what I have to do! There is the jar of marmalade quite pushed out of reach. And if you do not empty it, Mr. Rollo, Mrs. Bywank will think you have not fulfilled the sweet promise of your earlier years. 'My dear! remonstrated Mrs. Bywank, uneasily. 'I have satisfied her, said Rollo, dryly. 'But there is a little left for you.
And the barring and bolting and locking up for the night were done with a more hurried step than usual. 'Miss Wych my dear all in brown? said Mrs. Bywank doubtfully, as her young charge was arraying herself one morning for the woodcraft. Some rain and some matters of business had delayed the occasion, and it was a good week since the fishing party. 'Harmonious, isn't it? said Hazel.
'My dear! Mrs. Bywank said again. 'I think you shouldn't talk so, Miss Wych. 'Very likely not, said Hazel. But if ever I am a real runaway, Byo, it will be for the sake of choosing my own ruler. So you can remember. 'Miss Wych Mrs. Bywank began, gravely. Hazel came and flung herself down on the floor, and laid her head on the old housekeeper's lap. 'O, I know! she said.
Bywank, in conclusion, 'puzzles my head, I'm sure. Mere handling so many hearts might do it. Mr. Rollo pursued his breakfast rather thoughtfully and nonchalantly for a time. 'Mrs. Bywank, Mrs. Coles is returned. 'Surely! said Mrs. Bywank, with a slight start. 'Then she'll make mischief, or it'll be the first chance she ever missed.
She looked round at him then one of her girlish, searching looks, resolving perhaps how far it was safe to be confidential. 'A good many things, Mr. Rollo, she answered, slowly. 'I do not believe you could understand. But I would rather have fourteen lectures from Mrs. Bywank than just to hear one of Mr. Falkirk's stiff "Miss Hazels." 'I cannot remember any lectures from Mrs.
Falkirk had his breakfast alone, watched over by Mrs. Bywank. 'Miss Wych had a headache, which was extremely likely, as she had cried all night. But after that the world of Chickaree went on as usual, to all outward appearance. Some weeks had passed over since the ride to Morton Hollow, when one afternoon Rollo's bay again walked up to the side entrance of the Chickaree house.
'Is she to be in that too? 'Of course, said Mrs. Bywank. 'And she said she tried ever so hard to get a ticket for me that I might see her dressed up. But Madame would not. So said I, "Miss Wych, I would rather not see you in that dress, till it's the real thing." "O take what you can get," she said, running the needle into her finger and making a great fuss about it.
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