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My aunt says she has the authority over me now, which my dear father had while he was living. Is that true?" "Quite true." "For how long is she my guardian?" "Until you are twenty-one years old." The faint colour faded from Carmina's face. "More than three years perhaps to suffer!" she said sadly. "To suffer? What do you mean, my dear?" She turned paler still, and made no reply.
But the lawyer preserved a vivid remembrance of the interview which had taken place at his office. The detestable pleasure which Mrs. Gallilee had betrayed in profaning the memory of Carmina's mother, had so shocked and disgusted him, that he recoiled from the idea of holding any further intercourse with her, no matter how pressing the emergency might be.
Null was inclined to resent the interference of a meddling woman, in the discharge of his duty. He felt Carmina's pulse, in sulky silence. Her eyes never moved; her hand showed no consciousness of his touch. Teresa opened the door, and looked in impatiently eager to see the intruding nurse sent away. Miss Minerva invited her to return to her place at the bedside.
Hour by hour, Ovid studied the pages that followed, until his mind and the mind of the writer were one. He then returned to certain preliminary allusions to the medical treatment of the two girls inexpressibly precious to him, in Carmina's present interests.
They met on the landing, outside Carmina's room. Zo possessed herself of the bamboo cane, and led the way in. "Carmina! here's the big stick, I told you about," she announced. "Whose stick, dear?" Zo returned to the landing. "Come in, Benjulia," she said and seized him by the coat-tails. Mr. Null rose instinctively. Was this his celebrated colleague?
"Skip Lady Northlake," said Mrs. Gallilee. Mr. Mool skipped. "You are appointed Miss Carmina's guardian, until she comes of age," he resumed. "If she marries in that interval " He paused to turn over a page. Not only Mrs. Gallilee, but Ovid also, now listened with the deepest interest. "If she marries in that interval, with her guardian's approval " "Suppose I don't approve of her choice?" Mrs.
Rely on it, she is prepared for you and there is at least a chance that some proof of it may be found. Have all her movements privately watched and search the room she lives in, as I searched Miss Carmina's room last night." "Well?" said Mrs. Gallilee. "Well?" Mr. Le Frank repeated. She angrily gave way. "Say at once that you are the man to do it for me!" she answered.
What she had already written to Teresa, she now wrote again with but one modification. She expressed herself forbearingly towards Ovid's mother. The closing words of the letter were worthy of Carmina's gentle, just, and generous nature. "You will perhaps say, Why do I only hear now of all that you have suffered? My love, I have longed to tell you of it! I have even taken up my pen to begin.
Before the conversation could proceed, they were interrupted by the appearance of Mrs. Gallilee's maid, with a message from the schoolroom. Miss Maria wanted a little help in her Latin lesson. Noticing Carmina's letter, as she advanced to the door, it struck Miss Minerva that the woman might deliver it. "Is Mrs. Gallilee at home?" she asked. Mrs. Gallilee had just gone out.
He bowed with servile submission, and took his leave. In the meantime, Benjulia had satisfied himself that the embarrassment in Carmina's manner was merely attributable to shyness. She was now no longer an object even of momentary interest to him. He was ready to play with Zo but not on condition of amusing himself with the child, in Carmina's presence. "I am waiting till Mrs.
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