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"Oh yes," cried Bridget, "if he hadn't gone I should have seen him here. Isn't it tiresome of him!" "What?" asked Carrissima. "No sooner coming back to London than off he must go the very next day. He came to see me directly he returned from Yorkshire," Bridget explained, "and well, I happened to have a fit of the miserables. I assure you I am not often taken that way.
Those through which Carrissima was living at present could scarcely be much worse! Even Colonel Faversham remarked how well she was looking when she said "good-bye." "I hope you won't feel very dull by yourself," she suggested. "Dull!" he retorted. "Why in the world should I feel dull! You speak as if I couldn't tolerate my own society for a few hours.
"Sybil at least it originated with Carrissima," said Jimmy. "My dear chap," retorted Mark warmly, "surely you must know that Carrissima is the very last person to make an accusation, founded or unfounded, against anybody." "I should have thought so," Jimmy admitted. "Whom is it against?" "Bridget. I am bound to bring it out," said Jimmy.
"Oh yes, by far the best," said Carrissima, with a shiver. With that he went away, and Carrissima sought her room, locking herself in. She felt exceedingly angry with Sybil, and determined to write to her before the day ended. As to Mark, it was true she had done him an injustice, but his conduct appeared as difficult to explain as ever.
Carrissima paid the bill, but in the reaction of her feelings she doubted whether she should give Bridget a present after all. It began to look as if there were some justification for Lawrence's suspicions, and for the first time she experienced serious fears for the future. Carrissima could not make up her mind.
"You see," he answered, "I'm a bad hand at sitting still with my hands in my pockets. I suppose surgery makes one think something can always be attempted." "Still," suggested Carrissima, with a smile, "you can scarcely dream of going to Golfney Place and asking Bridget's intentions!" "The Lord knows!" said Mark. "I shall see how the cat jumps. Anyhow, I am bound to have a look in."
"You have done a fine thing!" said Lawrence. "That is the worst of you." "Oh, do please tell me what is the best, or at least the medium, for a change," was the answer. "My dear Carrie " "If you call me Carrie you will drive me mad," said Carrissima. "I fancy you must be," exclaimed her brother, standing on the hearthrug and looking as solemn as the judge he hoped some day to become.
"I am sorry I said a word to Sybil," answered Carrissima. "But she happened to be here when I got home from Golfney Place that afternoon. You know what I saw there " "I wish to goodness you hadn't gone near the house!" said Mark. "No doubt you do!" she retorted. "It was no business of mine, only it seemed so utterly inconsistent with that you distinctly told me!"
"Well, I am sorry," said Carrissima. "I was carried away by excitement. I suppose it's a weakness of mine! I sometimes do tell people things and repent afterwards. I don't pretend to be immaculate." "The fact is," returned Mark, "you've always been down on Bridget. The girl is absolutely straight!
We haven't seen anything so good for the price as that bronze and black Childema rug at Mabred's." "Then we have simply wasted the whole afternoon!" "It isn't very nice of you to say that," cried Carrissima, rising from her chair, with a laugh.
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