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When they had made the round of the rooms Mrs. Fleming was not at the window where she had left Imogene; the girl detected the top of her bonnet still in the next room. "The chaperone is never there when you come back with the protegee," said Colville. "It seems to be the nature of the chaperone." Imogene turned very grave. "I think I ought to go to her," she murmured.
The chaperone, on discovering that they had got out of sight, started up, and was hurrying forward to overtake them, when her bonnet, adorned with huge bows, caught in a low hanging bough, and, to her horror, before she could stop her progress, not only was it dragged off, but so was her cap, and the wig she wore beneath.
His generous nature was touched; and, with his talent for administration and planning, he conceived the idea of establishing Francine in the pretty bird's nest at Carlsruhe, distant alike from the strongholds of her calumniators, Belgium and France. Fortnoye now had an object in life. "There is a very young person in the cemetery of Laaken who is much in need of a chaperone," he said.
There was a very attractive supper ready for her in a private room, where Miss Cordova was also present in her Spanish costume, a giddy chaperone who soon retired and left the two together, and Pauline could hardly credit the fact that Crabbe was genuinely sober, clad in his irreproachable evening suit, his hair neatly brushed with a kind of military cut, and his features composed and pleased, recalling much of what he had been when first they met; and she also observed with much surprise that Poussette was present at the feast altogether in the character of menial and inferior, with his coat off, bustling about with the glasses, corkscrews and towels.
"We'll talk no more of this," and Nathaniel began to pace the room. "I am finished," and Angela went to the door. "It would be better we didn't meet again in any event not often," added Nathaniel. "Thank you," said Angela, opening the door. He motioned her to close it, that he had something more to say. "We'll find you some suitable chaperone.
"I feel deeply grateful for your kindness, mamma; but you know I could not enter society, except under the auspices of my husband," replied Berenice. "You can enter society under the auspices of your husband's mother, the very best chaperone you could possibly have," said the lady coldly. "I know that, mamma." "Then you will come with us?"
"The party is not in the least what your chaperone expected; indeed, we can hardly be dignified by the name of a party at all, but you see how happy she is. She even enjoyed dear old Groombridge's prosing last night, and she has been very happy in church, and now she is going to see the dairy.
"I think we should all be happier and freer from restraint if Mrs. Haxton and the Baron left us," she said. "I agree with you. Mrs. Haxton, as a chaperone, can easily be dispensed with. You say they have a scheme drawn up for my signature setting forth the number of camels, etc., they need? Bring it to me.
Mamma would not let her take a French maid, but preferred a young lady as companion; for, three being an awkward number, a fourth party would be not only convenient, but necessary on the girl's account, since she was not used to take care of herself and Mrs. Homer could only be expected to act as chaperone. "Jane Bassett is just the person I want, and Jane shall go.
Hilda, when its door closed upon the purple vision of her, might have been a modern Cinderella in mid-stage of backward transformation. "I could chaperone you all!" she cried gaily back at them, as she passed down the steps; and in the relief of the general exclamation it seemed reasonable enough that Stephen Arnold should lean into the gharry to see that she was quite comfortable.
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