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No Lady Jane was firm to what she believed to be for Caroline's interest, and she refused to take her into that set, and therefore declined the honour of chaperoning her ladyship to Lady Angelica Headingham's. "Oh! my dear Lady Jane, you couldn't, you wouldn't be so cruel!
Farther down the line they could hear Katie Mallard's cheerful giggle as she tripped over a beech root, then Bernice Howe's laugh as they all went slipping and sliding down a steep place in the path which led to the hollow crossed by the dry creek bed. "Sing!" called Miss Allison, who was chaperoning the party, and picking her way behind the others with Mary and Elise each clinging to an arm.
"And couldn't you stay here and have some tea yourself?" Mrs. Putnam immediately settled herself in the neighbouring chair. "I'm chaperoning little Lettice Graham for a week," she began, in the delightful voice upon which Harriet had modelled her own. "But Lettice is trying her little arts upon Ward Carter. Dear boy, that!" "Ward? He IS a dear!" Harriet said, innocently. "No blushing?"
"Rachael's terribly decent about it," said the deep voice of old Mrs. Torrence, who was chaperoning a grandson, glad of any excuse to be at the club. "Upon my word I wouldn't be! She will breakfast upstairs many a morning because Clarence likes Carol to pour his coffee. And when that feller comes home tipsy " "Five nights a week!" supplemented Peter Pomeroy.
"Now what is it that you want me to do, you ridiculous boy!" gasped Mrs. Fox, "ask Miss Brown to come and have tea with us, is that it? I'm chaperoning a few of the girls down to the Palace for a cup of tea, Miss Brown, perhaps you will waive all formality, and come too?" Susan didn't like it, the "waive all formality" showed her exactly how Mrs. Fox regarded the matter.
"Oh, yes, you do, dad!" protested Susie. "You're a perfectly ideal chaperon." "I am? The ideal chaperon, then, must be one who never does any chaperoning!" "That's it, exactly!" cried Nell, clapping her hands delightedly. "How quickly you see things, dad!" "So that's it!" and he stood for a moment looking darkly at his offspring. "Well, you girls are old enough to take care of yourselves.
It was useless to hint of such an idea, burning as he often was to launch it upon the waves of discussion. To them, chaperoning signified the highest morals. They exploded with, "It may very well be as you say in America! That is to be expected. Are there any morals in the United States? We have heard awful things. There are the Mormons. There is co-education.
And this was very observable in the case of the girls, who were chaperoning their mothers shrinking women who seemed a little confused by the bustle, and a little awed by the machinery of the great caravansary. At length Mr. King's eye fell upon the Benson group. Usually it is unfortunate that a young lady should be observed for the first time at table.
Aunt Lizzie is here and she brought two friends, and, mother, I feel so responsible for them! Aunt Lizzie is sane enough, if somewhat cranky; but Miss Tish is almost more than I can manage I never know what she is going to do next and I am worn out with chaperoning her. And Miss Aggie, although she is very sweet, is always smoking cubeb cigarettes for hay fever, and it looks terrible!
I reckon she knew she'd have her hands full enough, chaperoning eight youngsters, without asking more. We came pretty near not getting Helena and Herbert, though! Mr. Montaigne fancied it was too much like an imposition to let them come, because he didn't know the Fords. Helena wrote me that, so I got Dad to send him a letter to make him stop and think! Besides, Jim that boy is just grand! He "
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