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She was esteemed by the train of domestics and functionaries who performed the duties of the household. This fact somewhat conciliated the young mistress of Chesley Manor. Her grateful nature could not view these matters without feeling their import.
That's why the 'old man' proposes to get in his work first, and we march at daylight to form connection with Hancock. By Jove, Chesley, but that woman in black over there with Follansbee is the handsomest picture I've seen south of the line. Mark how her eyes sparkle, and how prettily the light gleams in her hair. Who is she, do you chance to know?"
A box had been secured where, screened from observation, Regina and Mr. Chesley could not only witness the play, but watch the two men whose box was opposite. When General Laurance called and sent up a basket of choice and costly flowers, begging for a moment's interview, Mrs.
Prudent Mrs. Palma rose at that moment, and the party left the dining-room. Mrs. St. Clare called Regina to her sofa, to make some inquiries about the Cantata, and when the latter was released, he saw that both Mr. Chesley and Mr. Palma were absent. A half-hour elapsed, during which Olga continued to annoy the learned small man with her irreverent flippancy, and Mrs.
I trust I may be pardoned this robbery of your floral ornaments, since you will probably see neither Mr. Roscoe, Mr. Chesley, nor yet Padre Sahib this evening." She laid the snowy perfumed bells in his outstretched hand, and said: "I am exceedingly glad that even in such a trifle I can contribute to your pleasure, and I assure you that you are perfectly welcome to my hyacinths."
In the garden, as she passed toward the hotel, she saw Miss Chesley with the children, but she couldn't stop and speak to them. She hurried. She wanted the protection of her room, of quiet, of the accessories to mental peace. Perhaps when she got these she should be able to think and decide; so she hurried on.
It was also told of Jim, that during the first battle he was loading and shooting at the wounded enemy for all his gun was worth, and when remonstrated with by his Captain, Chesley Herbert, telling Jim he "should not kill them," Jim indignantly asked, "What in the hell did we come to the war for, if not to kill Yankees?" But this, I think, is only a joke at Jim's expense.
For years he has been to me the truest, wisest, kindest friend a deserted and helpless woman ever found." Regina sank her head upon the chair, afraid that her radiant face might betray the joy his praises kindled; and while she walked, Mrs. Orme began her recital: "My grandfather, Hubert Chesley, was from Alsace; my grandmother originally belonged to the French family of Ormes.
Chesley watched the pale gem-like face, with its soft holy eyes full of a resolution which he knew all the world could not shake, a sudden mist blurred her image, and taking her hand, he kissed her forehead. "My noble child, if the golden rule you seek to practise were in universal acceptation and actualization, injustice, fraud, and crime would overturn the bulwarks of morality and decency.
On a time I received a report on the subject of refunding a cotton tax amounting to about $600,000. It bore two endorsements one by the solicitor "Examined and disallowed, Chesley," and one by the commissioner "Allowed, Pleasanton." I placed the report in my private drawer with the purpose of delaying action until I should ascertain where the propelling force existed.
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