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Updated: May 23, 2025
Churchouse walked out to the gate with him, Sabina peeped out of the kitchen window which commanded the entrance, and her face was lighted with very genuine animation and interest. Mrs. Dinnett returned at midnight tearful, for the ancient woman at Chilcombe had died in her arms "at five after five," as she said. Mary Dinnett was an excitable and pessimistic person.
They started presently under low grey clouds, but the sky was not grey for them and the weather of their minds made them forget the poor light and sad south-west wind laden with rain. It held off until they had reached Chilcombe chapel, entered the little place of prayer and stood together before the ancient reredos. The golden-brown wood made a patch of brightness in the little building.
Bowden lets me leave school, I shall say 'Ta-ta! I'm off to the land of oranges and lemons!" "And in the meantime you'll have to make up at school for this long holiday," reminded Cousin Clare. "I'm afraid you'll find yourself terribly behindhand when you get back to Chilcombe!" The occupants of the Blue Grotto had much to talk about when they met again.
The three girls went back to school on the following day, half regretful to leave the Chase, but rather excited at the prospect of meeting their companions. Now that Carmel had got over her first stage of homesickness, she liked Chilcombe and had made many friends there. She intended to enjoy the autumn term to the best of her ability.
It was impossible to say quite where it originated, for at least five girls claimed the honor of it, but it was neither more nor less than that Chilcombe School should raise a subscription and buy an adequate carriage for the small invalid. "That terrible box must shake her to pieces, poor kid!" "It had no springs!" "She looked so sweet!" "But as white as a daisy!"
As yet she was mistress only in name, for during her minority everything was left in the hands of Mr. Bowden and a certain Canon Lowe, who were guardians to all Mr. Ingleton's grandchildren, and kept the Chase open as a home for them. The three girls returned there from Chilcombe Hall at the end of the term, and were joined by the younger boys from their preparatory school.
"They ought to have taken better care of you!" he murmured. "Why didn't the mistress hold a roll-call, and count you all?" "It wasn't her fault. It was my own mistake!" "Well, whoever's fault it was, the fact remains the same. You'd better get on Rajah, and I'll take you back to Chilcombe." "Oh! that would be lovely. I'm so tired."
It represented the profile of a rather pert looking young person with a tip-tilted nose and an eye several sizes larger than was consistent with the usual anatomy of the human countenance. THE SISTERS INGLETON..........The Cheverley Favourites SIGNORINA CARMEL LESLIE....The famous Sicilian Comedienne MISS GOWAN BARBOUR..............The Daisy of Chilcombe
A Valentine Party Chilcombe Hall, where Lilias and Dulcie had been boarders for the last two years, was an exceedingly nice school.
Though the Ingletons' immediate friends at Chilcombe had been rather inclined to look with the green eyes of envy upon their long holiday in Sicily, and consequent immunity from Easter examinations, they were mollified by the pretty gifts which the girls had brought them, and while they still proclaimed them "luckers out of all reason," they forgave them their good fortune, and received them back once more into the bosom of their special clique.
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