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These little things annoyed Julia excessively, and numerous were the lectures given in secret to Fanny, who would laugh merrily at her sister’s distress and say she really wished her father would dine some day at Mrs. Crane’s table. "Heaven forbid that he should!" said Julia. "I should be mortified to death." "They would not mind his oddities," said Fanny, "for I overheard Mrs.
I shan’t budge an inch till I’ve had my dinner; besides, I want to see Mr. Wilmot." Julia saw that she must submit to the mortification of seeing her father at Mrs. Crane’s dinner table, and with a beating heart she heard the bell summon them to the dining room. Mrs. Carrington did not appear—her nerves had received too great a shock—and for that Julia was thankful. Dr.
Crane’s, where she was treated with every possible attention which politeness or sympathy could dictate. A few days after the funeral she one evening casually asked, if that fair, delicate-looking girl at her brother’s grave were not Miss Middleton? "Yes," replied Mrs. Carrington. "Did you not think from her manner that she was a sincere mourner?" Kate was about to reply, when Dr.
How she succeeded we shall see hereafter. Three weeks after Mr. Middleton’s departure for New Orleans, Mr. Miller’s school closed. Uncle Joshua was present at the examination, and congratulated himself much because he did not feel at all "stuck up" at seeing both Julia and Fanny acquit themselves so creditably. After the exercises were concluded, he returned with Mr. Miller to Mrs. Crane’s.
Accordingly, after the wedding party had returned to Mrs. Crane’s, he invited Mr. Middleton to go with him for a few minutes to his room. Fanny was sure of her father’s consent, but she could not help feeling nervous when she saw him leave the parlor, accompanied by Dr. Lacey.
The change was noticed and spoken of by the inmates of Mrs. Crane’s dwelling. Mr. Miller attributed it to a too close application to books, and recommended her to relax somewhat in her studies. Fanny had too much of woman’s pride to allow anyone except Julia to know the real cause of her sadness, and was glad to have her languor ascribed to over-exertion.
William Middleton returned to New Orleans, and Dr. Lacey sent with him his servant Rondeau, nothing loath to return home, for Leffie’s face of late had haunted him not a little. Dr. Lacey’s return to Mrs. Crane’s gave great satisfaction to Mrs.
Crane’s parlor, Mr. and Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Carrington and Julia. Kate instantly recognized the young gentlemen as old acquaintances, and presented them to her friends. When Stanton entered the room all observed the strong resemblance between him and Dr. Lacey. At last Mr. Miller spoke of it, and Stanton replied, "Yes, I’ve been told so before. Dr. Lacey is my cousin." "Indeed!" said Mr. Miller.
Crane’s kitchen, Julia and Fanny were in their room, the windows of which were open and looked out upon a balcony, which extended entirely around the house. There was no school that day, and Fanny was just wishing she could hear from home when a servant entered the room and said there was a boy in the kitchen, who wished to see Miss Fanny. "A boy want to see me," said Fanny; "who can it be?"
"No," returned the other; "old miss has died a heap o’ times, by spells, so I reckon she’ll hang on this time till I git back, jist so she can jaw me for being gone so long." So they parted, the stranger negro to go for the doctor and Ike to go to Mrs. Crane’s, with his berries, and Aunt Judy’s cranberry pie.
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