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Osborn did not lose sight of her unless at such times as she was in the hands of Jane Cupp. "I may as well make a clean breast of it," the young woman said. "I have a sense of responsibility about you that I haven't liked to speak of before. It's half hysterical, I suppose, but it has got the better of me." "You feel responsible for me!" exclaimed Emily, with wondering eyes.
Jameson had been the heroine of any unconventional domestic drama it was an unmistakable fact that Jane Cupp would have "felt it her duty as a young woman to leave this day month, if you please, ma'am," quite six months ago. And there she was, in a neat gown and apron, evidently a fixture because she liked her place, her decent young face full of sympathetic interest.
Rhoda Hammond possessed one faculty that raised her, head and shoulders, above most of her schoolmates who so derided her. The schoolwork was in full swing by this time, and almost every girl seemed to be doing well. "Dr. Cupp was less grim than usual. There was an early January thaw that spoiled all outdoor sport for the Lakeview Hall girls.
How it hurt her, and how tired she was how tired! And when she left Mallowe lovely, luxurious Mallowe she would not go back to her little room all fresh from the Cupps' autumn house-cleaning, which included the washing and ironing of her Turkey-red hangings and chair-covers; she would be obliged to huddle into any poor place she could find. And Mrs. Cupp and Jane would be in Chichester.
Cupp demanded when she had looked over the contents of Rhoda's two trunks. "These clothes might be of use if you expected to attend the opera, or appear in society. How absurd to dress a young girl in such garments! Your mother " "Please, Mrs. Cupp, do not blame my mother if you think these things are not suitable for me to wear. She is not at at fault for their selection.
Cupp looked very stern now as she suddenly appeared from her office at the end of the big hall. She scarcely responded to the greetings of the girls who had returned not even to Nan's but asked in a most forbidding tone: "Who is there new? Girls who have for the first time arrived, come into my office at once. There is time for the usual formalities before supper."
Jane Cupp took "Modern Society," and now and then had the pleasure of reading aloud to her young man little incidents concerning some castle or manor in which Miss Fox-Seton's aunt, Lady Malfry, was staying with earls and special favorites of the Prince's.
Will you have a light left in your room to-night, my lady?" "I am afraid I could not sleep with a light," her mistress answered. "I am not used to one." She continued to sleep, disturbedly some nights, in the dark. She was not aware that on some of the nights Jane Cupp either slept or laid awake in the room nearest to her.
The house in Berkeley Square was reopened. Lady Walderhurst returned to it, as it was understood below stairs, from a visit to some German health resort. Mrs. Cupp and Jane returned with her. The wife of her physician in attendance was with her a great deal. It was most unfortunate for her ladyship that my lord was detained in India by illness.
In fact, Lady Walderhurst had brought her guests to see the young moon peer through the lime-trees, as she sometimes did when the evening was warm. Jane Cupp fled precipitately. Ameerah disappeared also, but without precipitation or any sign of embarrassment. "You look as if you had not slept well, Jane," Lady Walderhurst remarked in the morning as her hair was being brushed.
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