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Dudley entered, into the affair with some zest, but it was noticeable that he devoted himself to Queenie, and exchanged very few remarks with Doreen. There was a certain barrier of constraint springing up between him and Doreen which had risen to an uncomfortable height by the time the curate entered.
Has she been telling you? inquired Doreen, standing square and uncompromising before the angry group. 'She thinks you're no class, as she does the rest of us, said Rosie Brown. Doreen turned on her. 'Does she? She's never shown any signs of it.
And, grateful as she was to Doreen for her championship, she found herself wishing that the girl was a little more refined. However, Vava was no snob, and she determined to face facts and tell Stella she must be friends with Doreen, and so she did.
"What do you mean by talking earnestly?" said Queenie, in the calm, dry manner which would have made any one but her sister think she was really surprised. "Max told me," said Doreen, "and I mean to stay here until I know." It needed very little reflection to tell Queenie that it was better for her sister to hear the truth at once. So she told her.
But Doreen, from her post of vantage on the floor, saw that he held it before him with eyes fixed. Mr. Wedmore, after a little hesitation, and after vainly trying to get another look at the face of the younger man, went on again: "I thought you would be struck by this; the subject turning up again in this odd way, just when you've been interesting yourself so much in the old story!"
'I shall breakfast a little earlier than usual to-morrow morning, Vava, said Stella when they were going to bed that night. 'Doreen says she catches the 8.40, so we shall be in plenty of time if we have breakfast at eight o'clock, objected Vava. 'You can go with Doreen by that train, but I shall take the 8.20, replied her sister.
Wedmore turned out his pockets, taking care to disperse his largesse as widely as possible. The girls helped him, hunting high and low for coins, among which, urged by the crowd in no subdued voice to "come down handsome," sixpences and shillings presently made their welcome appearance. "Oh, the hollies!" whispered Doreen to her sister.
Her way of receiving his advances was perplexing. He was not easily disconcerted, but he did not answer her immediately. Then he said softly: "How could I speak in any way but what you call 'nicely' to you? To the lady whom I am asking to be my wife?" Doreen looked startled. "Oh, don't, please! You don't know what a mistake you're making. I'm not at all the sort of wife for you, really!
Doreen, whose cheeks were much flushed and whose eyes were unusually bright, was extremely gracious. She offered to take Mr. Lindsay into the grounds to interview the gardener, so that they might come to an understanding about the evergreens to be used. She glanced at Dudley as she made this proposal.
Doreen shook her head. "He's not the school doctor, unfortunately. When Millie sprained her ankle, Miss Burd sent for Dr. Harrison. We might fish for them with a butterfly net tied to the end of a drilling pole, if they're anywhere near enough." "They're not. I peeped over the wall and they've rolled quite a long way off." "How weak! What are we to do?"
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