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She compared Fanny's affectionate expressions, with Elizabeth's sharp and hasty manner; the admiration which her friends had made rather too evident, with the wholesome though severe criticisms she sometimes met with at home; the quietness at Dykelands, with the constant bustle at the Vicarage; and ended, by thinking Mrs.
'Would you never see Horace again, if he did such a thing? said Katherine; 'I am sure I would not give him up. Would you? 'I could trust Horace, I think, said Elizabeth; 'I will give him fair warning, and I give you and Helen warning, that if you marry odious people, I will have done with you. 'When I was at Dykelands, said Helen, 'everybody was talking about a man who had married
'I am glad Helen came home in time for it, said Anne. 'I began to think we should never see her more, said Elizabeth; 'there was no gentleman at Dykelands to escort her, and Papa was too busy to fetch her, till at last, Captain Atherley, Mrs. Staunton's brother, took pity upon her, or rather on us, and brought her home.
I do believe she hardly dares to open her lips. I heard her telling Lucy afterwards that there was a rose at Dykelands of the colour of her pattern, and I dare say she did not say so, when it would have been to the purpose, for fear I should say that damp turns roses orange-coloured; and I could see she did not defend her pendant with Captain Atherley for fear I should tell her he was not infallible.
'And I can testify, said Rupert, 'that the description of the cart-horses at Dykelands is perfectly correct. But, Helen, is it true that your friend Dicky has been seized with a fit of martial ardour such as you describe? 'Yes, said Helen, 'he was very near enlisting, but it made his mother very unhappy, and Mrs. Staunton
'FRANCES, too, continued Rupert, 'there is another impossible case; I will answer for it, Helen wrote that, a reminiscence of dear Dykelands. 'No, indeed I did not, said Helen; 'it is FRANCIS, too, I believe. 'Oh yes, said Harriet, 'it is FRANCIS, I wrote it, because do not you remember, Lucy? Frank Hollis
Turner's door; so dismissing him from their minds, they went to finish their walk in the garden, where Helen gave Lucy a full description of all the beauties of Dykelands, and the perfections of its inhabitants; and finding her an attentive and obliging listener, talked herself into a state of most uncommon good humour and amiability for the rest of the evening.
'Never mind Dykelands now, Helen, said Elizabeth, 'and do put down your pencil. That drawing was tolerable before luncheon, but you have been making your tree more like Mr. Dillon's Sunday periwig, every minute since I have been here. And such a shadow! But do not stop to mend it. You will not do any good now, and here is some better work. Mamma wants us to help to finish the cushions.
No wonder she pines for Dykelands; a fine sort of sister and home she has found here, poor child.
The book-shelf, however, was to Anne the most attractive object in the room; and whilst Helen was untying the strings of her portfolio, she went up to it. 'What a beautiful little Bishop Wilson! exclaimed she, taking out one of the books. 'Yes, said Helen with a sigh, 'that was dear Mrs. Staunton's last present to me before I left Dykelands.
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