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'My poor brother Elvedon was very weak and foolish, led into all kinds of wild extravagance by by another, much, much worse than he; and here the old lady's face hardened. 'And naturally, she went on, 'we my father and I dreaded what his son might turn out. Poor Elvedon, my nephew I mean, is far from a clever man, but he is sensible and steady, and so are his two sons.
His name was Bernard Harper, and' 'It's awfully interesting, said Frances, 'but I'm afraid I'm getting rather muddled. Your grandfather what was he, then, to Lady Myrtle? 'I'll begin at the other end, said Margaret; 'that will make it plainer. There was a Lord Elvedon who had two sons and a daughter; the daughter was Lady Myrtle.
I think all your school-fellows must be nice girls not only the Harpers. And the name may be a mere coincidence. I have never heard certainly that they were of the Elvedon family. Lady Myrtle had not seemed to be attending to what Miss Mildmay said. She was speaking to herself. "Camilla," she murmured softly, "Camilla" and "Margaret."
They had drawn nearer to the other two by this time, and Phebe overheard the last words. 'If you please, Miss Jacinth, that is Lady Myrtle's family. Her father was Lord Elvedon, two or three back, and the Lord Elvedon now is a nephew or a cousin's son to her, though they never come near the place; it's been let ever since I can remember. 'I wonder if she was brought up at Elvedon, said Frances.
Not "Bessie;" no I never heard of a Bessie, and "Margaret" is not uncommon. But "Camilla" yes, I suppose it must be. But just as she said this, Miss Mildmay's last words the good lady had rather an emphatic way of speaking rang out clearly: 'I have never heard certainly that they were of the Elvedon family.
I don't suppose she means to leave everything to the Elvedons, for a good deal would have been her own share in any case, and a good deal her husband must have left her. By the bye, I have always forgotten to ask Miss Scarlett if the Harper girls she has, or had some one said they had left were any relation to the Elvedon family. Nice girls, evidently, but very badly off, I fancy.
'I wonder, she went on, 'I wonder if those Harpers are any relation to the Elvedons? I can't quite remember what Miss Scarlett said about them. It was their mother she was interested in, though not their father. If they were Elvedon Harpers, Lady Myrtle would know about them; at least' 'Harper isn't at all an uncommon name, interrupted Jacinth.
You and I, Jacinth, will have a long drive to-morrow, as I always go to Elvedon church once a month, and to-morrow is the day. So I daresay you will manage to entertain yourself at home to-day. We can go through the houses in the afternoon. 'Yes, thank you, said Jacinth. 'And the house you said you would show me all over the house, dear Lady Myrtle.
One's own little self makes no impression; you feel that you are just passing through it for the time. Elvedon was rather like that, though the present tenants have managed to lighten it a good deal. But our other place I mean my own family's place, up in the north, where I knew your dear grandmother though not so grand, is much more homelike than Elvedon.
So old Lord Elvedon left all he could to his daughter, Lady Myrtle; of course the estates and a good deal had to go with the title, but still the new Lord Elvedon was much less rich than he should have been, you see, and our grandfather that was the son called Bernard was really poor, and his children, our father and his sisters, have always been poor.
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