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I think that's all." I read selections from this letter aloud to Ethelbertha. She said she was glad she had decided to come down with me. Had all things gone as ordered, our arrival at the St. Leonards' on Friday afternoon would have been imposing. It was our entrance, so to speak, upon the local stage; and Robina had decided it was a case where small economies ought not to be considered.
Ethelbertha was very young ridiculously young, as I think I have mentioned before in those days of which I am writing, and the love of dolls, and of the gorgeous dresses that dolls wear, and of the many-windowed but inconveniently arranged houses that dolls inhabit or are supposed to inhabit, for as a rule they seem to prefer sitting on the roof with their legs dangling down over the front door, which has always appeared to me to be unladylike: but then, of course, I am no authority on doll etiquette had not yet, I think, quite departed from her.
A large lady with a very small voice seemed to be under the impression that I had arranged the whole business on purpose. She said it was "so dramatic." One good thing came out of it: Janie, in her quiet, quick way, saw to it that Ethelbertha and Robina slipped into the house unnoticed by way of the dairy.
A delicate business What Ethelbertha might have said What she did say What Mrs. Harris said What we told George We will start on Wednesday George suggests the possibility of improving our minds Harris and I are doubtful Which man on a tandem does the most work?
I was sorry for the girl myself, but the picture of a young and innocent-looking man wandering about a complicated camp, inquiring for a lost domestic, presenting itself to my mind, I said that I'd rather not. "Ethelbertha thought me heartless, and said that if I would not go she would go herself.
"It's trouble you've brought yourself," said the old dame. "You couldn't help it, could you?" Babette's little pink tongue stole out. "We understand, we know we Mothers," they seemed to be saying to one another. And so the two kissed. I think the terrace will be my favourite spot. Ethelbertha thinks, too, that on sunny days she will like to sit there.
When, therefore, Amenda announced to us that her engagement with him was "off," and intimated that her feelings would in no way suffer by our going elsewhere for our bacon, we secretly rejoiced. "I am confident you have done right, Amenda," said Ethelbertha; "you would never have been happy with that man." "No, mum, I don't think I ever should," replied Amenda.
"A donkey," I repeated. "The child took a fancy to it, and we all agreed it might help to steady her give her a sense of responsibility." "I somehow felt you hadn't overlooked Veronica," said Ethelbertha. I thought it best to change the conversation. She seemed in a fretful mood. Robina's letter was dated Monday evening, and reached us Tuesday morning. "I hope you caught your train," she wrote.
When they joined the other guests, half an hour later, they had had a cup of tea and a rest, and were feeling calm and cool, with their hair nicely done; and Ethelbertha remarked to Robina on the way home what a comfort it must be to Mrs. St. Leonard to have a daughter so capable, one who knew just the right thing to do, and did it without making a fuss and a disturbance. Everyone was very nice.
What I'm thankful for is that it wasn't missis's best bonnet. "Whether Ethelbertha was mollified by the proper spirit displayed in this last remark, I cannot say, but I think it probable. At all events, it was in a voice more of sorrow than of anger that she resumed her examination.
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