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"Not possible!" they would murmur "Lady Wicketts !" "Yes, Lady Wicketts when she was young," Miss Fosby would say mildly "She was very beautiful when she was twenty. She is sixty- seven now. But she is still beautiful, don't you think so? She has such an angelic expression! And she is so good ah! so very goodl There is no one like Lady Wicketts!"
Bludlip Courtenay discovered him to be a 'game old boy' while Lady Wicketts and Miss Fosby found something congenial in the society of Miss Tabitha Pippitt, who, cherishing as she did, an antique-virgin passion for the Reverend John Walden, whom her father detested, had come to regard herself as a sort of silent martyr to the rough usages of this world, and was therefore not unwilling to listen to the long stories of life's disillusions which Lady Wicketts unravelled for her benefit, and which Miss Fosby, with occasional references to the photographs and prints of the 'Madonna' or the 'Girl with Lilies' tearfully confirmed.
To have plotted and contrived a stay at Badsworth Hall with the blusterous Pippitt in order to have the opportunity of crossing Maryllia's path at every turn, and compromising her name with his in her own house and county, and then to find himself 'left, with the civil suggestion that he should 'call and see' the antique Sisters Gemini, Lady Wicketts and Miss Fosby, was somewhat too much for his patience.
The 'Sisters Gemini, Lady Wicketts and Miss Fosby, had departed from Abbot's Manor when the time of their stay had concluded, and neither of the twain had given the slightest hint to any enquirer, as to the probable date of the return of the mistress of the domain.
There is no one there now, so my imparted information relates, with the exception of her ladyship Wicketts, a Miss Fosby and a hired musician from the cells of the professional caterer, named Gigg." Walden's eyes twinkled. He was always very indulgent to Mr. Netlips, and rather encouraged him than otherwise in his own special flow of language. "Really!" he said "And so they are all gone!
Lady Wicketts and Miss Fosby are staying on at the Manor for a fortnight or three weeks, as the country air does them so much good. It will be very kind if you and Lord Roxmouth will call and see them as often as you can, they are such dear kind people! and I am sure Miss Tabitha will be glad to have them near her as she already likes them so much.
Maryllia had met these two old ladies frequently at various Continental resorts, when she had travelled about with her aunt, and she had found something amusing and interesting in them both, especially in Miss Fosby, who was really a good creature, and when in consultation with Cicely as to who, among the various people she knew, should be asked down to the Manor and who should not, she had selected them as a set-off to the younger, more flippant and casual of her list, and also because they were likely to be convenient personages to play chaperones if necessary.
The fact is, we called to see Miss Vancourt " "Yes?" queried Miss Fosby, gently, taking up her embroidery again, and carefully setting her needle into the petal of a rosebud she was designing "Dear girl! She left here yesterday." "Rather sudden, wasn't it?" said Longford. Miss Fosby looked up placidly, and smiled.
Clemm's next move was to start building a small cutter of twenty tons, which he named the Felicity and charged to the government as an official yacht. Old man Fosby had been a shipwright in years gone by, and under his direction the Kanakas made a mighty fine job of the little vessel, which was fitted up regardless and proved to be remarkably fast and weatherly.
"Damn Lady Wicketts and Miss Fosby!" snapped out Sir Morton, this time without any apology "A couple of female donkeys! 'Kind of me to call upon them! God bless my soul! I should think it WOULD be kind! Nobody but a fool would go near them " "They are very pleasant, good women," said Miss Tabitha with severe serenity "Personally, I much prefer them to Miss Vancourt."
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