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'That is the precise state of the case, I assure you; and then Mr Gaskoin proceeded to explain how the deception came to be practised.
King George III. caused to be interred near this place the body of MARY GASKOIN, Servant to the late Princess Amelia; and this tablet to be erected in testimony of his grateful sense of the faithful services and attachment of an amiable young woman to his beloved daughter, whom she survived only three months. She died the 19th February, 1811, aged 31 years.
She even ceased to miss the admiration she was accustomed to; what was amiable and good in her character and there was much regained the ascendant; her host and hostess congratulated themselves on having so agreeable an inmate as much as she did herself on the judicious move she had made, till her equanimity was disturbed by learning that Mr Gaskoin was expecting a visitor, and that this visitor was his old friend and brother-officer, Major Elliott, the person of all others, Vincent Dunbar excepted, she had the greatest desire to avoid.
'She rushed in to us in a state of violent agitation, and begged we would tell you that she is not well, and is gone to her room. I'm afraid the result of your interview has not been what we expected. 'On the contrary, returned Major Elliott, 'you must both congratulate me on my good-fortune. 'Silly girl! said Mr Gaskoin, shaking his friend heartily by the hand.
It is needless to say, that Major Elliott extended his visit beyond the day or two he had engaged for; and when Mr and Mrs Gaskoin saw how matters were going, they recommended an immediate avowal of the little deception that had been practised, lest some ill-timed visitor should inopportunely let out the secret, which had already been endangered more than once by the forgetfulness of the servants: but Frances wished to prolong their diversion till she should find some happy moment for the dénouement; added to which, she had an extreme curiosity to know how Major Elliott intended to release himself from the engagement formed by Colonel Seymour, in which he had tacitly, if not avowedly, acquiesced.
'I'm going to my room; tell Major Elliott I am not well; say I'm agitated anything you like; but remember, he still thinks me Fanny Gaskoin' 'But, my dear girl, I cannot permit that deception to be carried any further; it has lasted too long already, said Mr Gaskoin. 'Only to-night! said Frances. 'It is not fair to Major Elliott, urged Mrs Gaskoin.
'Only to-night! only to-night! reiterated Frances. 'There! he's coming; I hear his step in the hall! Let me out this way! and so saying, she darted out of a door that led to the backstairs, and disappeared. 'She has refused him! said Mrs Gaskoin. 'I confess I am amazed. But Major Elliott met them with a smiling face. 'What has become of Frances? said he.
But Frances, unable longer to control her agitation, took advantage of a slight noise in the hall, to say that Mr and Mrs Gaskoin were coming; and before he had time to finish his sentence, she started to her feet, and rushed out of the room.
Be that as it may, on the thirteenth day of his visit, Major Elliott invited his host to join him in a walk, in the course of which he avowed his intention of offering his hand to Miss Gaskoin, provided her family were not likely to make any serious objection to the match.
It was certainly very flattering that her charms had proved sufficiently powerful to make him forget it; but that he should have yielded to the temptation without the slightest appearance of a struggle, did somewhat surprise her, as indeed, from their knowledge of his character, it did Mr and Mrs Gaskoin.
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