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But one day, when he had been particularly lucky in some speculation, when he had succeeded in achieving what his brother George spoke of as the "biggest line he had ever done," Philip Sheldon came home to the Bayswater villa in a particularly bad humour, and for the first time since her marriage Georgy heard him quote a line of Scripture.
At the same time she wondered why Joey should believe George was afraid; there was no sign of it in Georgy's manner; she sat stolid and unmoved. Besides she, Laura, was only a little girl, and felt no fear. She also asked herself why Joey should suddenly grow concerned about Georgy, when, a moment before, they had been so rude to each other.
"Let them arrange the dining-room somehow, carpet or no carpet," he said to his wife. "We must have some room to dine in; and I can't have you here, Georgy; I have letters to write." Mrs. Sheldon and Diana were not slow to take the hint.
You see," dropping her voice for a moment, "I darsn't dar to speak out plain and 'bove-board heah, as if I was at home in Georgy! Ebbery ting is wat dey calls a mist'ry' hereabouts; an' I has bin notified not to tell ob no secret doins ob deirn to any airthly creeter, onless I wants to be smacked into jail an' guv up to my wrong owners.
"Let him pay his compliments to Georgy: I do not want them. Think of it! he called me Miss Helen this morning!" "What did you tell him?" "I told him nothing: I looked " "I pity him then: I know how you can look." "Am I so dreadful?" she asked coaxingly. "Tell me how to behave to young gentlemen, Floyd. Really, I don't know." "To me you should behave in the most affectionate manner, mademoiselle.
I shall never forget his kindness to poor Tom." Halliday died." "O Diana," whimpered Georgy, "I did not think you could be so unkind as to remind me of that." "I only want to remind you that Mr. Sheldon is not infallible." Mr.
You must forgive me for injuring your chances of inheriting Mr. Raymond's money;" and I laughed with some bitterness. "But take heart," I went on: "little Helen loves you, and told me to tell you she was sure you meant no harm, and that she was sorry you were sent away." "Little proud, stuck-up thing!" exclaimed Georgy.
"Yes, that's it, but how did you know?" "Never mind how, go on with your tale, Georgy Porgy." "'If we could only find enough money, or somebody would leave us a fortune, she said, an' she was crying too, 'cause I felt a tear fall on me, you know.
"It makes you awful pretty, you know, to be jolly this way," which was meant to be more complimentary than it sounded. They were stepping up on the porch of the house to which they were bound. Alexina laughed and caught a handful of rose petals from a blossoming vine clambering the post and cast them on Georgy.
"I should think I did, sir; Miss Georgina Cradock that was Miss Georgy they called her; your first sweetheart. And how she could ever marry that big awkward Halliday is more than I can make out. Poor fondy! I suppose she was took with those great round blue eyes and red whiskers of his." "Her mother and father were 'took' by his comfortable farmhouse and well-stocked farm, Nancy," answered Mr.
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