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"I would not go there," said the child firmly in a low tone, clinging to Gertrude's dress with both hands. The doctor opened a big book, tore out a leaf, and drew his pen twice across the closely written page. "There," he said, handing the cancelled sheet to Gertrude, "that is all the bill I shall give you." "Oh, doctor, may God reward you," said Gertrude.
At ten-thirty I was undressed, and Maggie had, with rebellion in every line of her, locked me in. I could hear her, afterwards running along the hall to her own room and slamming the door. Then, a moment later, the telephone rang. It was too early, I reasoned, for the night calls. It might be anything, a telegram at the station, Willie's boy run over by an automobile, Gertrude's children ill.
Gertrude threw herself into Joanna's arms and kissed her a hundred times; and Joanna laughed, and said she deserved much credit for plotting to rid herself of her dearest friend, but was none the less loyal to the cause because Gertrude's gain would be her loss.
Gertrude supported her to a seat, and then, folding the slight form to her bosom, chafed the cold hands, and again and again kissing the rigid lips, succeeded in restoring her to something like composure. For an hour she lay thus, receiving Gertrude's caresses with evident pleasure, and now and then returning them convulsively, but speaking no word and making no noise.
Lord Malvern appeared almost as interested as Mr. Hamilton. Lady Gertrude's kind glance met hers, and told, by its silent eloquence, how well she sympathised in Ellen's feelings; and Lord St.
The Pleasures of Hope alone would not have called forth these remarks from us; but there are passages in the Gertrude of Wyoming of so rare and ripe a beauty, that they challenge, as they exceed all praise. Such, for instance, is the following peerless description of Gertrude's childhood:
It might have been two or three o'clock in the morning, none could say exactly how time went on that memorable day, when the Master Builder was awakened by sounds in the adjoining chamber, where Reuben and his wife slept; and before he was fully awake, he heard Gertrude's voice at his door crying out: "O father, father! there is such a dreadful fire! Reuben is going out to see where it is.
Harry, don't say so think of your close friendship, think of your long friendship. 'Why did he not think of it? 'But, Harry if not for his sake, if not for your own, at any rate do so for ours; for my sake, for Katie's and Linda's, for Gertrude's sake. 'I had rather not speak of Gertrude, Mrs. Woodward. 'Ah!
In the first place, much to Gertrude's horror, she took out all her teeth, and put them in her work-bag; then drew off a pair of black silk gloves, and replaced them by cotton ones; removed her lace veil, folded and pinned it to the green string.
'I will never see her again, Alaric! never; she talked of her daughter's money, and said something of suspicion! Suspicion! Gertrude's eye again flashed fire with anger; and she all but stamped with her little foot upon the ground.
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