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Their exclamations were increasing, until Adela, who had been the noisiest, suddenly adopted Lady Gosstre's tone. "If she has gone, I suppose she must be simply fetched away." "Do you see what has happened?" Lady Charlotte murmured to Wilfrid, between a phrase. He stumbled over a little piece of gallantry. "Excellent! But, say those things in French. Your dark-eyed maid has eloped.
Having observed, "She sang deliciously," they dismissed her, and referred to dresses, gaucheries of members of the company, pretensions here and there, Lady Gosstre's walk, the way to shuffle men and women, how to start themes for them to converse upon, and so forth.
It requires the powers of a giantess to mix a body of people in the open air; and all that is said of commanders of armies shall be said of you, if you succeed." This was Lady Gosstre's encouragement to the fair presidents of the fete on Besworth Lawn. There had been a time when they would have cried out internally: "We will do it, fail who may." That fallow hour was over.
"I have reckoned our expenses as far as Turin, and have only consented to take Lady Gosstre's valet for courier, just to please her. I know that he will make the cost double, and I feel like a miser about money. If Merthyr is ruined, he will require every farthing that I have for our common subsistence. Now do you understand? I can hardly put the case more plainly.
Lady Gosstre's carriage of her shoulders, and general manner, were admitted to be worthy of study. "And did you notice when Laura Tinley interrupted her conversation with Tracy Runningbrook, how quietly she replied to the fact and nothing else, so that Laura had not another word?" "And did you observe her deference to papa, as host?"
"Jenkinson," was the name that won the honour of rescuing Braintop from this dilemma. "No; it is Lady Gosstre's house: Miss Belloni is living there; and stop: you know her. Just wait, and take in two or three words from me, and notice particularly how she is looking, and the dress she wears. You can say say that Mrs. Chump sent you to enquire after Miss Belloni's health."
The ladies of Brookfield, therefore, let Emilia cling to them, remarking, that it seemed to be their papa's settled wish that she should reside among them for a time. Consequently, if the indulgence had ever to be regretted, they would not be to blame. In their hearts they were aware that it was Emilia who had obtained for them their first invitation to Lady Gosstre's.
Not objecting to champagne at lunch with any particular vehemence, she was the less unwilling to tell her sisters what she had to do for Wilfrid daily. "Three times a week I go to see Emilia at Lady Gosstre's town-house. Mr. Powys has gone to Italy, and Miss Ford remains, looking, if I can read her, such a temper.
"Do you know, I praised you for putting them off so cleverly," said Adela in tones of gentle reproach that bewildered Emilia. "Must we remind you, then, that you are bound by a previous promise?" Cornelia made a counter-demonstration with the word. "Have you not promised to dine with us at Lady Gosstre's to-night?" "Oh, of course I shall keep that," replied Emilia. "I intend to.
"Has your Emilia been quite happy, of late?" "Oh, quite, dear! very. And sings with more fire." "She's cheerful?" "She does not romp. Her eyes are full and bright." "She's satisfied with everything here?" "How could she be otherwise?" "Yes, yes! You weren't severe on her for that escapade I mean, when she ran away from Lady Gosstre's?" "We scarcely alluded to the subject, or permitted her to."
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