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She had never succeeded in discovering to whom Bluebell was married; but having persuaded herself it was unnecessary to let that stand in the way, simply recommended her in her maiden name. "I look upon your governessing as a farce, you know, Bluebell, though any one would gladly snap you up for your music alone.
"I have formed no supposition on the subject, sir; but I want to go on as usual for another month." "You will give up your governessing slavery at once." "Indeed, begging your pardon, sir, I shall not. I shall just go on with it as usual.
'Well, there is no necessity for that as yet, except for governessing the younger ones as you used to do. And if things go better with me, even if I'm only not worse, when we come home again I can take you all three for Latin and German and mathematics. Camilla's eyes sparkled. She was so delighted to have talked him into acquiescence and hopefulness.
Why, I can't give an order in a shop without being looked all over by the person who takes the address. No, governessing would be all very well if one might assume a nom de guerre, but that would not do, you see." "You couldn't find work of that sort among your own set, I suppose?" "Not now," said Erica. "You see, naturally enough, I am very much out of favor with them all."
And how an elder sister, who was governessing in Sydney, had chosen just this moment to throw up her post and return to quarter herself upon the brother. "An' so when Polly gets 'ere a little bit of a thing in short frocks, in charge of the capt'n there was no room for 'er, an' she 'ad to look about 'er for somethin' else to do. We tuck 'er in, an', I will say, I've never regretted it.
But just put your heads together, and cultivate your writing faculty. Suppose you could both together earn about a hundred a year in Grub Street, it would be better than governessing; wouldn't it? 'You say you don't know what Miss Yule writes? 'Well, I know a little more about her than I did yesterday. I've had an hour's talk with her this afternoon. 'Indeed?
But for once Mamma stood firm, having a strong desire to benefit her daughter by the society of better companions than the gay girls of her own set, also to give a great pleasure to good little Jane Bassett, who had been governessing ever since she was sixteen, with very few vacations in her hard, dutiful life. "No, darling, I have asked Jane, and if her mother can spare her, Jane it shall be.
Fraulein Hirsch was very amiable in her readiness to supply information. Robin did not tell her of her intention to find work of some sort probably governessing but the young German woman was possessed of a mind "made in Germany" and was quite well aware of innumerable things her charge did not suspect her of knowing. One of the things she knew best was that the girl was a child.
She was at that time Madame de Montbail; widow, as we said: she afterwards wedded Roucoulles, a refugee gentleman of her own Nation, who had gone into the Prussian Army, as was common for the like of him: She had again become a widow, Madame de Roucoulles this time, with her daughter Montbail still about her, when, by the grateful good sense of Friedrich Wilhelm, she was again intrusted as we see; and so had the honor of governessing Frederick the Great for the first seven years of his life.
James the housekeeper in her simplest communication with Dowie quite touched that respectable person's heart. "She's a young lady," Mrs. James remarked to Dowie. "And a credit to you and her governess, Mrs. Dowson. Young ladies have gone almost out of fashion." "Mademoiselle Valle had spent her governessing days among the highest. My own places were always with gentle-people.
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