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Grinstead and her brother, at the Italian garden, with a succession of broad terraces protected and adorned with open balustrades, with vases of late blooming flowers at intervals, and broad stone steps, guarded by carved figures, leading from one to another. "It is like Beauty's palace," sighed out in delight Francie to her sister.
The party set off, with each little boy hugging a ship in full sail, and the two young sisters were disposed of by a walk to Clipstone to talk over their adventures. Mrs. Grinstead felt certain of the good manners and reticence prevailing there to prevent any banter about Lord Ivinghoe, and she secured the matter further by a hint to Anna.
"Oh, if Mrs. Grinstead would come and look at our stall and set it right! Miss Vanderkist gave us hopes." "Perhaps- " "Now, Cherry, don't you know that you are not to be knocked up! There are the Travises going to bring unlimited Vanderkists." "Oh yes, I know; but there's renovation in breaths from Vale Leston, and I really am of some use here." Her voice really had a gay ring in it.
Grinstead had made her white tarletan available by painting it and its ribbons with exquisite blue nemophilas, too lovely for anything so fleeting. Mrs.
"I don't suppose any possibilities have occurred to the child." Lord Rotherwood here came on the scene. "Jenny, there's an offer for your boy in the fool's cap, and Mysie doubts if she ought to let him go. Well, Mrs. Grinstead, I think you have the best of it. Lookers on, etc." "Looking on has always been my trade."
"I say, Annie, where's the school?" "At the foot of this hill." "You must have some tea first." "Then you are glad to come, Adrian?" said Mrs. Grinstead. "Yes, Aunt Cherry. It is high time I was away from such a lot of women-folk," he replied, with his hands in his pockets, and his legs set like a little colossus.
Such, for example, were the Carylls of West Grinstead, and the Blounts of Mapledurham, where there were two bright-eyed daughters of Pope's own age, the "fair-hair'd Martha and Teresa brown," whose names, linked in Gay's dancing-verse, were afterward to be indissolubly connected with that of their Binfield neighbor.
Then Lance helped his brother up, and was surprised, after those cheerful tones, to feel the weight so prone and feeble, that Gerald's support on the other side was welcome. Mrs. Grinstead followed to take Gertrude to her room and find her children's photographs. The two young people began to smile as soon as they were left alone. "Did you ever see Bexley?" asked Anna.
There the merry musical laugh of her youth was to be heard, as General Mohun came out with Lancelot to make a raid, order the whole party to come and eat luncheon at Beechcroft Cottage, and not let Mrs. Grinstead come out again. "Oh, but I must finish up Bernard's clay costume figures. Look at the expression of that delightful dollie! I'm sure he is watching the khitmutgars.
Grinstead painted and devised for her! There was 'Oh! not only the prettiness, I don't care for that. One gets enough of the artistic, but the fun -the dear fun. 'There was fun enough, I am sure, said Gillian.
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