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Hazleby to be able to break the fatal news to her, and calm her first agonies of grief and wrath. 'You, Rupert? said Anne. 'Myself, Anne, replied Rupert; 'you have no notion what friends Mrs. Hazleby and I have become. We had a tete-a-tete of an hour and a half this morning. 'What could you find to talk about? said Anne.
Hazleby expected, that even she found that she had gone too far, and recollected that it was possible that Mrs. Bouverie might have known the first Mrs. Woodbourne. She changed her note. 'Just like her poor mother, and quite as delicate, poor girl. 'Is she indeed? said Mrs. Bouverie, in a tone of great interest. 'Yes, that she is, scarcely ever without a cough.
Oh! if it was but right, if it would not make it worse for Lucy, I could, I would go out and tell Mrs. Hazleby what everybody thinks of her. 'I do not wonder that Miss Hazleby was ready to do almost anything to avoid such a scene, said Anne. 'Mean selfish creature! said Helen; 'she ran away on purpose that Lucy might stay and bear all this.
'I will only tell of Kate and myself, said Elizabeth; 'or I will ask Papa not to mention it to Mrs. Hazleby; though, Harriet, there are some people who prefer any suffering, just or unjust, to deceit. 'Then you mean to tell directly, said Katherine, in a piteous tone. 'Of course I do, said Elizabeth; 'there is the dining-room door shut. Come with me, Kate.
Katherine rather unwillingly followed her sister into the passage; but when there, fear making her ingenious, a sudden thought struck her. 'Lizzie, whispered she, 'if you tell Papa that you and I went, Mrs. Hazleby will be sure to hear, and if she asks Harriet about it, perhaps she you know may tell a story about it. 'Fine confidence you shew in your chosen friend! said Elizabeth.
Bouverie, a lady who lived at some distance from Abbeychurch, and who was going to stay and dine at the Vicarage. She was tolerably well acquainted with Mr. Woodbourne, but she had not seen the girls since they were quite young children, and now, remarking Elizabeth, she asked Mrs. Hazleby if she was one of Mr. Woodbourne's daughters. 'Oh yes, said Mrs. Hazleby, 'the eldest of them.
Hazleby's question. 'No, said Harriet, finding she had only escaped one dilemma to fall into another. She avoided any further questions, however, by hastening past her mother and running up-stairs. 'Lucy, Lucy! then called Mrs. Hazleby; and as Lucy came out of the school-room, she repeated the inquiry. 'I do not know, Mamma, answered Lucy in a low voice, but standing quite still.
'Oh yes, said Elizabeth, 'that was soon settled; she was only scared, so I took her to Mamma, who kissed us both, told Dora she loved us all the same, and so on; which made her quite happy again. 'Dear little affectionate creature! exclaimed Helen warmly. 'How very angry with her Mrs. Hazleby seemed! said Anne.
Hazleby; 'my poor sister-in-law has had trouble enough with her; just like her mother, they say. 'So I was thinking, said Mrs. Bouverie, looking at Elizabeth, who was stooping down to a little shy girl, and trying to hear her whispered request. Mrs. Bouverie spoke in a tone so different from that which Mrs.
Helen then went into the large, drawing-room, to fetch some, of her out-of-door apparel which she had left there, and Anne followed her. No one was in the room but Mrs. Hazleby, who looked more disconcerted than Helen had ever seen her before. She seemed to think, it necessary to make some apology, and began, 'I am sure I had no notion that, the child did not know it all perfectly at her age.
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