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They told me he was stopping here." "He will be in directly," said Lady Mary, "and Sarah Hewel ought to be here presently too. She is coming to luncheon." "Sarah!" said Peter. "I should like to see her again. Is she still such a rum little toad? Always getting into scrapes, and coming to you for comfort?"
Miss Crewys had, in consequence, long ago pronounced her to be a positive fright; and Lady Belstone had declared that such hair would prove an insuperable obstacle to her chances of getting a husband. "I know she's very young," said Mrs. Hewel, glancing apologetically at her offspring. "But what can I do?
He dropped his eyeglass with a start. But it was only Mrs. Hewel who entered, and not Sarah, after all. Her embonpoint, and consequently her breathlessness, had much increased since Peter saw her last. "Oh, Peter," she cried, "this is nice of you to come over and see us so soon. We were wondering if you would. Dear, dear, how thankful your mother must be!
"I didn't mean to hurt you talking of the war and and the boys when you must be thinking only of Peter." She wrung her hands together piteously. "Of Peter!" Lady Mary repeated. "We only heard to-day," said Mrs. Hewel, "and came in hoping for more details. My cousin George, who is also going out with Lord Ferries, happened to mention in his letter that Peter had joined the corps."
There was a tender raillery in his tone, which she understood. "When I come back we will face the situation, according to circumstances. By-the-by, I suppose it is not to be thought of that Miss Sarah should prolong her Whitsuntide holidays much further?" "She ought to have returned to town earlier, but Mrs. Hewel was ill," said Lady Mary. "She is a tiresome woman.
But Colonel Hewel was perfectly satisfied with his own situation, though sorry for Sir Timothy, who lived within full view of the railway, but was obliged to drive many miles round by Brawnton Bridge in order to reach the station. The two gentlemen seldom met. They lived in different parishes, and administered justice in different directions.
I came straight from the school-house, as Lady Mary suggested. I wanted to have a look at the improvements." "Sarah Hewel is coming to lunch," said Miss Crewys. "I cannot say we approve of her, since she has been out so much in London, and become such a notorious young person." "It's very odd to me," said the canon, benevolently, "little Sarah growing up into a fashionable beauty.
Sir Timothy's dignity did not permit him to make use of the ferry, and he rarely drove further than Brawnton, or rode much beyond the boundaries of his own estate. He cared only for farming, whilst Colonel Hewel was devoted to sport.
"How very odd and flippant poor Mary is to-night worse than usual! What can it be?" "It is just the presence of a strange gentleman that is upsetting her, poor thing," said her sister, in the same whisper. "Her head is easily turned. We had better take no notice." The doctor muttered something emphatic beneath his breath. "Mrs. and Miss Hewel," said Ash, advancing into the hall.
If that is what she is after, the sooner I take it in hand the better. Lunching by herself on the moors indeed! No; I am not at all afraid of the ferry, Emily. If you are, I will go alone, or take your good man." "The colonel is out shooting, as you know, and won't be back till tea-time," said Mrs. Hewel, becoming more and more flurried under this torrent of lively scolding. "The colonel!
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