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I am very glad the father is so much better. Now let us talk of something else, dear. Now came the hard bit of Jacinth's task. 'Dear Lady Myrtle, that isn't all; it's only the first part of what I have to say, she began tremulously. 'I want to tell you everything, more even than I told mamma, for till to-day I don't think I saw it quite so plainly.
'I was telling Frances so, only yesterday. Frances reddened again. 'Well, yes, said Miss Mildmay. 'Still, one cannot make a hard and fast rule about such matters. It calls for a little tact. She was very inconsistent; who is not? Something in Jacinth's premature wisdom almost savouring of 'worldly' wisdom rather repelled her, careful and unimpulsive though she herself was.
'That would make a capital billiard room, Lady Myrtle went on, Jacinth listening to all she said with the greatest interest. 'Indeed, Robin Redbreast has everything needed for a comfortable roomy house. It is too large for me, unless I had a good many visitors. When your father and mother come from India, Jacinth, I must have you all to stay with me. Jacinth's eyes sparkled.
Then she went on to talk a little of Jacinth's own special tastes and studies, to ask what news the girls had last had from India, how often they wrote, and so on, to all of which Jacinth replied with her usual simple directness, for she felt perfectly at ease with her hostess.
Your father must not return to India; he has had enough of it. And your mother too. 'Then you think he should accept' began Jacinth. 'We will not go into particulars, she replied, patting Jacinth's hand. 'To begin with, Colonel Mildmay has not consulted me. He must first get to know me. But no, of course that dreadful Barmettle is out of the question.
Then, too, Jacinth's frequent visits to Lady Myrtle, and the old lady's ever-increasing affection for and interest in her had almost filled up the voids the girl had at first felt bitterly enough in her new life. She would in many ways have been quite content for things to go on as they were for a year or two.
'I'm sure her ladyship will be quite pleased to do so, miss, if you just mention that you would like it, said the man, a staid unexceptionable old servant, though many years younger than Thornley. 'Oh well, I will. I may, mayn't I, Jass? said Frances, her eyes sparkling with pleasure, only damped by Jacinth's grave expression. Did Jass think she was chattering too much already?
I we, I mean, and Jacinth's face crimsoned, 'could have been good to them; it would have been better for them in the end. 'Do you suppose they would have accepted help money, to put it coarsely from strangers? said Colonel Mildmay. 'It is not help they should have, but actual practical restoration of what should be theirs.
It was very pleasant to see her so eager and happy. Jacinth, in spite of her aunt's repressing presence, could not help stooping down and gently kissing the soft old face. 'And to look further forward still, Lady Myrtle continued, holding Jacinth's hand which she had possessed herself of, 'your aunt and I are of accord on another point, my child.
'I really must have it, or I shall miss all my marks in the French class, and you know, Jacinth, I had set my heart on getting the prize. Jacinth's sympathy was aroused. She herself was in a higher class than her sister, but she was greatly interested in Frances's success. For Frances was rather a giddy little person.
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