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When they come into my room in the morning, and rouse me with their kisses, the hour of waking, which used to be so hard to endure after Philip left me, is now the happiest hour of my day." With that reassuring view of her life as a governess, the poor child's letter comes to an end. Miss Jillgall appears again, after an interval, on the field of my extracts.
We had something to talk about which still dwells disagreeably on my mind. Miss Jillgall began it. "If I trust you, dearest Euneece, with my own precious secrets, shall I never, never, never live to repent it?" I told my good little friend that she might depend on me, provided her secrets did no harm to any person whom I loved.
Seeing in my face, as I suppose, what was passing in my mind, Miss Jillgall expressed sympathy and admiration in her own quaint way: "Ah, I like to see you so angry! It's grand to know that a man who has governed prisoners has got such a pitying heart. Let me tell you one thing, sir. You will be more angry than ever, when you see my sweet girl to-morrow.
As for myself, it is plain that somebody else has been setting you against me, before Miss Jillgall got possession of your private ear." In alluding to Eunice, she had blundered, strangely enough, on something like the truth.
It sometimes amuses me to mimic my simple sister. I have just torn three pages out of my diary, in deference to the expression of my father's wishes. He took the first opportunity which his cousin permitted him to enjoy of speaking to me privately; and his object was to caution me against hastily relying on first impressions of anybody especially of Miss Jillgall.
Because, dear child, you and your young gentleman are not to make appointments and to meet each other alone. Oh, yes that's it! I jumped off her lap; it was horrible to hear her. "Oh," I said, "can you be right about it?" Miss Jillgall jumped up too. She has foreign ways of shrugging her shoulders and making signs with her hands.
It was a fine moonlight night; I stepped into the back drawing-room, and looked out of the window. There they were, walking arm-in-arm with their heads close together, deep in talk. With my knowledge of Miss Jillgall, I call this a bad sign. An odd thought has just come to me. I wonder what might have happened, if I had been visiting at Mrs. Staveley's, instead of Eunice, and if Mr.
He was young, he was remarkably handsome, he was a distinguished-looking man. All this happened in one moment. In the moment that followed, I found myself in Eunice's arms. That odious person, Miss Jillgall, insisted on embracing me next. And then I was conscious of an indescribable feeling of surprise. Eunice presented the distinguished-looking gentleman to me as a friend of hers Mr.
If papa had encouraged him to call again, we might have had some precious time to ourselves. As it is, we can only meet in the different show-places in the town with Helena on one side, and Miss Jillgall on the other, to take care of us. I do call it cruel not to let two young people love each other, without setting third persons to watch them.
Tenbruggen's proceedings, with a vigilance not attainable by the coarser observation of a man. In the event, of an improvement in the Minister's health, I should hear of it both from the doctor and from Miss Jillgall, and in that case I should instantly return to my unhappy friend and put him on his guard. I started for London by the early train in the morning.
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