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Her object, no doubt, was to shake his resolution, and to make him submit himself again to Miss Eyrecourt's fascinations. What means of persuasion she used to effect this purpose is of course unknown to us. Penrose saw Romayne after her ladyship's departure, and describes him as violently agitated. I can quite understand it. Yes! I say "for the time at least."
Her ladyship's disgust was heightened when she found the best piece of all a magnificent white mantilla in the possession of a rival leader of fashion, who refused to say where she had got it, or how.
"When the Old Dowidger Lady Bareacres, who was waiting heagerly at the train, herd that owing to that abawminable Brake of Gage the luggitch, her Ladyship's Cherrybrandy box, the cradle for Lady Hangelina's baby, the lace, crockary and chany, was rejuiced to one immortial smash; the old cat howld at me and pore dear Mary Hann, as if it was huss, and not the infunnle Brake of Gage, was to blame; and as if we ad no misfortns of our hown to deplaw.
Ah, Rosa! what a price have you paid for that hat which you wear; and is your ladyship's coronet not purchased too dear! Enough of hats. Sir, or Madam, I take off mine, and salute you with profound respect. * Two cadets of the House of Orleans who served as Volunteers under General M'Clellan in his campaign against Richmond.
Mrs Causand sprang up from her sofa, and, standing in all the majesty of her beauty, sternly demanded, "What means this indignity?" "Beg your ladyship's pardon, sorry to intrude duty never shy, that you know, ma'am only a search-warrant for one Joshua Daunton, alias Sneaking Willie, alias Whitefaced "
While Evan looked for her despairingly to say his last word and hear her voice once more, Sir Franks said to his wife: 'See that Rose keeps up-stairs. 'I want to speak to her, was her ladyship's answer, and she moved to the door. Evan made way for her, bowing. 'You will be ready at half-past eleven, Louisa, he said, with calm distinctness, and passed from that purgatory.
We gave each other a glance, and he could not help knowing that I must be her ladyship's maid, by the way I was loaded with rugs, like a beast of burden. Of my face he could see little, as I had on a thick motor-veil with a small triangular talc window, which Lady Kilmarny had given me as a present when I bade her good-bye.
"Then, sir, recollect we are to see you very soon." I pressed her ladyship's hand, and left the house. Thus did I commence my second pilgrimage.
The lights and the crowd and music excited her. As she spread out her white robes, and performed her part of the dance, smiling and happy, her brown ringlets flowing back over her fair shoulders from her honest rosy face, more than one gentleman in the room admired and looked after her; and Lady Fogey, who had a house in London and gave herself no small airs of fashion when in the country, asked of Lady Rockminster who the young person was, mentioned a reigning beauty in London whom, in her ladyship's opinion, Laura was rather like, and pronounced that she would "do."
Arrived at the library door, Lady Janet looked over her shoulder at the little immovable black figure in the chair. "Will you go?" she asked, for the last time. Grace started up angrily from her seat, and fixed her viperish eyes on Mercy. "I won't be turned out of your ladyship's house in the presence of that impostor," she said. "I may yield to force, but I will yield to nothing else.
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