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Updated: May 12, 2025
There was also another piece of good fortune at least so it seemed to the Cardews, whose conversational French was still almost nil Mademoiselle Laplage was unexpectedly absent, the good lady being forced to remain in her room with a sudden, overpowering headache, and pleasant, good-natured Lucy otherwise Miss Johnson took her place. "Perfect freedom to-day, girls," said Miss Johnson.
Aneta was herself going out; she was going out with Mademoiselle Laplage. They had some commissions to execute. The day was a foggy one, and they were both rather in a hurry. Nevertheless, Aneta stopped to say a kind word to Tildy. Tildy gazed at her with open-eyed admiration. Beautiful as the house was, this young lady was indeed a radiant and dazzling vision.
"You had better do your best; it will be a good occupation for you during this first evening. Now, are you ready? And shall we go down? We have tea in the refectory at four o'clock. Mademoiselle Laplage presides over the tea-table this week." "Oh, but does she talk English?" "Of course not French. How can you learn French if you don't talk it?" "I shall never understand," said poor Merry.
Tildy's little form was swallowed up in the fog, which was growing thicker each moment, and at that instant Mademoiselle Laplage, profuse in apologies for her brief delay, entered the hall. "Pardon me, ma chère, that I have caused you to wait. I was just ready to descend, when see! the lace of my shoe was broken. But what will you? You will go out in this dreadful fog?"
Mademoiselle Laplage would say; and, although she had been at Aylmer House for three terms, she always doubted her powers, and made the same speech over and over again at the beginning of each term.
She might at last gain a true influence over the girl. Her walk, therefore, with Mademoiselle Laplage took place almost in silence. They hastily executed their commissions, and presently found themselves in Pearce's shop, where Aneta had taken a brooch a day or two ago to have a pin put on.
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