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'Lena's temper choked her, but forcing it down, she replied: "Why, it is almost three, and I thought perhaps you would want to cool and dress yourself before they came. I can see to the dinner, I know I can. Please let me try." Somewhat mollified by her niece's kind manner, Mrs.
A pang, not of jealousy, but of an undefined something, shot through 'Lena's heart, and dropping the heavy curtain, she turned away, while the tears gathered thickly in her large brown eyes. "Where's 'Lena?" asked Captain Atherton, of Anna, warming his red fingers before the blazing grate, and looking round upon the group of girls gathered near.
Easily swayed as he was in general, he was not to be influenced in the only right direction now, and all Lena's arguments were thrown away.
"I wanted to ask you, Lancey, about advertising for my little Lena's people; the Bishop said I ought." "I say," exclaimed Bernard, "was it her father that was Fulbert's mate? I thought he was afraid of your taking up with him. You didn't?" "No, no. Let me tell you, I want you to know. Field and a little wife came over from Melbourne prospecting for a place to sit down in.
Lena's too thin boots, out of plumb, suddenly slipped on a half-formed piece of ice. She made a desperate grab at the smooth surface of the window and then came ignominiously down not wholly ignominiously, however, since her accident brought to her aid the man who was a type. She didn't have to stop to consider that the man would notice neither her hat nor her boots.
If the astronomer had never known and loved Felicity himself, he could not have failed to be impressed by the man's evident struggle; he would have appreciated his repentance; he would have blamed his wife for her conduct, and would have realised that her need of sympathy was less than Lena's in proportion as her love was less, in proportion as her resources and her pride were greater.
As soon as he was able to get in a word, Durward proceeded to ask her every particular concerning 'Lena's illness, and whether she would probably recognize him should he venture into her presence, "Bless your dear heart, no. She hain't known a soul on us these three days. Sometimes she calls me 'grandmother, and says when she's dead I'll know she's innocent.
Livingstone had detailed the whole circumstance, dwelling long upon 'Lena's meddling propensities, and charging the whole affair upon her. "But she knew what she was about she had an object in view, undoubtedly," she added, glad of an opportunity to give vent to her feelings against 'Lena. "Pray, what was her object?" asked Durward, and Mrs.
Crouching at 'Lena's feet, she kissed the very hem of her garments, blessing her as her preserver, and praying heaven to bless her, also. It was the work of a few moments to array her in her traveling dress, and then very cautiously 'Lena led her down the stairs, and out into the open air.
But the poor old lady did not live to wear them. Both her mind and body were greatly impaired, and for two or three years she had been failing gradually. There was no particular disease, but a general breaking up of the springs of life, and a few weeks after 'Lena's arrival at Woodlawn,, they made another grave on the sunny slope, and Mabel no longer slept alone.
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