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'It is not enough, said she. 'My boys will have to live by steering the ships that the Lesters own; and I was once above her! Jolliffe was not an argumentative man, and he only murmured that he thought he would make another voyage. He meditated for several days, and coming home from the quay one afternoon said suddenly: 'I could do it for 'ee, dear, in one more trip, for certain, if if
There was a good deal of discussion over the Lesters' history, but Gwen dismissed the subject in her usual way. 'Major Lester is another Jacob. There's nothing more to be said, and Mr. Tom is a much-abused and misunderstood man! Agatha began to settle into her new life very happily.
Indeed Lady Peacock, with whom we exchanged calls, made no secret of her compassion when she found how many parties the ladies were NOT going to; and Ellen's own relations, the Lesters, would have taken her out almost every night if she had not staunchly held to her promise to her mother not to go out more than three evenings in the week, for Mrs.
All that is merely domestic, the anxiety and the loss which fret other men, which blight the happiness of other men, are not felt by us: we are wholly public; so that if we lose much comfort, we escape much care." The Earl broke off for a moment; and then turning the subject, inquired after the Lesters, and making some general and vague observations about that family, came purposely to a pause.
He had engaged the Lesters to promise to pass a day at the castle; and with great difficulty, and at the earnest intercession of Madeline, Aram was prevailed upon to accompany them.
She remarked to Mrs. Fowler those canoes resemble, at first sight, porpoises on the Atlantic Ocean. When they arrived at the settlement Little Mag was taken to the home of the Lesters. As she sat down in one of the small, unfurnished rooms, she rested her head upon her hands and bitterly sobbed. Mrs. Godfrey tried to comfort her, but she wept on.
We were very civil; but there were a good many polite struggles for the exclusive possession of Ellen, whom both parties viewed as their individual right; and her unselfish good-humour and brightness must have carried her over more worries than we guessed at the time. She had stayed with the Lesters before, but in schoolroom days.
"They don't know anybody but the Lesters and the Randolphs," she said complacently to Miss Rose. "I shouldn't be a bit surprised if Edith and Johnnie invited a lot of little ragamuffins from Wood's Alley," replied Miss Rose. Wood's Alley was one of those wretched neighborhoods, which in cities have a way of setting themselves down near rich people's doors.
It was well after 7 o'clock when the ringing of the door bell told me that the Lesters had come. Dicky welcomed them and introduced me to them. Mrs. Lester was a pretty creature, birdlike, in her small daintiness, and a certain chirpy brightness. I judged that her mentality equalled the calibre of a sparrow, but I admitted also that the fact did not detract from her attractiveness.
It's not easy to make my story coherent, so be patient... Something most awful happened last night. You know I was at the Lesters' dance, but I only stayed an hour I got so worried about father. I pleaded a headache, and they got a taxi for me. It would be nearly eleven when I left. The fog was lifting.
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