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Lilla's character was changed; she struggled to bear with him, unrepiningly, dutifully, conscious that the eye of her God was upon her, however her father might appear insensible to her affection. Even the society of Mr. Howard and Mr. Hamilton was irksome; their efforts to rouse and cheer him were unavailing, and they could only hope time would achieve that for which friendship was inadequate.
"I'll take myself down, anyhow," said Du Meresq, rather nettled; and, having dragged her toboggin up the hill, ran off to get another; but, in passing Cecil, found a moment to say "Don't let that young lunatic delude you down the jump. It is unfit for any girl but such a glutton as Lilla." "I haven't the slightest wish to try," said she, laughing. "Lilla's a witch. Just look at her now."
She dropped Lilla's hand, protesting, "This is incredible!" "Incredible?" "Yes, because this scene appears to be still in the future. Do you understand me? Hasn't happened yet."
Perhaps of all the letters she received from home, Lilla's was the most irritating to her, for it was written in all the bitter indignation, the unchecked reproaches of a young and ardent spirit, in whose eyes the heartlessness of her letter was inexcusable, and she wrote as she thought. Annie, as might have been expected, deigned her no reply.
By the time we felt that we might very well make a start for home, we found out that though Lilla's advice had seemed so good, it would not do to act upon, and she laughingly owned that she was wrong.
Behind him the staircase was suddenly bathed in sunshine; all the panes of stained glass became sparkling and rich; and a sheaf of prismatic rays stretched down, through the gloom of the hall, toward Lilla's upturned face. She sped up the staircase. All that she saw was the four-post bedstead canopied with cretonne, the face on the pillow.
I did not answer Lilla's question, for I thought it better not; but I had my own thoughts upon the subject, and I was wondering whether my uncle suspected the meaning of the cry, when I was startled by a voice which seemed to rise out of the darkness. "Mas'r Harry Mas'r Harry! I shall never forgive myself.
Then, the limousine moving on, the blurred phantasmagoria closed in again: and the northern vista took on the ambiguity of Lilla's life, a compound of darknesses and deceptive gleams, stretching away toward what? She uttered: "Nevertheless, to know the future!" And as the Russian remained mute and motionless, she faltered, "No matter what one learned, the suspense would be over."
But no, it was no insensate greed, I told myself it was for Lilla's sake and my eyes rilled with tears as I thought that I should never see her more, and that Garcia
Had she been less indolent, she might easily have discovered that her elder daughter never permitted a single opportunity to escape without eliciting Lilla's irritability.
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