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But there was no hurry, and you evidently were not prepared to enter into society. You had rather strong-minded views on this subject, and she was not quite sure whether Giles was wise to encourage the intimacy with his sisters." 'Miss Darrell said this to Mrs. Maberley? 'Yes. Was it not horrid of Etta? I felt so cross. And Mrs.
Christmas Eve was not so dull, after all, as I had expected; it was nice to feel that I was making a new friend, that the little service I had rendered Mrs. Maberley had broken down the barrier between us and overcome her prejudice. I knew that Miss Darrell had set her against me, and that for some reason of her own she wished to prevent her calling upon me.
She had evidently got it into her head that I was a strong-minded young woman with an uncertain temper, who could not live peaceably at home. No doubt she had hinted this to Mrs. Maberley and other ladies. She would make this the excuse for discouraging any degree of intimacy with her cousins. I should not be asked very often to Gladwyn if it depended on Miss Darrell; but Mr.
Maberley entered the room in her pretty cap with gray ribbons there was not a trace of formality in her manner as she thanked me with tears in her eyes for my kindness to Flossie. 'To think of a young creature being so clever! she said, folding her soft dimpled hands together. 'My dear, the colonel will be so grateful to you: he dotes on Flossie.
I believe the breach is healed between them now; but she is not all that a sister ought to be to him. 'Perhaps Miss Darrell usurps her place, I replied a little incautiously, but I saw my mistake at once. Mrs. Maberley was evidently a devout believer in Miss Darrell's merits. 'Oh, my dear, you must not say such things. Mr.
'Yes, I know, Mrs. Maberley; but that is quite a mistake, I returned, somewhat eagerly, for I had fallen in love with the pretty old lady, and her tall, aristocratic colonel with his white moustache and grand military carriage, and had watched them with much interest from my place in church.
Maberley, who was relating to her husband the story of poor Flossie's accident. My presence of mind and skill were so much lauded, and the colonel said so many civil things, that I felt myself getting hotter every moment. Mr. Hamilton came at last to my relief. 'I think Miss Garston resembles me in one thing, colonel. She hates to be thanked for doing her duty.
Maberley that gave me this impression. Mrs. Maberley wanted to call on you, because she said you were Mr. Cunliffe's niece, and people ought to take notice of you. And Etta said, "Oh dear, yes; and it was a very kind thought on Mrs. Maberley's part, and Mr. Cunliffe would think it so. That was why Giles had invited you to Gladwyn.
'I am afraid that I shall be unable to do that. And somehow her manner closed the subject; but I was determined to make her speak on another subject. 'I want to tell you something that I think you ought to know, I began, rather abruptly. 'Mrs. Maberley spoke to me about your brother Eric. 'Ursula! 'I could not let you go away and not know this: it did not seem honest.
'Yes, but he did not believe in his talent; and then Eric was intended for the law; his brother had sent him to Oxford, but he would not work, and he was extravagant, and got into debt, and, oh yes, there was no end of trouble. I do not know how it was, went on Mrs. Maberley, 'but Eric always seemed in the wrong.
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