Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: June 17, 2025
'If you will only come back looking better and brighter I will gladly let you go. 'I do not promise you that, she answered quickly, 'unless you remove the pressure of a very heavy burden; but I shall be quieter and more at peace, and I am very fond of Colonel and Mrs. Maberley: they are dear people, and they spoil me dreadfully. 'I am thankful some one spoils you, Gladys. She smiled at that.
Hamilton has gone to Brighton, or I would have sent Flossie in for him to attend to her. 'Will you let me see what I can do, Mrs. Maberley? I said, for I had recognised the pretty old lady at once. 'I am the village nurse, Miss Garston, and I think I can bind up poor Flossie's leg. 'Miss Garston! in quite a different voice; it seemed to have grown rather formal.
But he certainly looked astonished when he saw me. 'Miss Garston! he ejaculated, darting one of his keen looks at me. But when he had shaken hands he sat down by Mrs. Maberley somewhat silently. I was rather sorry to see Mr. Hamilton, for our talk had unsettled me and made me feel nervous in his presence. I was afraid he would read something from our faces.
Maberley was embarrassed by my presence, for she talked in rather a nervous manner about it being Christmas Eve, and how busy the young ladies were decorating the church. 'I wanted to speak to Miss Darrell for a moment, she went on, 'and I found her and Lady Betty putting up wreaths in the chancel, and that good-looking Mr. Tudor was helping them.
I was wondering what I should say to him, and hoping that he had not noticed my nervousness, when he startled me excessively by saying, 'What makes you look so odd this evening? You are not a bit yourself, Miss Garston. Come! I shall expect you to confess. Mrs. Maberley is an old friend of mine, and I am very much attached to her. I should like to know what you and she have been talking about?
'Wait a minute; you have not answered my question. You must not have it all your own way. I repeat, has Mrs. Maberley given you a very bad impression of my character? 'Certainly not; oh, she spoke most kindly; I should not have been afraid if you had heard the whole of our conversation. 'I wish I had heard it. 'She made me feel very sorry for you all. Oh, what trouble there is in the world, Mr.
You will drive her away if you say any more about Flossie. Oh, I thought so, as I stretched out my hand for my hat: 'I thought I interpreted that look aright. Well, I must be going too. I only brought him back safe to you, Mrs. Maberley. By the bye, colonel, I shall tell Gladys that you have never asked after her. 'My sweetheart, Gladys! To be sure I have not. Well, how is she, my dear fellow?
Maberley and her daughter called the other day. 'Nonsense, Lawrence! returned Max, rather sharply. 'What do two bachelors want with a drawing-room at all? You and Ursula may talk as much as you like, but I do not mean to throw away good money on such nonsense.
Jill was always pleased when I would sing to her, but somehow my voice was not quite in order that evening. The next day Jill surprised me very much by asking me if I knew that Miss Hamilton was going to Bournemouth for the rest of the winter. 'Mrs. Maberley has invited her, and Mr. Hamilton thinks it will do her so much good: they are going early next week.
Tudor was in the middle of some amusing story, and so they took no notice of us. I told Max about my visit to Mrs. Maberley, and of the conversation that had taken place between us. I thought he started a little when I mentioned Eric Hamilton's name. 'What a pity! he said quietly. 'I had hoped she would have told you herself. I was waiting for her to do so.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking