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Her departure was rather sudden, was it not? I think he was glad when I gave him Gladys's message; but he looked rather grave when I told him how much she was enjoying her freedom. 'She seems a different creature; those Maberleys are so good to her; they pet her, and yet leave her uncontrolled to follow her own wishes. I am more at rest about her there.
Max was going to the Maberleys', for the colonel was seriously ill, so I begged him to go the garden way, and I kept him for a moment under the window of the turret-room. I saw him glance up eagerly, almost hungrily, but the blinds were partially down, and there was only a white curtain flapping in the summer breeze.
I had been dissatisfied with his appearance ever since I had come to Heathfield; he had looked worn and thin for some time, but to-night he looked wretched. 'Oh, it is nothing, he returned quickly. 'Miss Hamilton, I hardly expected to find you here with Ursula. I thought you were all going to the Maberleys'. 'Etta and Giles have gone, she replied quietly.
When I heard you were coming home I planned with Lady Betty that I would creep down to the cottage and take you unawares. I made Mrs. Barton promise not to betray me. 'When did you come back? I asked, bewildered. 'Why did you not write and tell me you were coming? 'Oh, it was decided all in a hurry. The Maberleys heard that their daughter, Mrs.
I put off my visit to Phoebe until the evening, and walked up to Gladwyn with Jill; she and Lady Betty were going for a walk, and were to have tea with the Maberleys. I learned afterwards that Mr. Tudor met them quite accidentally about three miles from Heathfield, and had accompanied them to Maplehurst, where he made himself so pleasant to the old lady that he was pressed to remain. Oh, Mr.
I saw Max stare at me as though he thought I had lost my senses, and then a sudden light came into his eyes. 'You will go down to Bournemouth, I went on, 'and the Maberleys will be glad to see you; you are an old friend, and they will ask no questions and think no ill. You will have no difficulty in seeing Gladys alone.
She coloured very much and looked embarrassed directly Claude's name was mentioned. 'That was because Miss Darrell was there. But I should have been wiser and, held my tongue. 'You are wrong again, he returned calmly. 'Miss Darrell was dining at the Maberleys', and never came in until I was going. 'How very strange! was my comment to this.
Lady Betty was alone, as Giles and Etta were dining at the Maberleys'. She had been asked, and had refused; but Etta had taken in her work, as Mrs. Maberley had wanted them to go early. Perhaps she had better not stay, as it would not be kind to Lady Betty. But I soon overruled this objection.
Really, the Maberleys are most kind. I sent her a cheque to add to her amusements, for of course all girls like shopping. How generous he was to his sisters! with all his faults of manner, he seemed to grudge them nothing. But all the same I knew Gladys would have valued a few kind words from him far more than the cheque; but perhaps he had written to her as well.
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