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Malcomson came forward boldly to support Evadne; and so also did Mrs. Sillinger. Mr. St. John was another of Evadne's particular friends.
"You have been talking so merrily in this corner," she said, sitting down on a high chair as she spoke, "I have been wondering what it was all about!" "Woman's Rights!" Mrs. Malcomson uttered in deeply tragic tones. "Woman's Rights! Oh, dear me, how dreadful!" Mrs. Beale exclaimed comfortably. "I won't hear a word on the subject." "Not on the subject of cooking?" said Mrs. Malcomson.
"We must find out what the exact grounds were," said Evadne. "Well, you see none of the other ladies are speaking to her," Colonel Colquhoun observed, with the air of one whose argument is unanswerable. "They are sheep," said Evadne, "but they can be led aright as well as astray, I suppose. We'll see, at all events. But don't let me keep you from your friends. I want to speak to Mrs. Malcomson."
He was very fragile in appearance, and had a troublesome cough. "Ah, Mrs. Malcomson!" he was saying, "I should be very sorry to see the old exquisite ideal of womanhood disturbed by these new notions. What can be more admirable, more elevating to contemplate, more powerful as an example, than her beautiful submission to the hardships of her lot?"
The fact was, he knew the exact circumstances of the case, because he knew the squire's character, which was sometimes good, and sometimes the reverse just according to the humor he might be in: and in reply observed to Malcomson, that
Was ever onything heard like yon?" "Well, I know the cause of it, Malcomson. He's under a penance, and can neither shave nor change his dress till his silly penance is out; and I suppose it was to wash off a part of it that he gave this foolish charity to the poor woman and her children. Come, although I condemn the folly of it, I don't like him the worse for it."
"Weel, your honor, guid troth, 'am sairly puzzled there; hoot, no, sir; de'il a thing almost he kens about the kitchen gerden a' his strength lies among the flowers and in the green-house." "Well, well, that's where we principally want him. I sent for you, Malcomson, to desire you'd raise his wages the laborer is worthy of his hire; and a good laborer of good hire.
"That's true, indeed," she replied; "and if she get's worse, Cummiskey, I'll let the master know." "That's a good girl; ma gragal that you! war good-by, acushla," and he immediately! returned to his own room, after having observed that Connor went down to the kitchen. "Now, Mr. Malcomson," said he, "there is a good fire before you.
Malcomson if she ever had an opportunity of crushing her, and she watched and waited long for a chance, until at last one night, at a dinner party, she thought the auspicious moment had arrived, and hastened to take advantage of it; but, unfortunately for her, she chose a weapon she was unaccustomed to handle, and in her awkwardness she injured herself. Mr Price was giving the dinner, and Mrs.
"I am afraid you are too intimate with that lady," Lord Groome observed severely, "You must not allow yourself to be bitten by her revolutionary ideas. She is a dangerous person." "Not 'revo' but evolutionary," Evadne answered, smiling. "Yes. Mrs. Malcomson has taught me a great deal. She is a very remarkable person.
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