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"Oh!" said Aneta, with a show of interest. "Yes; and a very nice gentleman he must be. He is a cousin of the Martyns of The Meadows. You know how you liked them when we spent a day there during these holidays didn't you, Aneta?" "Yes," said Aneta, "most charming people. I felt quite sorry that the Martyn girls were too old for school.
He had a theory that if a man did not stay by his work all day and most of the night he laid himself open to fever: so he ate and slept among his files. "Can you do it?" be said drowsily. "I didn't mean to bring you over." "About what ~ I've been dining at the Martyns'." "The Madras famine, of course. Martyn's warned, too. They're taking men where they can find 'em.
"What an awful and ridiculous position I have put myself in!" she thought. "The Martyns of The Meadows and Bo-peep of Laburnum Villa to be connected! I could almost scream with laughter if I were not also inclined to scream with terror. What an awful idea to get into people's heads, and now I have, confirmed it! Of course I shall be found out, and things will be worse than ever."
He had a theory that if a man did not stay by his work all day and most of the night he laid himself open to fever: so he ate and slept among his files. "Can you do it?" he said drowsily. "I didn't mean to bring you over." "About what? I've been dining at the Martyns'." "The Madras famine, of course. Martyn's warned, too. They're taking men where they can find 'em.
Was Aneta thinking of the Martyns of The Meadows? The color rushed all over Maggie's face. She clenched her hands. "I hate the horrid, horrid things!" she said. "I won't wear one of them." "Oh, come, dear," said Mrs. Ward kindly; "your stepfather means very well indeed by you. He has doubtless had very little to do with dressing a lady before.
Cardew went to call on them the other day, and asked the question. You made a mistake in announcing your stepfather as being a connection of our friends." "Did I? Perhaps so," said Maggie. "I thought he was, that's all." "You thought wrong," said Aneta. "I felt I would mention it to you. He may be just as well connected," she added quietly; "but he is not related to the Martyns of The Meadows."
"With poor little me?" said Maggie. "With you," said Aneta. "You remember telling me that your stepfather is one of the Martyns of The Meadows?" Maggie's face grew crimson, then turned pale. "Well," said Aneta, bringing out her words with great calmness, "it turns out to be a mistake. Your stepfather is no relation whatever to our friends the Martyns. Aunt Lucia and Mrs.
Miss Johnson came down again after she had deposited the hideous dresses in Maggie's wardrobe. "I quite pity poor little Maggie," she said. "What frightful taste! There is really nothing in the whole of that box that she can possibly wear." "I must write to Mr. Martyn," said Mrs. Ward. "Didn't somebody tell me that he was a country gentleman a relation of the Martyns of The Meadows?
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