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The only fault of Governor Dallas was a want of self-assertion. Brought out by the Mathesons hardy Scots of the North as he was, he made a reasonable fortune in China: and coming home, intending to retire, he was persuaded to accept the Governorship of the Hudson's Bay Company on the death of Sir George Simpson.
But, as if to prove that the situation was not delicate really, she stopped in the doorway and said: "Did you say the Mathesons' flat, Aunt Juley? How wonderful you are! I never knew that the name of the woman who laced too tightly was Matheson." "Come, Helen," said her cousin. "Go, Helen," said her aunt; and continued to Margaret almost in the same breath: "Helen cannot deceive me.
"It's quite an idea for a Christmas party," said Lady Blonze; "we must certainly do it here." Sir Nicholas was not so enthusiastic. "Are you quite sure, my dear, that you're wise in doing this thing?" he said to his wife when they were alone together. "It might do very well at the Mathesons, where they had rather a staid, elderly house-party, but here it will be a different matter.
"I hope you've come full of suggestions for Christmas," said Lady Blonze to her latest arrived guest; "the old-fashioned Christmas and the up-to- date Christmas are both so played out. I want to have something really original this year." "I was staying with the Mathesons last month," said Blanche Boveal eagerly, "and we had such a good idea.
"Careful over what, Aunt Juley?" Mrs. Munt assumed a cryptic air. "It is only that a certain family, whom we know by name but do not mention, as you said yourself last night after the concert, have taken the flat opposite from the Mathesons where the plants are in the balcony." Helen began some laughing reply, and then disconcerted them all by blushing. Mrs.
"Careful over what, Aunt Juley?" Mrs. Munt assumed a cryptic air. "It is only that a certain family, whom we know by name but do not mention, as you said yourself last night after the concert, have taken the flat opposite from the Mathesons where the plants are in the balcony." Helen began some laughing reply, and then disconcerted them all by blushing. Mrs.
But, as if to prove that the situation was not delicate really, she stopped in the doorway and said: "Did you say the Mathesons' flat, Aunt Juley? How wonderful you are! I never knew that the woman who laced too tightly's name was Matheson." "Come, Helen," said her cousin. "Go, Helen," said her aunt; and continued to Margaret almost in the same breath: "Helen cannot deceive me, She does mind."
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