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But she had no opportunity to give her any of Elsie Moss's cheering messages, for she went into immediate conference with the Middletons. They talked for an hour. The waiting was agony for the girl, and she was at once relieved and desperate when at length she was summoned down to the study. Mrs. Middleton beckoned her to a place beside her on the couch, and Elsie dropped gratefully into it.

He also had noticed Ishmael's condition, and attributed it to overwork, and to the want of rest, with change of air. He was preparing to leave Washington for Brudenell Hall. He was going a few days in advance of Judge Merlin and the Middletons, and he intended to invite Ishmael to accompany him, or to come after him, and make a visit to Brudenell.

The Middletons as yet know nothing. I shall have to break it to them, but before I do so, I want to come to some sort of an understanding with you." "I confess, I don't see any way out of it at this moment," returned Miss Pritchard. "Dear me, I can't yet really realize we're in it." "The simple thing would seem to be to just " "Swap back?

Like his grandfather, he was now perfectly sure of himself; Meg "was the lass for him"; but he was by no means equally sure of her. By some infallible delicacy of instinct and this he certainly did not get from the Middletons he knew that what the world would regard as a magnificent match for Meg, might be the very circumstance that would destroy his chance with her.

"Dr. Middleton and his daughter." "They have not left us." "The Middletons are here?" "They are here, yes. Why should they have left Patterne?" "Why?" "Yes. They are likely to stay some days longer." "Goodness!" "There is no ground for any report to the contrary, Lady Culmer." "No ground!" Lady Culmer called out to Lady Busshe. A cry came back from that startled dame. "She has refused him!"

Palmer might be able to give some more particular account of Willoughby's general character, than could be gathered from the Middletons' partial acquaintance with him; and she was eager to gain from any one, such a confirmation of his merits as might remove the possibility of fear from Marianne. She began by inquiring if they saw much of Mr.

She rather suspected it to be so, on the very first evening of their being together, from his listening so attentively while she sang to them; and when the visit was returned by the Middletons' dining at the cottage, the fact was ascertained by his listening to her again. It must be so. She was perfectly convinced of it. It would be an excellent match, for he was rich, and she was handsome. Mrs.

She rather suspected it to be so, on the very first evening of their being together, from his listening so attentively while she sang to them; and when the visit was returned by the Middletons' dining at the cottage, the fact was ascertained by his listening to her again. It must be so. She was perfectly convinced of it. It would be an excellent match, for he was rich, and she was handsome. Mrs.

The important Tuesday came that was to introduce the two young ladies to this formidable mother-in-law. "Pity me, dear Miss Dashwood!" said Lucy, as they walked up the stairs together for the Middletons arrived so directly after Mrs. Jennings, that they all followed the servant at the same time "There is nobody here but you, that can feel for me. I declare I can hardly stand. Good gracious!

Ishmael answered this second letter immediately, saying that he would be in Washington on the following Tuesday. After posting his letter he walked rapidly homeward, calling at Rushy Shore on his way to inform his friends, the Middletons, of his change of fortune.

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