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I'm very glad of that. 'Mr. Cobb insisted on paying, Mrs. Mumford answered with reserve. 'We could not hurt his feelings by refusing. 'Well, that's all right, isn't it? You won't think so badly of us now? Of course you wish you'd never set eyes on me, Mrs. Mumford; but that's only natural: in your place I'm sure I should feel the same.
She was not one of the most foolish of her sex, but it relieved her when Clarence moved away. The next morning Louise was an hour late for breakfast. She came down when Mumford had left the house, and Emmeline saw with surprise that she was dressed for going out. 'Just a cup of coffee, please. I've no appetite this morning, and I want to catch a train for Victoria as soon as possible.
The first sight of the portly lady made the situation clearer to Mrs. Mumford. Louise Derrick represented a certain stage of civilisation, a degree of conscious striving for better things; Mrs. Higgins was prosperous and self-satisfied vulgarity. Of a complexion much lighter than the girl's, she still possessed a coarse comeliness, which pointed back to the dairymaid type of damsel.
Truthfulness was a second of those early lessons which remained with our Army Mother all her life. She was but four years old when Mrs. Mumford found her one evening sobbing bitterly in her little cot long after she should have been asleep. She had told a falsehood, and conscience would not let her rest.
And in a moment there remained no doubt who the person was. Louise came forward, her head bent, her features eloquent of fatigue and distress. 'Mrs. Mumford I couldn't without asking you to forgive me Her voice broke with a sob. She stood in a humble attitude, and Emmeline, though pierced with vexation, had no choice but to hold out a welcoming hand.
As a matter of fact, we are going after hidden treasure pirate gold, buried jewels, all that sort of thing." "O-o-o-oh!" coos Mrs. Mumford. "Doesn't that sound deliciously romantic?" "Quixotic if you will," says Mr. Ellins. "But Mrs. Hemmingway and myself, although we may not look it, are just that kind. We are desperate characters, if the truth must be told.
But I can't help thinking you exaggerate his faults. 'Not a bit. He's a regular brute when he gets angry. 'My dear, Emmeline interposed softly, 'that isn't quite a ladylike expression. 'No, it isn't. Thank you, Mrs. Mumford. I meant to say he is horrid very disagreeable. Then there's something else I want to tell you about. Cissy Higgins that's Mr.
Mumford tried to sit up and crochet. Helma's trying to take care of her, and she can hardly hold her head up. They are both quite sure they're going to die at once. You should hear them taking on." "How is it this don't get you, too?" says I. "I've always been a good sailor," says Vee. "And, anyway, a storm is too thrilling to waste the time being seasick.
Third row from the front, dress circle; the best I could do. Please let me have my dinner alone. Mrs. Mumford, I want to tell you something afterwards. Clarence went round to see his friend Fentiman, with whom he usually had a chat on Saturday evening. Emmeline was soon joined by the guest in the drawing-room. 'There, you may read that, said Louise, holding out a letter. 'It's from Mr.
There was another college higher up on an airy summit a bright new edifice, picturesquely and peculiarly towered and pinnacled a sort of gigantic casters, with the cruets all complete. Uncle Mumford said that Cape Girardeau was the Athens of Missouri, and contained several colleges besides those already mentioned; and all of them on a religious basis of one kind or another.
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