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Updated: June 28, 2025
And besides, the first thing she said was: "`Of course you'll understand, Miss Munnion, that if you feel obliged to go to Sunderland our connection is at an end. So I shall lose the situation after all," ended Miss Munnion with a sigh. Iris stood in silent thought for a moment. "Did she look very angry?" she said at length. "Well, yes," said Miss Munnion. "I must say she seemed completely upset.
The ladies were discussing the weather, the want of rain, the new vicar, Lady Dacre's rheumatism, and the unreasonable behaviour of Miss Munnion. So far all was safe. How would it do to slip out of the room while they were so busily engaged?
She was driven to jump and sing, and even to whistle in order to relieve her feelings, for there was no one to whom she could express them. There were, indeed, moments when she hardly restrained herself from rushing indoors to share some new-found delight with her godmother and Miss Munnion. It was almost impossible to keep it all to herself.
Iris had nothing to say, but she thought it unkind of Miss Munnion to murmur in the background: "Most thoughtless!" "If anything of this nature occurs again," said Mrs Fotheringham severely, "I shall send you home at once. Other failings I can excuse, but selfish thoughtlessness is a thing I abhor. There, go away. No, Miss Munnion, you needn't read any more, I shall not be able to sleep now.
Over her cap she wore a comfortable white woollen hood, and in her hand she carried a stumpy blue umbrella; every now and then she stopped, and pointed out some special favourite with this, or shook it scornfully at something inferior, and in these criticisms Miss Munnion agreed with nods and shakes of the head.
She looked so alarming that Iris felt almost inclined to run away again, but the old lady turned her head suddenly and saw her. "Well," she said, with an air of sarcastic resignation, "what do you want? Any more ducks under bee-hives, or have you got a sick sister too?" "Please, godmother," said Iris, with a great effort, "I want you to let me read to you while Miss Munnion is away."
I tell you all this because it's always better to put things on a right footing from the first." They had reached the house by this time, and as Iris followed Miss Munnion meekly and silently upstairs she made up her mind on two points: She would never drive with her godmother unless she were absolutely obliged, and she would very seldom ask Miss Munnion "why," or apply to her in any way.
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