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The moon was at its full, its silver light gleaming upon the untrodden snow. There was no need for them to hasten their steps when the night was so lovely. "Oh, look, Mr. Walden! see Christ Church!" Miss Newville exclaimed. "Tower, belfry, turret, and steeple are glazed with frozen sea-mist and driven snow." The church loomed before them in the refulgent light, a mass of shining silver.
General Howe solicited the honor of escorting Miss Newville to the dinner-table; Captain Coffin, possibly preferring the society of the girl with whom he often had romped to that of the mother, offered his arm to Berinthia, leaving to General Ruggles the honor of escorting the hostess. "The state of the times," said Mr.
Walden: it was the Old you had before. Will you not try a cup of Young Hyson for variety?" "If you please, Miss Newville." A few moments and she was with them again. "Old Hyson for old friendship, Young, for new acquaintance," said the doctor, as he took the cup from her hand. "You see, Mr. Walden, Miss Newville and I are old friends, and our relations at times are quite intimate.
Bless me, the more I eat the better I like it." His plate was quickly cleaned. "Pardon me, Miss Newville, but the succotash is so superb that I dare violate good manners, which I am sure you will overlook, and pass my plate for more." "You see, my lord, what you have gained by trying it.
I won five thousand from Lord Pilkington, three thousand from Lady Merryfield, and quite a number of one hundred pounders from the ladies of my set, who bet on the blue, while I planked mine on the yellow. You see, Miss Newville, that ladies are sometimes influenced by fancy. Lady Somers, for instance, allowed fancy to get the better of judgment. She likes blue as a color, above yellow.
None of the officers, not Major Evelyn or any of the captains of his majesty's troops, ever had uttered such words in her presence. Oh, could she but know if he were the one who rescued her from the hands of the miscreants! She must know. "Mr. Walden, may I ask if we have not met before?" "I think we have, Miss Newville." "I thought so, but was not sure.
"If by any chance the town should be evacuated, what think you, your excellency, those of us who are loyal to the king ought to do?" Mr. Newville asked. "That is really a very difficult question to answer. Your loyalty and that of all ladies and gentlemen who stand by the king undoubtedly will make you obnoxious to the rebels. The bitterness is increasing.
The princess did not leave her happy home to be a subject of King George; but to be his wife to stand by his side, and not crouch at his feet." "Hurrah! That's a whole broadside. She's sweeping your quarter-deck," shouted the admiral. The rector grew red in the face. "It is recorded in the Holy Scriptures, Miss Newville, that wives must be obedient to their husbands," he replied.
"They say father has stolen money from Holland & Mack, and they have just arrested him for a thief!" The blow was a terrible one. I was but a boy of fourteen, and the news completely bewildered me. I put on my cap, and together with Kate, took the first horse car to Newville to find out what it all meant. We found my father in jail, where he had been placed to await the action of the grand jury.
"I can quite understand you, dear Miss Newville; it is natural that you should shrink from such a change, but I am sure you would adorn the position." "More than what I have said, my lord, I do not think I should be happy in such a position." "Oh, I think you would. Certainly, it would be my desire to place before you every advantage that could contribute to your welfare and happiness.
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