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His silly weakness had culminated, his vanity had been got hold of. Vincy's horrid little art-student had positively led him into running away, and leaving his wife and children. Controlling herself, Edith went to the veranda and said to Mrs Ottley that Bruce wasn't coming back for a day or two, that she had neuralgia and was going to retire, but begged Aylmer not to go yet.
Madame Frabelle said to Edith in a low, earnest tone: 'Pass me the butter, dear, and looked attentively at Bruce. 'I sometimes think I shouldn't mind being one myself, Bruce continued; 'I should rather like to eat fish on Fridays. 'But you like eating fish on Thursdays, said Edith. 'And Mr Ottley never seems to care very much for meat.
'Oh, dear yes, of course, Mrs Ottley. If you liked. 'What should I have to do? 'Well, first of all you would have to pay a shilling. 'Yes? 'And then you would be eligible for a year's probation. 'And what should we do after that? 'Well, after that, you see, we shall have to bide our time. 'That doesn't sound very hard, said Edith thoughtfully. 'Just to pay a shilling and bide your time.
Delicious light brown hair, pretty blue eyes, a wonderful blue, a blue that seem to say to everyone something different. 'What! exclaimed Lady Everard. 'Are you referring to Mrs Ottley? She calmed down again. 'Oh yes, she's charming, awfully sweet devoted to her husband, you know absolutely devoted to her husband; so rare and delightful nowadays in London. 'Oh yes, ver' nice.
On the other side of the paper was written very neatly, still in Archie's writing: '3 LINDEN MANSIONS, CADOGAN SQUARE, KNIGHTSBRIDGE. Second Floor Mrs Bruce Ottley 3. Master Archibald Bruce Ottley 4. Little beast 5. Mary Johnson housemaid 6. Miss Thrupp Cook 7. Marie maid Dorothy Margaret Miss Townsend governess 9. Ellen Maud Parrot nurse. 'Do you see? said Miss Townsend.
Probably there was at the back of his attentions to Mrs Ottley a vague idea that he wanted to get her on his side that she might be a useful ally; but he was always charming to elderly women, and inclined to be brusque with younger ones, excepting Edith; he remembered his own mother with so great a cult of devotion, and his late wife with such a depressed indifference.
Of course, this is not what I call good music, but it's very bright in its way, and the words I always think these words are so clever. So witty. Listen to them do listen to them, dear Mrs Ottley. They listened to the beautiful words sung, of which the refrain ran as follows: The Box Office man told the Programme-girl, The Theatre all was in quite a whirl. The call-boy told the Chorus.
A slave-ship had been, many years ago, wrecked near St. Vincent's. The slaves on board, who escaped to the island, were without necessaries; and, besides, were obliged to maintain a war with the native Caribbs: yet they soon multiplied to an astonishing number; and, according to Mr. Ottley, they were now on the increase.
After Edith had written and sent her letter to Aylmer in the morning, Mrs Ottley the elder came to fetch the children to dine, and Edith told Miss Townsend to go for the afternoon. She was glad she would be absolutely alone. 'Aren't you very well, dear Mrs Ottley? asked this young lady, in her sweet, sympathetic way.
'Well, what do you think they've done? They've asked us to dinner. 'Have they? Fancy! 'Yes, and what I thought was so particularly jolly of him was that it was a verbal invitation. Mitchell said to me, just like this, 'Ottley, old chap, are you doing anything on Sunday evening? Here Archie came to the door and said, 'Mother, can I have your long buttonhook? Edith shook her head and frowned.
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