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Then whom did my mamma marry? 'Lord! Miss Venetia, you know very well your mamma always tells you that all those books you read are a pack of stories, observed Mistress Pauncefort, with an air of triumphant art.
At length she rose, and walked into their adjoining apartment, but to her surprise Venetia was not there. Returning to her saloon, she found Pauncefort and the waiter arranging the table for dinner. 'Where is Miss Herbert, Pauncefort? inquired Lady Annabel. 'I am sure, my lady, I cannot say. I have no doubt she is in the other room.
And then Pauncefort bade her ladyship good night in a huff, catching up her candle with a rather impertinent jerk, and gently slamming the door, as if she had meant to close it quietly, only it had escaped out of her fingers.
'It seems to me so odd that only two people should live here, and both be widows, said Venetia, 'and both have a little child; the only difference is, that one is a little boy, and I am a little girl. 'When ladies lose their husbands, they do not like to have their names mentioned, said Mistress Pauncefort; 'and so you must never talk of your papa to my lady, and that is the truth.
Misfortune and misery had subdued even Mistress Pauncefort. The foreign servant opened the door of the carriage; a young man, who was a stranger to the household, but who was in deep mourning, alighted, and then Lady Annabel appeared. The steward advanced to welcome her, the household bowed and curtseyed.
I must go and tell my lady immediately. 'Light me to my room, said Venetia; 'I will not disturb my mother, as she is unwell. Venetia rose, and Mistress Pauncefort followed her to her chamber, and lit her candles. Venetia desired her not to remain; and when she had quitted the chamber, Venetia threw herself in her chair and sighed.
'Well, my lady, your la'ship knows best, replied Mistress Pauncefort, evidently very disappointed; for she had indulged in momentary visions of noble visitors and noble valets; 'I am always content, you know, when your la'ship is; but, I must say, I think it is very odd for a lord to be so poor. I never heard of such a thing. I think they will turn out richer than you have an idea, my lady.
'And so I would, my lady, said Mistress Pauncefort, when Lady Annabel communicated to her faithful attendant, at night, the news of the arrival of the Cadurcis family at the abbey, and her intention of paying Mrs.
'If I thought that this visit would lead to what is understood by the word society, my good Pauncefort, I certainly should refrain from paying it, said Lady Annabel, very quietly. 'Oh! Lord, dear my lady, I was not for a moment dreaming of any such thing, replied Mistress Pauncefort; 'society, I know as well as any one, means grand balls, Ranelagh, and the masquerades.
Venetia walked home with Mistress Pauncefort, but Lady Annabel's little daughter was not in her usual lively spirits; many a butterfly glanced around without attracting her pursuit, and the deer trooped by without eliciting a single observation. At length she said, in a thoughtful tone, 'Mistress Pauncefort, I should have liked to have gone and seen the little boy.
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