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Crawford went to Zay's room afterward and found her comfortable and better, with no recurrence of fever, and they had a pleasant little chat. The next morning a letter came from Phillipa, full of merry nonsense about gifts and gayety and lovers. She was very well, with the very underscored, and two engagements for every evening.
Is the reward worth taking, I wonder?" For a moment she held him at bay. "Suppose I were to refuse you now at the eleventh hour? It is for you to sue. I am not what I was. Mrs. Purling calls me the heiress of the Purlings, and we may not consider Mr. Gilbert Jillingham a very eligible parti." "You dare not refuse me, Phillipa," said Gilly very seriously.
Purling, in Phillipa's presence, made a great parade of burning her will. "He has brought it all on himself, unnatural boy! But you, darling Phillipa, will never treat me thus. Noblesse oblige. The bright blue blood that fills your veins would curdle at a mésalliance, I know." Mrs. Purling was quite calm and self-possessed, while Miss Fanshawe, strange to say, seemed agitated enough for both.
But mere cruising" Miss Fanshawe was quick at shifting her ground. "And you are going to Scotland?" "Probably; and then for a round of visits. Dear, dear, how I loathe it all! I had far rather stay with you." The heiress smiled gratefully. It was, indeed, the dearest wish of her heart that Phillipa should stay with her for good and all, and she was at no pains to conceal the fact.
Phillipa laughed and nodded. "Now, you next," to Zaidee. Zay hesitated, but took the chair Phillipa vacated. At first she seemed a puzzle to the fortune teller. "She had traveled a good deal. Some one was coming across water that she would be glad to see three people, a fair lady who had had a great deal of trouble, sickness, but was well now.
We have no slums to foster contagion." Still, the two sudden deaths had created a frightened sort of impression. The girls kept discussing them until Phillipa protested. "Who is going home tomorrow?" she asked. "After all it is only a day sooner, and who has their Christmas gifts done up? Must we save our jolliness until we get home?
Phillipa rose presently, went cautiously to the door and placed the key on the outside, then locked it softly. Louie might sleep half an hour. Just as she turned Zay ran into her arms. "Oh Phil we've just had word. The steamer will be in this evening. Aunt Kate has sent over and I am to be dismissed. We go to New York tomorrow morning.
His evil genius, had he been present, might have hinted that sometimes the cards played for Mr. Jillingham a little too true. "Not a bad game. Phillipa, how do you stand with this old beldame?" "She pretends the most ardent affection for me." "There are no other relatives, no one she would take up if this son gave unpardonable offence?" "Not that I know of.
It cost her more than a passing pang to remember that she had robbed Harold Purling of his birthright, and had turned to her own base purpose the foolish cravings of the silly mother's heart. But she had put aside self-upbraiding when she met her lover in town. "Faith, you are a trump, Phillipa; but it's not much too soon. When will you take your reward?" "Meaning Mr. Jillingham?
Besides, she calls me her dear daughter already." "And would adopt you, doubtless, if the cub were got out of the way. Yes, it can be done, I believe, and you can do it, Phillipa, if you please. Only persuade the old lady to make you the heiress of the Purlings, and there will be an end to your troubles and mine." Soon after this conversation Miss Fanshawe returned to Purlington.
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