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Danesfield raised his eyebrows, pulled Daisy to stand between his knees; and, staring at Miss Martineau over his gold-rimmed glasses, said "Eh! eh! Shortlands Ellsworthy's worthy folk!" here he laughed, pleased with his pun; "yes, Miss Martineau, a good opportunity, undoubtedly!"
Over with him!" The boatswain advanced a tentative step, while murmurs of protest arose from the passengers. "Look at my cat, and look at me," Captain Duncan defended his action. The boatswain made another step, and Dag Daughtry glared a threat at him. "Go on!" the Captain commanded. "Hold on!" spoke up the Shortlands planter. "Give the dog a square deal. I saw the whole thing.
So there was quite a little festivity on Winifred's account, the day Gudrun returned to Shortlands. 'You should make a bunch of flowers to give to Miss Brangwen when she arrives, Gerald said smiling to his sister. 'Oh no, cried Winifred, 'it's silly. 'Not at all. It is a very charming and ordinary attention.
Miss Martineau had for one short blissful week of her life spent the time at Shortlands. She had been sent for in an emergency, to take the place of a nursery governess who was ill. Her French had been of little account in this great house, and her music had not been tolerated. The poor old lady had indeed been rather snubbed. But what of that?
Ellsworthy, from Shortlands, is down in the drawing-room, and wanting to see you most particular 'bad." Miss Martineau's plans had been full of directness. Having made up her mind, she wasted no precious moments. The girls must be helped; she could only give them counsel, but others could do more. Miss Martineau determined to go at once to the fountainhead.
They seed very freely in the open; and if this tank lay in the ground, long since their exquisite white flowers, so strange in shape and so powerful of scent, would have stood as thick as blades of grass upon it such a lovely sight as was beheld in the garden of the late Mr. Harrison, at Shortlands.
Gudrun caught the drift of the family intentions, in this letter. Gerald wanted her to be attached to the household at Shortlands, he was using Winifred as his stalking-horse. The father thought only of his child, he saw a rock of salvation in Gudrun. And Gudrun admired him for his perspicacity. The child, moreover, was really exceptional. Gudrun was quite content.
In short, she would attack the one and only rich person who lived in the neighborhood of Rosebury. Shortlands was a big place, and the Ellsworthys were undoubtedly big people. Money with them was plentiful. They considered themselves county folk; they lived in what the Rosebury people believed to be royal style.
Joseph, I am resolved that they shall come to us at Shortlands, and have the instructions of the very best governess I can procure for them, and then in the spring the darlings shall come up to town, and have masters for every conceivable sort of accomplishment. Oh, Joseph, we shall have our Jasmine yet, as our very own." Mr.
Shortlands looked across a sloping meadow that might be a park, because of the large, solitary trees that stood here and there, across the water of the narrow lake, at the wooded hill that successfully hid the colliery valley beyond, but did not quite hide the rising smoke. Nevertheless, the scene was rural and picturesque, very peaceful, and the house had a charm of its own.
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