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Updated: June 13, 2025
The maid Smither, who had been in her service since girlhood, and was spoken of as "Smither a good girl but so slow!" the maid Smither performed every morning with extreme punctiliousness the crowning ceremony of that ancient toilet.
Once or twice the girls had a sight of Hank Smither patroling the dividing line between the two properties, but he said nothing, and his dog growled. The girls were careful to keep on Mr. Ford's land. Then came a miserable week, when it rained and rained and rained again. Much of the snow was washed away, and the boys and girls had to stay in their cabins most of the time. Then it was that Mr.
The sight of Smither still corseted up to the armpits because the new fashion which came in as they were going out about 1903 had never been considered "nice" by Aunts Juley and Hester brought a pale friendliness to Soames's lips; Smither, still faithfully arranged to old pattern in every detail, an invaluable servant none such left smiling back at him, with the words: "Why! it's Mr.
And every morning Smither was told: "I shall be coming down this afternoon, Smither, about two o'clock. I shall want your arm, after all these days in bed!" After telling Aunt Ann, Mrs. Small had spoken of the house in the strictest confidence to Mrs.
The sight of Smither still corseted up to the armpits because the new fashion which came in as they were going out about 1903 had never been considered "nice" by Aunts Juley and Hester brought a pale friendliness to Soames' lips; Smither, still faithfully arranged to old pattern in every detail, an invaluable servant none such left smiling back at him, with the words: "Why! it's Mr.
"I suppose the doctor comes?" "Every morning. He makes special terms for such a quantity, and Mr. Timothy's so used, he doesn't take a bit of notice, except to put out his tongue." "Well," said Soames, turning away, "it's rather sad and painful to me." "Oh! sir," returned Smither anxiously, "you mustn't think that. Now that he can't worry about things, he quite enjoys his life, really he does.
"Oh! that, sir," replied Smither doubtfully, "I couldn't take on me to say. I think he might; he really is a wonderful man for his age." Soames moved into the doorway, and, waiting for Timothy to turn, said in a loud voice: "Uncle Timothy!" Timothy trailed back half-way, and halted. "Eh?" he said. "Soames," cried Soames at the top of his voice, holding out his hand, "Soames Forsyte!"
And Smither had told her more than once that she had picked books off the floor in doing the room. Still, with all that, they did feel that heaven could not be quite so cosy as the rooms in which they and Timothy had been waiting so long. Aunt Hester, especially, could not bear the thought of the exertion.
Soames, at its dinner, it eats the meat first. We've always thought it such a good sign of Mr. Timothy at his age to leave it to the last, but now he seems to have lost all his self-control; and, of course, it makes him leave the rest. The doctor doesn't make anything of it, but" Smither shook her head "he seems to think he's got to eat it first, in case he shouldn't get to it.
That evening, while they were waiting for dinner, she murmured: "I've told Smither to get up half a bottle of the sweet champagne, Hester. I think we ought to drink dear James' health, and and the health of Soames' wife; only, let's keep that quite secret. I'll just say like this, 'And you know, Hester! and then we'll drink. It might upset Timothy."
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