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'Arthur will never write, said Theodora, in defiance; but the answer took her by surprise 'If he does not, I shall. 'If there is to be such a rout, I will not go at all.
But for Violet's looks and gesture, Theodora would not have dared to go up to him, take his hand, and, on finding it feebly return her pressure, bend over and kiss his forehead. 'His breath is certainly relieved, and there is less fever, repeated Violet; but to Theodora this seemed to make it only more shocking. If this was better, what must it not have been?
A contrast, nevertheless, the two must have presented to any power able to read them. Barbara was like a heath of thyme and wild roses and sudden winds; Theodora like a Dutch garden without its flowers. They never quarrelled. I suspect they did not come near enough to quarrel. Barbara left Richard almost bewitched, and considerably perplexed. He had never seen anything like her.
But those who were admitted to the presence of this royal pair, even those of patrician rank, were obliged to prostrate themselves upon their face, with hands and feet stretched out; and, after having kissed both his feet, they rose up and withdrew. Nor did Theodora refuse this honour.
Theodora had hardly spent a moment in seeking the cross, she tied on Violet's bonnet over the hair falling round her, hurried to assist in carrying the sick maid to a bed made up for her at the stables, and then, missing the dumb page from among the servants, she rushed back to look for him, dashed up the stairs through thick smoke, found him asleep, and crossing a floor that almost burnt her foot, she shook him awake, and saw him too in safety.
Stephen Irving were spending the summer, and she often ran over to the old Dix homestead to chat for awhile with Theodora. They had had their chat out, on this particular evening, and Anne was giving herself over to the delight of building an air-castle.
'A pretty scene, is it not? said John. 'Like a Sevres china cup, Theodora could not help saying. 'Fountain and peacock, and parasol for shepherd's crook, forming a French Arcadia, said John, smiling. 'I suppose it would hardly make a picture. It is too bright.
"It is a pretty idea to wear a dress that was made in war times, and I never would have thought of it myself. But we must take off the ribbons from your hair, Theodora, and fix it in the old-fashioned way to go with your gown. I remember a picture of my mother with her hair done in the queerest braids. Come, we will have to hurry."
'What now, Theodora? said poor Lord Martindale, expecting some of those fresh perplexities that made him feel the whole family to blame. It was not encouraging, but she had made up her mind. 'I have behaved very ill about all this, papa; I want you to forgive me. He came nearer to her, and studied her face, in dread lest there should be something behind.
Let me make her your wife before I go, here, under this sky, with God looking down on us. Will you? I shall be happier to know that I have done it." He waited while Douglas spoke eagerly to the girl, and then said, "Theodora, for God's sake don't refuse! I have hurt you, the marks of it you and I will carry to the grave. Let me think you forgive me before I go. Grant me this one request."
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