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As one does not usually introduce an unknown and inferior stranger without some previous introduction, he might have asked you if you wished to see the baby before he recalled you." I looked from Urania's unfathomable eyes to Enriquez's impenetrable countenance. I might have been equal to either of them alone, but together they were invincible. I looked hopelessly at the baby.
Jardine is so nice. Will my frock do? The frock was of the pre-Raffaelite or Bedford-Parkian order, short-waisted, flowing, and flabby, colour the foliage of a lavender bush, relieved by a broad brick-dust sash. An amber necklace, a large limp Leghorn hat with a sunflower in it, and a pair of long yellow gloves, completed Urania's costume.
'Come, be happy, sit by me, Shadow-vested Misery: Coy, unwilling, silent bride, Mourning in thy robe of pride, Desolation deified. There is also the briefer lyric named Death, 1817, which begins 'They die the dead return not. Misery Sits near an open grave, and calls them over, A youth with hoary hair and haggard eye. All the Dreams that watched Urania's eyes.
Rylance, the fashionable physician, the man whose nice touch adjusted the nerves of the aristocracy, to disport himself with unkempt, bare-handed young Wendovers! It was an upheaval of things which struck horror to Urania's soul. Easy, after beholding such a moral convulsion, to believe that the Wight had once been part of the mainland; or even that Ireland had originally been joined to Spain.
Blanche's appetite was one of the stock family jokes, like Urania's tight boots; so there was a laugh, and the others went on eating. Brian Wendover told them about to-morrow's excursion. 'I shall put four horses into the wagonette, he said. 'I almost wish I had a drag to do honour to the occasion; but we must resign ourselves to a wagonette.
Rylance stealing after you. Aunt Betsy is quite right the man would like to marry you but you won't accept him, will you, darling? not even to have your own house in Cavendish Square, a victoria and brougham, and all those blessings we hear so much about from Urania. Remember, you would have her for a stepdaughter into the bargain. 'Be assured, dear Bess, I shall never be Urania's stepmother.
Not a ball, not a dinner, not a garden-party given at the Abbey that would not be a thorn in Urania's side, a nail in Urania's coffin.
Urania contributed a more costly gift, in the shape of a perfume cabinet, all cut-glass, walnut-wood, and ormolu. 'Urania's presents are always meant to crush one, said Blanche disrespectfully; 'they are like the shields and bracelets those rude soldiers flung at poor Tarpeia. Urania was to be one of the picnic party. She was to be the only stranger present.
They are as beautifully clear to the soul now as they were in the very dawn of Nature's awful creation. To the Initiate into Urania's mysteries it is unnecessary to draw a parallel between the constellation and its astrological sign. They are too clear, magnificent and impressive to escape notice.
She had walked a little way apart with Urania, and they two were talking somewhat earnestly. 'Those girls seem to be plotting something, said Reginald; 'a charade for to-night, perhaps. It's sure to be stupid if Urania's in it. 'You mean that it will be too clever, said Horatio. 'Yes, that kind of cleverness which is the essence of stupidity.
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