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"Indeed I like singing as much as dancing," says Madelon. "And you do both equally well, my dear; you may believe me when I tell you so, for I know what good dancing is, and I have been watching you all the evening. You must come and see me and sing to me again. You live with your aunt, Mrs. Treherne, Mrs. Vavasour tells me." "Yes," replied Madelon. "I knew Mrs.
Vavasour, "Please let me have all the children for a walk this afternoon." "What, all! my dear girl," said Mrs. Vavasour; "you don't know what you are undertaking." "Oh, yes, I do," Madelon answered, smiling; "they will be very good, I know, and Madge will help me." So they all set out for their walk, through the garden, and out at the gate that led at once into the fields which stretched beyond.
The hotel was nearly full, and it was noticeable that they were the only persons who dined alone. Indeed, the head waiter asked Spencer if he cared to join a party of men who sat together; but he declined. There was no such general gathering of women; so Helen was given no alternative, and she ate the meal in silence. She saw Mrs. Vavasour in a remote part of the salon.
Jack was delighted that Du Meresq was off on a fresh pursuit, and so not likely to be hanging about Bluebell; and that damsel was trying, by a reckless flirtation with Vavasour, to stifle the vexatious conviction that Bertie had only been making a fool of her on Sunday, and was now probably repeating the same game with Miss Tremaine.
It knows no control; It will burn in his breast thro' existence for ever, Immutably fixed in the deeps of the soul. The Wanderer. "Why did you shoot on so quick, Major?" said Vavasour, in an injured tone, after the dumb scene before referred to. "We might as well have stayed and discoursed those young women." Fane growled something about not choosing to intrude.
Sir Henry was much pleased with the feeling that appeared to exist, between Colonel Vavasour and his corps of officers: respect on one side and the utmost confidence on both. We think it is the talented author of Pelham, who describes a mess table as comprising "cold dishes and hot wines, where the conversation is of Johnson of ours and Thomson of jours."
She merely appeared at the end of the list of characters, whereas she wanted "AND Miss Lilian Vavasour." "Such a ridiculous fuss to make about an 'and," grumbled the actor-manager. "Yes," retorted Comyns-Carr, "and unfortunately 'and and 'art do not always go together on these occasions." The neatest answer I ever heard came from the late Lord Houghton.
I have been laid up ten days with a broken ankle. But I suppose you have been seeing Jack Vavasour every day, and forgotten all about me?" "Bertie," said Bluebell, hesitatingly, "did they say anything to you about " "About Jack? Yes, they said he was spoons on you. And also, Miss Bluebell, that you were awfully in love with him." "No, no, nonsense," said she, blushing. "I meant about yourself."
Well, besides the hush money, my client is to defray all the expense of attempting to transform the descendant of the silkweaver of Lyons into the heir of a Norman conqueror. So you see, Sir Vavasour, I am not unreasonable. Pah! I would sooner gain five thousand pounds by restoring you to your rights, than fifty thousand in establishing any of these pretenders in their base assumptions.
"I frankly mean," said Vavasour, "that I think almost the only chance of restoring him, is by allowing him to marry Acme Frascati." Delme's brow clouded. "Think not," continued he, "that I am ignorant of what such a determination must cost you.
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