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Updated: June 24, 2025
Her first impulse was to rush up to tell Violet; but as this could not be, she snatched up a bulky red volume, and throwing over the leaves till she came to F. Fotheringham, Sir Antony, of Worthbourne, looked down the list of his children's names, and beheld that the only one not followed by the fatal word "died" was Antony Pelham. What had they all been doing not to have thought of this before?
In the morning she accompanied Violet to call on Lady Fotheringham, sullen, proud, and bashful at the sense of undergoing inspection, and resolved against showing her best side, lest she should feel as if she was winning Worthbourne for Percy. That majestic ill-humour was wasted Lady Fotheringham was not at home; but Violet left a note begging her to come to luncheon the next day.
'We must wait, interrupted Percy, cheerfully. Arthur proceeded. 'Wait! what for? Now you are cut out of Worthbourne, and my aunt's money might as well be at the bottom of the sea, and 'I can hear no croaking on such a day as this, broke in Percy. 'As to Worthbourne, it is ill waiting for dead men's shoon. I always thought Pelham's as good a life as my own, and I never fancied Mrs.
After the first, however, Lady Elizabeth's attention wandered; and before the retrograding story had gone quite back to the original Brogden cough, she suddenly asked if Percival Fotheringham was in England. 'Yes, at Worthbourne. You know it was his cousin 'I know it was a mistake, said Lady Elizabeth, hurrying over the subject, as by no means suited its importance in Theodora's eyes.
The baby was a day less than four weeks old, and Violet was anxious to have him baptized; so that it was arranged that it should take place immediately on Percy's return from Worthbourne, whither he was to proceed that same afternoon, having hitherto been delayed by Arthur's affairs. This settled, he took leave.
'I see you have not been losing time, said Violet. 'I fear I fear I have, he answered, as rather nervously he began to gather up some abortive commencements and throw them into the fire. 'Take care, that is mine, exclaimed she, seeing the words 'Mrs. Martindale, and thinking he had seized upon a letter which he had written to her from Worthbourne on Arthur's business.
I confess I was delighted to get away to Bath; but there if Jane would but have helped me I would, indeed I would, have been thankful to have gone back to Worthbourne, even if I had had to play at draughts with Pelham for the rest of my days. But Jane was resolved, and all my strength and spirit had been crushed out of me.
She was startled and hurt at his unconstrained manner. 'Very well, I believe. I shall see her this evening at Worthbourne. 'Has she been staying there long? said Theodora, going on valiantly after the first plunge. 'Ever since the summer. They went home very soon after the marriage. A new light broke in on Theodora. She was tingling in every limb, but she kept her own counsel, and he proceeded.
Finch a great risk, and would willingly have dissuaded her sister from it; but that Georgina had been bent upon it! 'thinking, no doubt, poor girl, that riches and gaiety would make her happy! I wish we could have made it pleasanter to her at Worthbourne! 'She has spoken very affectionately of you. 'Ah, poor child! she had met with little kindness before. She used to pour out her griefs to me.
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