United States or Haiti ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
She lay with closed eyes, her ear not missing one tick of the clock, nor one sound in the street, but without any distinct impression conveyed to her thoughts, which were wandering in the green spots in the park at Wrangerton, or in John's descriptions of the coral reefs of the West Indies. The first interruption was Sarah's bringing down the baby, whom she was forced to dismiss at once.
When she at length ordered in dinner, the conversation changed to Wrangerton doings, the Christmas gaieties, jokes about her sisters and their imputed admirers, and a Miss Louisa Davies a new-comer, about whom Albert seemed to wish to be laughed at himself. But poor Violet had no spirits even to perceive this, she only thought of home and the familiar scenes recalled by each name.
'Why, the avenue is a river, and you are not a real goose yet, you know. 'We never did miss church for weather, and it is further off at Wrangerton. 'Nobody is going, I tell you. It is not in common sense. You are as bad as Theodora, I declare. 'I don't mean to be wilful! said she, piteously; 'I won't go if you tell me not, but please don't.
'I have been reckoning that we could stay on three weeks more before going to Brogden; and, if you like it, I should wish to spend our wedding-day here, said Violet, in the shy diffident way in which she was wont to proffer any request for her own gratification. 'I had another scheme for our wedding-day. What do you say to spending it at Wrangerton?
It is easy to cram a man if he is intelligent; I only want a person who can keep up what is taught, and manage the reading-room on nights when we are not there. 'Have you a reading-room? 'Only at Wrangerton as yet; I want to set up another at Coalworth. 'Then you find it answer? How do you arrange? 'Two nights in the week we read to them, teach singing, or get up a sort of lecture.
After a cordial greeting between him and her father, it was explained that he had not entirely recovered what he called his accident, and had come to London for advice; he had brought a parcel from Wrangerton for Mrs. Martindale, and had promised to carry the Moss family the latest news of the Colonel.
FOUQUE'S Minstrel Love 'Wrangerton, August 20th. 'You must not be frightened, dearest Violet Albert is safe; thanks to that most noble-hearted, admirable Lord St. Erme, and above all, thanks to Him who directed this dreadful stroke away from us. I hope you will receive this before you see the newspaper. Mamma has gone up with them, to help them to break it to poor Lady Lucy. May she be supported!
'Every one's opinion must be the same, she said. 'O, cried Lucy, 'of course Italy is pleasanter. It is selfish to wish to keep him here; but if I had my will, we would live together at Wrangerton, and have such nice poor people. 'A "chateau en Espagne" indeed, my little sister.
'Arthur will not be taken in, was her first calm answer; but perceiving the curate unconvinced, though unwilling to contradict, she added, 'But what is the story? Mr. Wingfield produced the letter and read; 'Fanshawe, the curate of Wrangerton, has just been with me, telling me his rector is in much difficulty and perplexity about a son of your parishioner, Lord Martindale.
'What a sensible, agreeable person your uncle is, said Theodora, as Violet lay down to rest on the sofa, after dinner, and to turn over and fondle one by one the little presents sent to her from Wrangerton.
Word Of The Day