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Mockingly to the edge of her strong white teeth Rae Malgregor's tongue crept out in pink derision. "Bah!" she taunted. "What's 'nice'? That's the whole matter with you, Helene Churchill! You never stop to consider whether anything's fun or not; all you care is whether it's 'nice'!" Excitedly she turned to meet the cheap little wink from Zillah's sainted eyes. "Bah!
The palace of the old Bey, Zillah's father, was one of those gilded, pagoda-like buildings, which, in any other climate or any other spot in the wide world, would have looked foolish, from its profusion of latticed external ornaments, and the filagree work that covered every angle and point, more after the fashion of a child's toy than the work most appropriate for a dwelling house.
Nothing like it had ever been seen before in all Dutchess County; and it was seen and envied by every girl of Zillah's age between Rhinebeck and Tivoli, between Barrytown and Pine Plains. The Boy did an extensive business in the valentine line, in the days when February Fourteenth meant much more to boys than it does now.
I wish to address an inquiry to you. Did Miss Finch make any remark, in your hearing, indicating a desire to be comforted by My Ministrations as one bearing the double relation towards her of pastor and parent?" "I didn't hear Miss Lucilla say anything to that effect, sir." Mr. Finch waved his hand with a look of disgust, intimating that Zillah's audience was over.
"Yes," she said, with a smile, "after that I should think you would be more than content." "I certainly ought to be," I replied, looking at her steadily. "Zillah's very grateful," Miss Warren continued. "She knows that you watched with her till morning." "So did other night-owls, Zillah, and they were quite as useful as I was." She reached up her hand and pulled me down. "Mother said," she began.
They had met often thus, and by the ingenious device adopted in Zillah's dress had avoided detection. But these stolen meetings, so sweet, were fearfully dangerous to the young officer, the punishment of his offence, if discovered, being death.
Zillah's eyes flashed, and she turned pale, lip and forehead. A bitter laugh broke away with the words, as she said, "But she loved him adored him, rather." The General was moved now, his self-love was all up in arms; he was evidently getting furious. "Zillah, this is one of your jealous dreams. You have no proof!"
"And my cousin Zillah's," answered Melky, with a confidential grin. "Zillah loveliest girl in all Paddington, mister she's clear gone on the young fellow! And a word in your ear, mister! Zillah's been educated like a lady, and now that the old man's gone, Zillah'll have ah! a fortune that 'ud make a nigger turn white! And no error about it! See it through, mister!"
The moment Zillah left her chamber door, all became dark in the hall, for she concealed the light in passing, and moved away as her daughter had done, still and black, like a retreating cloud. When Zillah's face was again revealed, it was far down in the coal vaults under the house.
Yocomb and Adah. "Mother," moaned Mr. Yocomb; "why don't mother come?" "She's with Zillah upstairs," I faltered. "Zillah's ill!" "Then why does not Adah come to her father?" Miss Warren questioned, looking at me keenly. I felt that disguise was useless. "Mr. Morton, your hand so trembles that you can scarcely break the ice.
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