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Lieutenant Hilton, who had just returned from visiting the neighbouring posts, no sooner set eyes on Dick, than he exclaimed, "Why, that's young Hargrave, the very fellow Lord Reginald Oswald was speaking to me about, not an hour ago, a deserter from the Wolf, a desperate young ruffian, by all accounts.
This was spoken in a low, earnest, melting tone, as he bent over me. I now raised my head; and steadily confronting his gaze, I answered calmly, ‘Mr. Hargrave, do you mean to insult me?’ He was not prepared for this. He paused a moment to recover the shock; then, drawing himself up and removing his hand from my chair, he answered, with proud sadness,—‘That was not my intention.’
Hargrave, except from report.’ ‘Have you then forgotten the six or seven weeks I spent under your roof last autumn? I have not forgotten them. And I know enough of you, Mrs. Huntingdon, to think that your husband is the most enviable man in the world, and I should be the next if you would deem me worthy of your friendship.’
Culver sat thinking the two girls talked about the opening of the Girl Scout troop in the school Helen was to enter in the fall. One morning Mrs. Hargrave was called to the telephone to speak with Mrs. Culver. Mrs. Culver wanted to know if Mrs.
Soon after breakfast the next morning, I saw Armitage and Miss Hargrave walking out together, he having asked her to show him a beautiful view she had spoken of at the other end of the estate. The rest of the young ladies being occupied, Story and I lit our pipes, and were sitting smoking them in the verandah, when we were joined by Mr Praeger.
"We'll model our school, not upon what the ignorant wise of the Middle Ages thought ought to be life, but upon life itself," said Dr. Hargrave. "We'll build not from the clouds down, but from the ground up."
"It is very necessary, but what you want to look for, Rosanna, is worth. Suppose Helen here was not in your own class. Suppose her father was a laboring man of some sort, and she lived away from this part of town, that wouldn't change Helen." Helen looked up in amazement. "But my father is " Mrs. Hargrave interrupted.
I cannot read the name. Mrs. Hargrave is a very careless penman. Always write distinctly, Rosanna. It is one of the many marks of good breeding. "Your Uncle Robert sends his love. He is anxious to see you. "Your loving grandmother, Rosanna read the letter twice. Then she turned and looked at Minnie. "It's good and bad too, isn't it, Minnie?
She could not, I believe, have stood. I carried the lovely creature round, and seated her in my chariot. "'Be assured, madam, said I, 'that you are in honourable hands. I will convey you to my sister, who is a young lady of honour and virtue. "I shut the chariot door. Sir Hargrave was now on his legs, supported by his coachman; his other servants had fled.
This done, he entered the hut, when he found Lord Reginald sitting up in his cot. "I should much wish, Hargrave, to get up and wash my hands and face, but I feel so weak that I am afraid I could not accomplish it alone. May I venture to ask you to assist me?" he said, in a hesitating tone. "My lord, I should be delighted to help you; but I am sure you had better not make the attempt.
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