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She told him that the Jocelyns had one and all combined in an infamous plot to destroy the race of Harrington, and that Caroline had already succumbed to their assaults; that the Jocelyns would repent it, and sooner than they thought for; and that the only friend the Harringtons had in the house was Miss Bonner, whom Providence would liberally reward.
Atherton won't let me, I know. She threatens most every day to send me back to the Asylum, 'cause I act so. I'm her little waiting-maid, Edith Hastings." "Waiting maid!" and the tone of Richard's voice was indicative of keen disappointment. The Harringtons were very proud, and Richard would once have scoffed at the idea of being particularly interested in one so far below him as a waiting-maid.
And that was the way with my Montaigne gone. And here were two editions of Gulliver. I lent one to a nephew of the Harringtons and the other to a rather prim young lady from Boston who impressed me as having had too much Emerson. My Shelley is gone. My 'Rousseau's Confessions' is also gone." And Cooper smiled at me beatifically. That was Cooper. But Mrs.
William Dean Howells's house or Mr. Joseph H. Choate's. And with real regret and admiration, I say good-night to the Harringtons.
The Harringtons stayed longer than we invited them for. They were well- bred adventurers. I have met many such in English country houses people who shoot, and fish, and hunt at the expense of others. It suited them to stay at Lloseta, and they did so. They were people who got the best of everything by asking for it by looking upon it in a well-bred way as their right.
"Well, there's something wrong with his environment," said Allan. "We are his environment," Phyllis reminded him. "As far as I know we are rather nice people." The Harringtons, John Hewitt, with Gail and her cousin, not to speak of Joy, were enjoying an unseasonably hot day in the Harrington garden. They had all been playing tennis, and now everybody was sitting or lying about, getting rested.
At Joy's tribute, unconsciously given, his pulse quickened a little. Had he really had this much power for happiness over the child?... "Almost right away they brought me to this lovely place," she went on happily, "and almost right after that I met the Harringtons. It's all seemed to me because of your wishing ring."
I answered her with civility, and tried my best to fasten some attention on the ridiculous things she was saying, but an under current of painful thought disturbed me all the while. "'Now I tell you this in the strictest confidence, remember, she went on to say. 'I must have some one to rely upon; but not a word to the Harringtons.
"I never did prove it," responded Johnny Hewitt, shaking hands vigorously, "but the fellows said afterwards that I ought to apologize to the mule. He was a perfectly good mule. But I'm a doctor all right. I live here in Wallraven. I wondered if it might be you by any chance, Allan, when I heard some Harringtons had bought here.
We won't even tell the Harringtons that it isn't true till we're on the train for Wallraven." Joy stared at him, incredulous still. She could not speak for a moment. "Oh!" she said then. "Oh why, you're the kindest man I ever knew. But then, I knew you were! Thank you ever so much ... but are you sure you don't mind at all?" "Quite sure," he told her. "Well thank you!" said Joy fervently.
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