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Updated: June 13, 2025
'Fancy, Stella, I am to be Beatrice in our play; only it is not called Beatrice, but "Beatreechee," explained Vava, pronouncing it, as she hoped, in correct Italian fashion. 'What play are you acting Shakespeare's? inquired Stella.
'They are getting on very well, said the former with a nod of her head. 'That's a blessing. Stella really is a very great trial to me, announced Vava quite gravely. Mrs. Montague Jones laughed heartily. 'I wonder what she would say if she heard you? she replied. 'She would ask me quite solemnly what I meant, and I should not be able to tell her, observed Vava.
'Anyway, we sha'n't get tired of them, for we have spent a whole day doing nothing but talk to each other, and if you can do that you can spend your whole life with any one nearly; at any rate, you can live in the same house, especially when you are all out in separate parts all the day, opined Vava.
Stacey, who was so horrid, telling us we must go into poky lodgings and be saving, quite approves of our taking a house with some people we don't know very well! It's rather funny of him, but I believe I know the reason, announced Vava, nodding her head. Stella thought she knew too, but her guess was a different one to Vava's.
'It was not a pleasant place for a girl to sit alone, anyway, and you would have said the same yourself, and it was horrid, for sitting there made me miss my best exam, which was a horrid bore well, a shame, said Vava.
The four accordingly set out for their walk; and, as Eva was a very entertaining companion, Vava enjoyed the walk with her. Amy and Stella were becoming such fast friends that they had dropped the formal 'Miss' in speaking to each other, and they enjoyed the walk. Mrs. Morrison had told them she should go straight to church.
I wish you would tell me about it when I do; you talk so soft and ladylike, observed Doreen. Vava laughed. 'I! Why, the girls couldn't understand me when I first came, she protested. 'Oh well, there were some words you used that we'd never heard before, but I like it now.
I have begged you to be more careful of what you say, but it seems to be hopeless; other arrangements will have to be made. And she relapsed into cold silence; but Vava saw that tears of mortification were in her eyes. The girl made one or two attempts to speak to Stella, but without success, and they walked home in silence from the station.
The third letter was a still greater surprise, and she gave an exclamation of pleasure as she said, 'I will come up with you this morning, Vava. I have been offered an appointment in the City not far from my late office. 'How quick! How did they know you wanted one, or your address? I suppose that is Mr. Jones, and I call it rather decent of him, observed Vava, in a significant tone.
Stella wished they could; but her sense of duty came to her aid, and she said, 'That is quite impossible, Vava; we must stay in London. So the best thing we can do is to try and be as happy as we can here, and do our duty. We will live upon as little as we can, and save money, so that we can go away for our holidays.
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