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The Minister talked some science about it to Mother Tossell said as 'ow dogs 'adn't no souls but a 'eap of sympathy; and it ended by 'er 'avin' a good cry over me when she tucked me up for the night, an' sayin' as after all I might be a brand plucked from the burnin'. But it didn' take in Miss Chrissy, as I could tell from the look in 'er eyes."
The Colonel's wife opened the ball with the most popular and oldest private for partner, and, of course, Chrissy and Bourhope stood below Corrie and the Colonel's nephew. But Bourhope and Chrissy did not mind Corrie's precedence, and were talking to each other quite intimately.
Corrie actually glanced in affright at the steaming windows and the door ajar, and pinched Chrissy's arm when she repeated for the last time the words of the spell: "Thrice to the holly brake Thrice to the well; Wake thee, O wake, White Maid of Avenel." The assembly paid Chrissy the highest compliment an assembly can pay a speaker.
"We all had one cup of tea, and some bread and butter in silence after this. But when Chrissy had poured out the second cup for Uncle Peter, she began of her own accord to tell us her story. "'It was very foggy when we came out of school that afternoon, as you may remember, dear uncle. "'Indeed I do, answered Uncle Peter with a sigh.
A sparkling prattle that was of Chrissy's about the fine morning, the town, and the yeomanry few topics, but well handled and brilliantly illustrated. Bourhope had dared to confess to himself how sorry he was when he reached Mr. Spottiswoode's door. Next morning Bourhope detached himself from his comrades when he approached the town, and looked narrowly for Chrissy.
This time there was no whispered echo; only a gentle sighing all around. But some of the scallops in the yellow box were not without fresh adventures; and these I heard. That winter, Miss Phoebe fell on the slippery little side alley. There were no bones broken, but she, too, sank to rest in the old gray churchyard. It was three years before I went back. Then they said, "Miss Chrissy is alone."
"And so you shall, dear," replied Bessie, touched by this humility. "You must not think that I do not love you because Hatty was so much to me. There is nothing I would not do for you, Chrissy oh, you may be sure of that;" and Bessie kissed her affectionately.
At five, the mother being in poor health, the child was sent to a boarding-school with her sister, Chrissy, where she remained three or four years. The older scholars petted her, calling her "little mamma." At eight she went to a larger school, at Nuneaton, where one of the teachers, Miss Lewis, became her life-long friend.
The reconciliation made them both very happy, and after dinner to which the whole family, the shepherd and half a dozen labourers assembled, so that Tilda marvelled how, even with a fireplace so ample, Mrs. Tossell managed to cook for them all Arthur Miles boldly approached Chrissy and got her to persuade her sweetheart, Festus, to lend him a hook.
She had met Banks Bowen in New York. "Tut, tut!" said the colonel. "Silence, or a good word for the absent same as the" The colonel stopped short. "You are so scornful about the other men, now you have chosen one!" Christine's face turned red. "Why, Chrissy! You would not compare your brother to those men! Papa, I beg your pardon; this is only for argument."
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