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Updated: June 13, 2025
'Was that you who were singing just now, Miss Garston? he asked presently, looking at me with some attention. 'Yes, I returned. 'You seem surprised. Surely you have heard me sing at Hyde Park Gate? But he shook his head very decidedly. 'I should not have forgotten your voice if I had once heard it, he said, in such a pleasant manner that the straightforward compliment did not embarrass me.
Now, I want you, his voice softening again, 'to try and think better of me; not to judge by appearances, or to take other people's judgments, but to be as true and charitable to me as you are to others. Promise me this before you go, Miss Garston. I do not know why the tears started to my eyes. I could hardly answer him. 'Will you try to do this? he persisted, stooping over me.
They seemed all glad to welcome me back, especially Phoebe, who lay and looked at me as though she never wished to lose sight of me again. When I had left her room I sat a little while with Susan. She still looked delicate, but at my first pitying word she stopped me. 'Please don't say that, Miss Garston.
'This will never do, Miss Garston; we shall have you knocking yourself up if you use up your time and strength so recklessly, and I want you for another case. 'I am quite prepared for that, I answered; but I am afraid my voice was a little weary. 'You called on me yesterday, Mr. Hamilton.
Why, it is quite late, Gladys, and I want to take Miss Garston away. 'Is there anything the matter, Mr. Hamilton? for I was beginning to understand his manner better now. 'Oh, I have some business for you, that is all, another patient; but I will not tell you about it yet: you must have a good meal before you go out into the cold.
Rosher promised to draw up a programme, and insisted that after every boy's name some distinguishing colours should appear, as on a proper sports list, and that competitors were to arrange their costumes accordingly. "When shall it come off?" asked Garston. "Oh, to-morrow, after the masters have all gone in to supper. Now, we've been planning long enough; good-night."
'By the bye, Miss Garston, he observed, as though by an afterthought, 'I hear you are coming down to Heathfield. He stole a glance at Jill as he spoke. She had discarded her Indian muslin and coral necklace as being too grand for the occasion, and wore her ruby velveteen, that always suited her admirably.
Why, Gladys dear, have you been crying? What an impressionable child you are! Miss Garston has not contrived to draw tears from my eyes. But, without making any reply, Miss Hamilton quietly left the room. Were her eyes wet, I wonder? Was that why Max stopped me? Did he want to shield her from her cousin's sharp scrutiny? If so, he failed.
The flowers and fruits that were sent into the sick-room were for me as well as Gladys. I was often touched to see how some taste of mine had been remembered and gratified: sometimes Chatty would tell me that master had given orders that such a thing should be provided for Miss Garston; and in many other ways he made me feel that I was not forgotten.
Valentine had some difficulty in keeping from laughing. The smell which had greeted Mr. Rowlands' nostrils was caused by Garston, who was deliberately burning holes with a magnifying glass in the coat of the boy in front of him, who sat all unconscious of what was happening to this portion of his wardrobe.
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