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"Margaret Adair is certainly very pretty, but I should not like one of my girls to let herself be made so conspicuous!" Such were some of the remarks that fell on Janetta's ear, and made her face burn with shame and indignation. Not that she exactly believed in the reality even of the things that she had seen. That Wyvis should admire Margaret was so natural!
"But Margaret herself is so sweet and generous and womanly," said Janetta, watching his face carefully, "that she would recover from all that harm if she were in other hands." "Yes, yes; I believe she would," he answered, eagerly. "It only needs to take her from her mother, and she would be perfect." He stopped, suddenly abashed by Janetta's smile.
Margaret talked about Janetta's brothers and sisters, about music, about her recent visits, as calmly as if she had not a care in the world. It was almost a surprise to Janetta when, after a little pause, she asked with some hesitation "You said you saw Sir Philip Ashley the other day?"
Janetta's direct and straightforward dealing had the effect of driving Margaret, though chiefly out of perversity, to do likewise. Miss Adair was not accustomed to be withstood, and, during the unexpected opposition with which her wishes had been met, her mind had turned very often to Janetta with unswerving faith in her old friend's readiness to help her at an emergency.
Colwyn, and she could not say the words that Janetta's heart was aching for the words of praise and admiration of a nobly unselfish life which alone could do Janetta any good. Yes, Margaret's letters were distinctly unsatisfactory not from want of feeling, but from want of experience of life. Graver necessities soon arose, however, than those of consolation in grief. Mr.
And no sooner was she laid in Janetta's bed than a little white figure rushed out of another room and flew towards her, crying out: "Mother! Mother! You are not hurt?" She was not hurt, but she was shaken and out of breath, and Julian's caresses were not altogether opportune. Still she did not seem to be vexed by them. Perhaps they were too rare to be unwelcome.
The remark sounded a little inconsequent in Janetta's ear, but Margaret understood and assented. It meant that Lady Caroline was on the whole pleased with Janetta, and did not object to introducing her to her friends. Margaret gave her mother a little smile over Janetta's head, while that young person was gathering up her courage in two hands, so to speak, before addressing Lady Caroline.
"His nurse or his mother or somebody will be near, I dare say perhaps gone up to the house. Shall I look about?" "Wait a minute he is awake he will tell us who he is." The child, roused by the sound of voices, turned a little, stretched himself, then opened his great dark eyes, and fixed them full on Janetta's face.
Certainly, in Janetta's case, they formed the basis of a good deal of interest. She told herself that she could not help thinking of him. Softened by the pleasures of hospitality, Mrs. Colwyn would be quite gracious to him at these times.
"She is quite a child if he had sent her bonbons she would have liked them even better than flowers." "I understand. I will do my best as you are so good as to trust me," he answered, lowering his voice. A little silence fell between them. Something in the tone had made Janetta's heart beat fast.
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