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Nettlepoint that night, but I troubled her no further about Miss Mavis. She had made up her mind that everything was smooth and settled now, and it seemed to me that I had worried her and that she had worried herself enough. I left her to enjoy the foretaste of arrival, which had taken possession of her mind.
The more he had against him, the more necessary it was for those who liked him to make allowance for flaws in his disposition. Kindly encouragement might do much where censure had failed. Days passed without Mavis seeing more of Perigal. His indifference to her existence hurt the little vanity that she possessed.
"That's something to go upon at any rate. I shall need support. I don't believe it's going to be an easy business." "'Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown," quoted Mavis laughingly. "Exactly. I wanted tremendously to be monitress, but I didn't realise all I was in for. I see many breezes in front." "You'll weather them all, don't fear! After such a splendid start I've every confidence in you.
I can easily wait," said Mavis. "Was you come about 'privates'?" asked the little woman wistfully. "Privates?" "I mean private lessons. 'Poulter's' always calls 'em 'privates." "I heard you were in want of an accompanist. I came to offer my services." "It won't be for long; my fingers is nearly healed of the chilblains." "Anything is better than nothing," remarked Mavis.
She had already noted the abundance with which Mavis was surrounded. "Have you a gentleman friend, dear?" she presently asked in her soft, caressing voice. "I have one very dear friend," remarked Mavis, thinking of Windebank. "I hope you're very careful," remarked Mrs Taylor. "What do you mean?" "Excuse my mentioning it, but gentlemen will be gentlemen where a pretty girl is concerned."
"You go on whar you're goin' an' come back fer her." "All right," said Jason, greatly relieved. "Take keer o' yourselves." With a kick he started the old nag and again pulled in. "An' if you leave afore I git back, Mavis, I'm a-goin' to come atter you, no matter whar you air some day."
When Mavis got back, she learned that the morning post had brought an invitation for the Devitts and herself for a dinner that Major Perigal was giving in two weeks' time. Major Perigal, also, wrote privately to Mavis, urging her to give him the honour of her company; he assured her that his son would not be present.
They had duly admired The Kittiwake in the harbour, and they simply longed to go on board. It seemed so particularly tempting when they had such a cordial invitation, and so aggravating to be obliged to decline. "Cousin Nora's very nervous," urged Mavis in extenuation. "She'd be afraid of our being drowned if we went on a duck-pond." Bevis passed over the slur on his seamanship.
She indirectly returned to the charge on the following Sunday, when Norah was about to start for her afternoon out. "Norah, I want a word with you." The girl came back along the flagged path to the kitchen door. "It's just this, Norah. You'll please to remember what I've told you, and act accordingly." Norah turned her head and answered over her shoulder, rather sullenly, as Mavis thought.
"Possibly," said Mavis, drawling and smiling. "But Mr. Dale and I do not think so. Of course if we did, we should put up a board, or notice and you may observe that there isn't one." She was, however, always gentle and forbearing with wanderers of her own sex.
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