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When, at last, he was fit to do so, he had uttered broken words of gratitude, really touched at her kindness, and frightfully ashamed of himself. Lying there, wide awake, in the darkness and utter stillness of Beechfield village, Enid Crofton reminded herself that she had treated Piper very well.
He was standing by one of the round pillars which carried out the type of architecture which had been the fashion at the time Doryford was built; and he was gazing at her with what seemed to her a rather odd expression on his dark face. Was he going to tell her of his hopes or intention with regard to Mrs. Crofton? Betty felt, for the first time that day, intensely shy.
"I think it's we who are not '18 carat," he answered furiously. "We have shown Mrs. Crofton the grossest discourtesy, and I happen to know that she feels it very much." Janet Tosswill looked at her elder stepson with a feeling of blank amazement. It had often astonished her to notice how completely Jack had his emotions and temper under control.
The three young people went therefore to this room after dinner. Agnes felt a little uncomfortable, as she always did when any Crofton boys came. They had so much to say to each other of things that she did not understand, and so very little to say to her, that she continually felt as if she was in the way.
I will carry them to Mrs Proctor, and ask her to put them quite away till we are gone back to Crofton." "No, no. Don't do that. I want them," said Hugh, finding now that he had not fetched them down entirely on Holt's account.
Sherwood and his wife were on the train bound for Crofton, the nearest station to the old home farm. While they are on the way, a glance at the history of his parents will explain how matters stand at the homestead.
"It is something I always dread a little when I am all alone, but I think Mr. Crofton likes to come. He converses so elegantly." These were the days of long visits, before affectionate friends thought it quite worth while to take a hundred miles' journey merely to dine or to pass a night in one another's houses.
Pierre again and again thanked Bill for having brought him to so delightful a place. "Ah!" he said, "that lady," looking at Mrs Crofton, "reminds me of my mother, and the little girl is just like Jeannette, when she was younger. And they are so kind and gentle!
At this moment the screen fell with a crash, and Julia emerged, her eyes blazing, while Miss Crofton followed, her hat somewhat crushed by the falling screen. The three young men in Holy Orders, all of them desirable young men, arose to their feet, trembling visibly. 'Apostates! cried Julia, who had by far the best of the dramatic situation and pressed her advantage.
"Miss Crofton and I have never met before," said Miss Pendarth quietly. "But I knew your husband very well in India, when he and I were both young. My brother was in his regiment." "The dear old regiment!" exclaimed Miss Crofton. Enid Crofton smiled a little to herself. It amused her to see that these two old things for so she described them to herself had so quickly become friends.
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