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Updated: June 14, 2025
The guests received this explanation of the sudden absence of the beauty of the ball with regret, and more than one whisper went the rounds of the room how this seemed to disturb handsome Harry Kendal, for his face was very pale, and he seemed so nervous. At the earliest opportunity Harry Kendal slipped away from the merry throng and up to Dorothy's apartment, hastily knocking at the door.
'In her own room, said Mr. Kendal. 'I could not bear the sight of her obduracy. Even her aunt was shocked at her want of feeling. Low as he spoke, the sternness of his voice frightened the baby, and she was obliged to run away to the nursery, where she listened to the contrition of the little nursemaid, who had never suspected Miss Sophy's intention of taking him out of the house.
'This nasty spelling-book! Lucy said it was called indestructible, because nobody could destroy it, but I've taken my new knife to it. And see there! 'And now can you make another? said his uncle. 'I don't want to. 'Nor one either, sir, said Mr. Kendal. 'What shall we have to tell Uncle William about you! I'm afraid you are one of the chief causes of mamma not knowing how to go to London.
Kendal summoned her, saying, 'It is all over, she has refused him! 'Impossible; she could only have left half her sentence unsaid. 'Too certain. She will not leave her mother. 'Is that all? 'Of course it is. He told me the whole affair, and certainly Mr. Meadows was greatly to blame.
'Pardon indeed! said his father, with a greater look of relief than Albinia understood, 'you are resting in His Merits. Gilbert's look brightened, and he said, 'I know it now. 'Thank God, said Mr. Kendal. His eyes closed, and Fred whispered to the father, 'Maurice is here too.
'You were up all last night, and many nights before, said Albinia; 'and all alone! Oh! why was I not here to help! 'Fred was a great comfort, said Mr. Kendal. 'I cannot describe my gratitude to him. And dearest He paused, and added with hesitation, 'I do not now regret the having come out alone. After the first disappointment, I think that my boy and I learnt to know each other better.
Mr. Kendal drove his ladies to fetch her. He had lately indulged the household with a large comfortable open carriage with two horses, a rival to Mr. O'More's notable car, where he used to drive in an easy lounging fashion on one side, with Hyder Ali to balance him on the other. This was a grand shopping day, an endless business, and as the autumn day began to close in, even Mr.
And then I heard Kendal say, "Give us a hand, sir," and I turned to my stretchers. When I looked round again Jevons was running towards the Town Hall. The man who had told us to pick up our wounded and clear out was looking after him with a face of the most perfect horror. Kendal and I followed with the stretchers, and we saw Jevons run up the steps of the Town Hall.
The day was bitterly cold, and, notwithstanding the exertion of riding, Sim's teeth chattered sometimes as with ague, and his fingers were numb and stiff. It was an hour before noon when the travellers left Kendal, and now they had ridden for two hours. The brighter clouds of the morning had disappeared, and a dull, leaden sky was overhead.
Sophy was setting off also, but Mr. Kendal stopped them, and lingered a moment or two, making an excuse of looking for a needless umbrella, but in fact to avoid the general gaze.
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