【】ho,toae
flushed,hot,anduntidy,hperhapsasheekorablack
eye,froheeffectsofabloaketballorboxing
glove.
upontheirarrivalatcaptainbarclays,thetenstrolled
outtoskeacigartogether,andtodiscusstheprospectsofthe
seffees.
s.barclayhadaskedjulieandjustiheyogo
doeduburghadsohurriedlyansweredin
theia,iivesayingthattheyrollroundthe
gardenuntillauedthats.barclayhadnoresource
buttoasktheheypassedheorall
llyiojoihegarden.
”dearlanie,”daduburgbegan,ershad
anner,handinhand,”iwasreally
quiteshocked,asealong.thereelanie,laughingand
selves,handingupbaskets
andliftingothersdohherhairallinnfusion,and
lookingexcusesayingsorelikeapeasantgirlthanayoung
lady.”
s.barclaysledquietly.
”llyisenjoyingherself,nodoubt,sisterinla
seethatherlaughing,orcallingout,orhandingbasketswilldo
heranyseriousharasforherhair,fivenutesbrushingwill
setthatright.”
”but,dearsisterinlaeduburgsaid,eaestly,”do
youreillyisnearlyfourteenyearsold;
thatsheingaan,thatinahreeyears
youyfaith,itis
terribleandshehasyetnofigure,nonner;”anddaduburg
looked,hanairofgratifiedpride,atthestifffiguresofher
owogirls.
”herfigureisnotabadone,sisterinlars.barclaysaid,
posedly;”sheistallerthanjulieonthsher
seniorsheisasstraightasanarroirable;
shehasneverhadadaysillness.”
”butsheoteduburg
said,liftingupherhandsinhorror.
”sheileshherfather,yesterday,”
s.barclaysaid,pretendingtosuandhersisterinlaws
aning.
”ididnotanthat,”daduburgsaid,iatiently,”butshe
yfaith,itisshogtosay,butshe
ydaughterstepout
inthatway.
”then,lookathernners.aall.the
otherdayonsieurderivierehhissons
called,sheively
aetohavetosayso,
sisterinlaanners,noeasejulie,andeven
justine,yself.”
”hernnersarenotfordyet,sisterinlars.barclaysaid,
quietly,”nordoicarethattheyshouldbe.sheisayounggirlat
present,andidonotanbeforeherti.in
threeyearsiteenoughforhertondhernners.”
”butinthreeyears,sisterinlaw,youwillbelookingfora
husbandforher.”
”ishallbedoingnothingofthesort,”s.barclaysaid,
steadily.”inthat,asinnyothertters,igreatlypreferthe
englishwoyears,and
gotoenglandtoreside.izedgreatly,duringthe
seventeenyearssinarriage.olivein
england,now.
”atsixteen,therefore,llyasters;andfortwo
yearshereducationanner
prove.inengland,fathersandthersdonot
arraherriageoftheirchildren;andllyodo
asirlsdothatiseonefallsinloveh
her,andshefallsihen,ifheisaproper
person,andhasenoughtokeepher,theyarried.”
daduburgukedattheexpressionofthese
sentintstoansonce.sheonlysighed,shookherhead,and
lookedupwards.
”itisstrange,”shesaidatlast,”tohearyou,sisterinlawa
frenarriage.asifayounggirluld
knos,andproperpersonfor
hertorry.besides,theideaofayounggirlfallinginlove,
beforesherries,isshog,quiteshog”
”dearsisterinlars.barclaysaid,”alkedthis
tteroverbefore,andihavealyopinion,frankly.i
havebeenagooddealinengland;andhaveseen,therefore,and
knes.iknofrench
rriagesare;andnooeofthingsinthe
tontindeclaringthatrried
lifeinenglandisinfinitelyhappier,ineveryrespect,thanitis
infranarrya
nshehasneverseenasynd,
silynstrous.fortunately,iselfrriedforlove;andi
havebeenhappy,eversince.iintendlly,ees,
todothesathing.”
beforedaduburghadtitoansenjoihe
andtheiontuedupohree
girlscaup.
”illy,”herunclesaid;”where
doyougetyourplucheeks,andyhtloriwishyou
uldgivethereceipttojulieandjustine.why,ifyouo
blobothdown.”
”iaeallysurprisedatyou,nsieurduburg,”hiswifesaid,
angrily.”iaureidonotuch
lorastheirusin.iquiteasfortuneforpoor
lly.itissoverynplahild,shelooksasifshe
hadbeeage.”
”thatisright,dstandupforyourown,”andherhusband,
edtohisforall
that,nplaonplaeof
llysbright,healthylirlscheeks;andishould
liketoseethent,their
tightbootsandhighheels.”
hisakeanangryreply,hearrivalofthe
fourboysbearingintriuhthelastbasketofplugedthe
ion;andshortlyaftereduburgrerkingthat
theeveningp,andthatshedidnotlikejulieandjustine
tobeoutinitanylater,theduburgstooktheirleave.
chapter2:terriblenews.
thetendayssueedingthedeclarationofwarweredaysof
exoved
forondselyanhourpassedbutlongtrains,
filledlyonsah,heir
toetz.
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