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uld get rid of them as soon as courtesy permitted her to do so, and follow her. With a smile and a bow therefore, to the Vieuxtemps, she pushed her way through the crowd with Harriet Brandt, to where she perceived that three seats were vacant, and took possession of them. They were not good seats for hearing or seeing, being to on

iss Brandt," she said gravely, "or I wi

, "much more than I know what to do with-it

table. Elinor Leyton had not yet made her appearance, and Mrs. Pullen kept cra

erved, "I wonder if she can have con

hair closer to that of Mrs. Pullen, "we can do very we

me, Miss Brandt," remonstrated Margaret, gentl

sister-in-law before long," but remembered Elinor's

very kind, though,"

Miss Brandt! She does

r. I knew I should like you at once. And I want you to like me too-so much! It has been the dream of my life to hav

lenty of friends of your

secrets between them. As for us girls, we were never left alone for a single minute! There was always a sister with us, even at night, walking up and down between the rows of beds, pretending to read her prayers, but with her eyes on us the whole time and her ears open to catch what we said. I suppose they were afr

ain with them for ever! One of them, Sister Féodore, told me I must never talk even with gentlemen, if I could avoid it-that they were all wicke

My dear husband is more like an angel than a man, and there are many like him. You mustn't bel

n that Margaret liked, nor one she would have expected from a woman on so short an acquaintance, but she did not wish to appear unkind by telling Miss Brandt to move further away. The poor girl was evidently quite unused to the ways and customs of Societ

our parents then?" sh

father was a great doctor and scientist, I believe, and

ar, what

go near that part of the house. I suppose he was very clever and all that-but he was too much

her to turn to for consolation and

ore of her either. The ladies in Jamaica get very lazy, you know, and keep a good deal to thei

nd blubber lips, and yellow whites to their eyes. When I was a little thing of four years old, Pete used to let me whip the little ni

" exclaimed Margaret Pu

the Island. But I loved old Pete, and if he had been alive when I left, I would have brought him to England with me. He used to carry me for miles through the jungle on his back,-out in the fresh mornings and the cool, dewy eves. I had a pony to ride, but I never went any

ad!" was all that M

ing which she had never experienced before-had come over her and made her head reel. She felt as if something or someone, were drawing all her life away. She tried to

e her way between the crowded tables, towards the open air. As she stumble

hat is the matter with me! I feel so str

the audience, and made her sit

Harriet Brandt, who had made her wa

"but how it happened, you should know better t