'What! not with fifty thousand a
year to lighten her oddities?' returned her companion with a shrug
which communicated itself to me, so closely were we packed together.
'I have a son who could bear with them under such circumstances.'
Indeed she has, and all Washington knows it, but the remark passed
without comment, for they had not yet exhausted the main event, and
the person they now attacked was Miss Tuttle. 'Why doesn't she
come and see that that bouquet is taken in? I declare it's not
decent. Mr. Jeffrey would not feel complimented if he knew the fate
of those magnificent lilies and roses. I presume he furnished the
bouquet.'
"'Miss Tuttle has looked out of her room once,' I heard the other
reply. 'She is in splendid beauty to-day, but pale. But she
never could control Veronica.' 'Hush! you speak louder than you
think' This amused me, and I do believe that in another moment I
should have laughed outright if another boy had not appeared in
the hall before us, who, shoving aside the first, rapped on the
door with a spirit which called for answer. But he was no more
successful than the other boy had been; so, being a brisk fellow,
with no time for nonsense, he called out, 'Your bouquet, Miss, and
a message, which I am to give you before you go downstairs! The
gentleman is quite particular about it.
Pages:
214
215
216
217
218
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
226
227
228
229
230
231
232
233
234
235
236
237
238