The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1883-07-21
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ininable. But at last Hereward, has the
pleasure of holding the door open for the
ladies. If Miss lIildleton pays toll with
laughing Hash of her dark eyes, it is appar-
entity thrown away upon the tall, broad
shouldered morose figure who stands SO
graYely with the door III his hand to let her
pass.
The drawing-room at Kingscourt is
dreamy room, cartained with velvet, crowded
with vclyet-covcred chairs Of every possible
size and pattern. hung with pictures warm
with tie t.usl.y s.,,lendor of sunset, lighted
softly 10y wax lights i'll giranloles. An Erard
s,aa,iiI5 IL t,ls lnid>lle OF the .!oor hes also
w.tX ii9.lts burning on either side of the desk
The rudy volvel glows in the candle and fire
Light with warnl rich tint, giving the room
q deliciollsly comfortable look tie carpet is
Of tie same dusAy wine color, only showing
crimson IN the high lights. There is an Of
toman near tie piano, aad here Miss Mid
Gleton takes up her position, Evie beside
her, While Lady Giaays plays softly or falls
into musing with her fingers on the keys.
She woald make study for painter as
she sits there. The beautiful naughty face,
the ni1nbus of gold-colored hair, the dress of
! black velvet, square cut, with wide sleeves
pearls round the white throat, one translu-
+ cent milky sphere in each ear The soft
light falls SO picturesquely just now, ON her
face, on the rich folds of her sweeping dress,
cn every separate pearl Miss Middleton
watches her while she plays with EVE.
''You are very sileltt tonight, Gladys"
Sam I ?" Lady Gladys answers beginning
to play again.
''Yes. Tell me what you are thinking
about Nettlewood?"
Perhaps"
81 don't believe it. Gladys, have made
discovery"
''Yoa have! What is it, if I may know ?"
''Don't you remember my telling you that
Nettie Cavendish said she had host of ad-
mirers?"
Eyes. fancy you said something Of the
kind. What them"
''There was one in particular whom she
used to talk about very sentimentally, pity
ing him, you know, and all that"
''Yes:" Lady Gladys is playing softly, not
much interested.
t ''WeLi, his name WAS Hereward,' And he
was friend Of her brothers. And is not
Hereward the name of your brothers tutor? 2"
Eyes, I think SO. Something like it, at all
events"
''Then they are one and the same person I"
''And that is you discovery 2" Lady Gladys
seys disdainfully.
''That is my discovery. think it is cutie
romantic. feel quite smitten with him al
ready it is SO very interesting to have been
crossed in love! He looks SO irritatingly pre-
occupied too, does he not p
Il have never looked at him.
81 have then, and I think him awfully
handsome"
Il think him awfully ugly"
Il thought you had not looked at him !"
''But I may have seen him. Bah, will
you sing something
Presently. l am going to amuse myself
with MIR. Hereward, GLADYS. I think it
would only be an act of charity to obliterate
the image of Nettie Cavendish from his
mind. 1t will also relieve the tedium of these
dull days"
Some vague ideas Of warning to be
administered to her friend fit through
Lady Gladys's mind, hut they do not find
utterance. Her interest in the subject is too
small to waste upon it single word If it
is her friends v Ill to amuse herself after this
fashion, let her so amuse herself It is not
Lady Gladys's idea of amusement if it were
no doubt she would do the same thing her
self. But it is not Lady Gladys is too
proud to fiirt- She has broken hearts-per-
haps as many as Bah Middleton, but it was
not done Intentionally it was pain and grief
to her, and not an absolute necessity of exis-
tence.
The Countess dozes in her velvet chair, the
Fraulein knits her white fieecy coucre- pied,
the girls talks softly, Evie makes nest
among the sofa cushions and falls asleep
there. The fire snaps and sparkles, and the
little ormolu clock on the mantelpiece tinkles
ten. Then the door opens, and Hereward
follows Lord Heriot and the little Doctor into
tie room.
Lord Heriot goes over to Evie, and laugh
ingy shakes him out of his nest the Doctor
stands beside the piano, talking to Lady
Gladys, For moment Hereward does not
know what to do with himself then he crosses
the room quietly, and lets himself down into
the ottoman beside Miss Middleton.
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