The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-11-19
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was beginning to wish that her young
mistresses would come upstairs to
dress. They were going to Mrs. Glen
dinning's masked ball at the Neville
Rooms and their pretty white dresses.
which Glenton had only just finished.
were lying ready on the bed. There
was to be no great variety of costume
at this ball, disguise apparently being
the main condition to be observed, and
Mrs Glendinning seemed to have made
up her mind that disguise was best OBJ
tanned by making all the women dress
alike. They were to wear plainly
made white silk dresses, black silk
dominoes, and large-sized masks.
Gienton knew that the two white
dresses that she had made did her
credit but as she surveyed them while
waiting for the girls, who were so long
in coming, she felt in her heart her
talents had in this instance been
thrown away, for almost any maid
worthy of the name could have run up
Gress that was good enough to wear
under black domino She had put all
her art into them, and it was scarcely
fair OF their intended wearcrs not to
come up early enough TO give her time
TO dress them so as to look like young
ladies who had good maid.
While thoughts such as these were
sraversing her mind, in came Miss
Dorothy Delaney, looking altogether
Disconnected
You may put those dresses away,
Glenton," she said almost tearfully.
.We are not to go to the masked ball,
but to the Reltons' dance instead.
Papa insists on it We all thought that
he knew about our having to GO in
dominoes and masks, and supposed
that he didn't mind it, as Mrs Glen
DINING is such very, very careful
and particular person, and his own
cousin, too; but he declares that we
must have told him about it when he
was half asleep, for if he had under
stood that it was a masked ball, not
for one moment would he have given
his consent to anything so improper.
We have been trying to persuade him
TO let US go, but it's no use. so there's
an end of all our pleasure"
20 Miss Dorothy! and after the pains
have taken with those pretty white
silks, and when you and Miss Alice do
look so nice in them! It would just vex
saintn'
1T veNes a sinner, 1 assure you"
said Miss Dolly; but it can't be helped.
have said everything that can be
said, and so has mamma, but he won't
let us go, SO you may put those dresses
away, for we can't go in spite of him,
mores the pity. There is no way of
doing that
Alice came in in time to hear what
Dolly was saying, and exclaimed:
Don't order those dresses to be put
away, Dolly. Why shouldn't we wear
them ut the Rcltons? And as for our
not being BILE to go to the masked ball
IN spite of papa, that's just what we
could do, if we were not going some
where else with mamma, and were
naughty girls who didn't mind steal
ing off to the Neville Rooms without
her knowing; for, as every one is to be
closely masked, no one would ever find
out that we had been there"
Glenton, who was quietly putting
che dominoes, masks, and other things
that were not wanted out of the way,
and getting out other things that were
paused in what she was doing, and APP
peared to take some interest in this
speech.
Dorothy sighed, and then, having a
fine, deeply-seated conviction that as
servants belonged to an entirely differ
ent world from her own. it did not in
che least signify what she said before
them, for they could not possibl un-
derstand it, and it would not much
matter il they did, she burst into tears
and threw her arms round her sisters
neck, exclaiming:
And after what happened to-day,
too, Just when l do so want to put
things little straight! o Alice! if you
only knew how miserable | fcel"
Alice, who saw signs of interest in
Glenton's eyes, though she still ap-
peared to be giving her mind to what
che was doing, did not at all approve
of taking her into their con fidence,
and answered in French, Miserable
because you can't go where Cosmo
Clare is, because you want to put
things straight. You have not sense
enough to put anything straight; you
would much more likely to make it
ever so much crookeder than it was be-
fore. Why, if mamma were to go to
the Neville Rooms tonight, and you
were to dance every dance with him,
you would just behave as you always
do
How do always behave?'
Like an absolute IDIOT my child.
Considering how you love that man
your folly is simply stupendous"
II am afraid it is"
~ know it is. don't know whether
you do it from pure stupidity or from
nervousness, but no sooner does he
show any sign of being in love with
you than you turn stiff and cold, and
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II know, know; and it is great