The record-union., 1895-08-10
"But he won't be there that's the
~ nrsL of III He thinLs thai wa ara going

but he won't be there that's the
WORST of il! He thinks that we are going
to the Neville Rooms-I told him we
were. it was when l was arranging
those anemones from Cannes. He ask ed
me to wear some of them, and give him
one or two TO wear too, so that we might
recognize each other"
And you, of course, said, why should
we recognize each other?"
How do you know? Who told your"
asked Dolly in amaZement
Alice laughed and said
''Ich kenne meine Pappenheimer. Oh,
Dolly, why are you such goose? Well,
such as you are, get dressed quickly.
We have not much time. oh, what a
sigh. Cheer up. There are as good fish
in the sea as ever came out of it.''
THAT'S nonsense, Alice, because there
must always be one best fish somew here,
and when one thinks one has found
out whore it is. and has set one's heart
on it"
You must do more than that; you
must have some sense. But dress, child.
dress"
So they did dress, and neither was too
much affected by disappointment to at
tend to the matter in hand.
That will do,'' exclaimed Alice, after
she had carefully inspected her own i'm
age In the glass. And you look very
nice, too, Dolly. Say l look well, there's
darling"
"Y ou look lovely; you always do"
THAT'S right; then l think | will go
down and say you are coming"
And now. Glenton, you can attend q
little to me-" said Dolly. She never
got very much attention until Alice was
dressed.
What shall you do while we are
away? By the by, mamma said l was to
tell you that we should not be a minute
later than l o'clock. [ feel sorry TO think
Of the long, lonely time you will have
while we are away, and you scarcely ever
get whole nights rest Do try to do
something that will make you comforta-
BILE. Have you book?"
Not here, Miss Dorothy, but there is
one lying open on your dressing BILE
that l was just thinking 1 should like to
read if 1 might"
But that is a French book. If you
can read that you must have understood
every word my sister and l have been
saying"
"Oh, no, Miss Dorothy, didn't. I did
not really. | might, perhaps, have un-
derstood q great deal OF il if L hadn't been
moving about all the time, putting things
away and getting other things out as fast
as l could; but as L was doing that, and
had to liz my mind on my work, 1 only
caught word now and then, and that
was all.
But, Glenton, really must say it was
not quite fair OF you not to warn US that
you understood"
Miss Dorothy, you know that | had re-
ceived my education at a tolerably good
school; that, of course, means some
French. and Mrs. Delaney knew that |
had spent two winters In the south oil
France with my last ladies'"
You have spent TWO winters in the
south of France, Glenton? How 1 do
envy yOu."
You need not envy me, miss. If you
kneel down on your bedroom floor and
put your head into one OF your big trunks
you Will see about as much of the south
or France as L ever saw. It was pack,
pack. pack for ever and ever for me. My
ladies drove about and saw the sights OF
the town, and got done with them nearly
always In one day, and moved on 10 the
next place. and l lived with my head iD
their trunks, unpack1ng them and pack
ing them again nearly every DAY Of my
life. That was my enjoyment OF foreign
towns and scenery, and most maids will
tell you much the same; but l did pick up
some OF the language, and tonight. when
you were talking, | did think that, per-
haps, [ ought to ask you to speak Ger
man whom you were saying anything
you did not wish me to understand"
I'VE will, Glenton, but still think that
you ought to have said you know some
French"
Don't reproach me, Miss Dorothy.
Take my word for it that you shall never
be worse for anything l have heard"
well, / must trust you, GlentOn, but
do be careful not TO repeat anything, and
take the French book, as you read il, and
sit down by the fire and do your best to
be comfortable. You can go to sleep if
you like. of course. Now L must be off
there's the bell; the carriage has come
roundD