Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-04-10
hear them pronounce his name with
cut Shiver.

hear them pronounce his name with.
cut a shiver.
AS for quietly going on her way,
having daily inter curse with the re-
lations in Gro5venor Square. meeting
Cecil going in and out he had begged
that there might be no alteration in
the usual routine) it was not to be
thought OF.
The earth had shaken under hel
feet. She had do OIbted everyone, dis
trusted everyone, almost hGted every
one that cruel summer dey. A little
wisdom, and a little common sense,
even few hours repose and time to
think the matter over, might have put
a new face upon past and future: but
Bellenden had been too precipitate: he
had appeared when the storm had
been yet at its hight, and had come in
smiling, happy, cOnfdent-.ar, fac too
conf dent, to her mind-and he had
even a worse time of it than Cecil Ray.
mOnd.
So now. what was to be done?
Imagine granny's CONSERVATION W ell,
the next morning, the headstrong girl,
neither calmer nor wiser than on the
night before, announced her next de-
cision, which was that back the two
must hie-and that without a moments
breathing space-to the wilds of Inch
marew.
It was the first week in July, and
some of the pleasantest part OF London
season was yet to come; there were the
garden parties, the suburban fetes. the
river excursions, the little frolics
hither and thither for which no time
could be found earlier-must all these
be sacrificed? And for what?
For 1nchmarew in July? In July,
when grim st. Swithin holds his cheer
less rule in the west country, when
the crisp freshness of the summer is
past, and the mellow warmth of au-
tumn is not yet begun? When the
young vegetables are over, and the
fruit is barely ripe: When no one
actually no one-not the veriest wall
or stray is yet to be found along the
coast Of Argyll.
Poor Mrs. Campbell grew almos.
fearful over the sub ect, and flushed
her prettiest pink demonstrating and
protesting. She had little anticipated
such extreme measures. She Lad
thought the Raymond affair might be
patched up without any great diff
Guilty. 1t might. it probably would,
have its disa2reeable side; it might
produce awkward mo nents and un-
comfortable restraint; buJ surely it
was not OF sufficient Importance to
break up their whole tenor of life for
the time being. She had taken the
house for anC ther month, and no one
was expecting them back at Inch
marew. The rooms would not be
ready, the repairs not finished, the
painters and paperers not Off the
premises. Nothing would be pre- pared,
and it did seem pity to let such a
she did not exactly say "a trihe," but
the tone in W hich she said "a thing as
this" implied tit did seem a pity to
let such a thing as this put out SO
many people, and disarrange so much. ?"
OF course, granny vowed an pro-
tested, OF course her darling should
not be tormented by Cecil. nor by any
of his family Geraldine might trust
her for that. OF course il Geraldine
wished it, she would forbid her grand
son the house although that did seem
unnecessary. since it was not likely
that he would really care to come
about, in spite of his bravado in beg
ging that no difference might be male.
That had been Cecil all over. His first
tn ought had been to evade the COM
ments of the world. But even il he
did wish to carry this too far, he should
not be allowed to disturb his cousin's
peace by doing SO.
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