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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: Rutledge - -Author: Miriam Coles Harris - -Release Date: August 1, 2012 [EBook #40385] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK RUTLEDGE *** - - - - -Produced by Clare Graham & Joyce McDonald at -http://www.girlebooks.com - Marc D'Hooghe at -http://www.freeliterature.org - - - - - - -</pre> <h1>RUTLEDGE</h1> @@ -945,7 +911,7 @@ she brought back with her, quite compensated me for the self-denial I had had to exercise in letting her go. These edibles, Kitty, with all the pomp and circumstance of war, arranged upon the little table beside me, placing the tall wax candles in the centre, and distributing the -diminutive pieces of the dainty little tête-à-tête set in the most +diminutive pieces of the dainty little tête-à -tête set in the most advantageous manner. The tea tasted very nicely out of the thin china cup, that felt like a play-thing when I lifted it, accustomed as I was to the heavy bluish-white crockery of boarding-school, and though I @@ -1651,7 +1617,7 @@ with your patriotism as an American, and your veneration for Washington? Were there no carcasses of deceased obedience and loyalty under his chariot-wheels?"</p> -<p>"<i>Grâce à Dieu</i>!" I cried, eagerly, "it was Liberty, but Liberty with a +<p>"<i>Grâce à Dieu</i>!" I cried, eagerly, "it was Liberty, but Liberty with a different cap on, and marching under very different colors, that Washington fought for; no more the same deity that Cromwell and Robespierre acknowledged, than the idol of the Hindoo is the God we @@ -1981,8 +1947,8 @@ in French. For a moment my heart failed me, as the teasing French verbs rushed on my bewildered ear; but rallying instantly, without raising my eyes or giving the least evidence of my discomfiture, I began to write.</p> -<p>Thanks to Mademoiselle Céline's drilling, I was pretty ready at -"dictée," and after the first surprise, got along very well. It was +<p>Thanks to Mademoiselle Céline's drilling, I was pretty ready at +"dictée," and after the first surprise, got along very well. It was quite a severe exercise to keep pace with his rapid language, feeling all the while as if an error would be irreparable. I would not appear to read it over, of course, for purposes of correction, any more than I @@ -2062,7 +2028,7 @@ neglected it shamefully, and in whose charge it was fast going to ruin.</p> <p>But suddenly, the young master returned, and to the surprise of all, took things into his own hands; dismissed those who had been living in idleness at his expense so long, only retaining such as were willing to -conform themselves to the new <i>régime</i>, and by industry and faithfulness +conform themselves to the new <i>régime</i>, and by industry and faithfulness to regain what had been lost during this long period of neglect. It was a reform which required great energy and perseverance, but these the young heir possessed, and before a year was over, things wore a very @@ -2124,7 +2090,7 @@ looked, but seemed to disappear after a longer scrutiny. The features were regular and strikingly handsome, the skin a clear olive, the hair dark and wavy. As far as my limited knowledge of these things went, what was visible of the uniform appeared to me to be that of a French -officer, and the letters, in tiny characters, engraved on the back, "à +officer, and the letters, in tiny characters, engraved on the back, "à Paris, 1830," seemed to confirm the probability.</p> <p>"Twenty-four years ago," I said.</p> @@ -2312,7 +2278,7 @@ not discovering, till I was fairly in the room, that I was the only occupant of it. The table was laid for two, and the dinner was already served, but the master was not yet down. As some minutes passed and he did not appear, I had time to look around, and get acquainted with the -<i>salle à manger.</i> It was a fine room, old-fashioned though it was; and +<i>salle à manger.</i> It was a fine room, old-fashioned though it was; and modern architecture has still to produce its rival in my eyes. The ceiling was very high, the fireplace wide, with tiled jambs; the wood-work carved in stiff but stately patterns; the windows were deep, @@ -2328,7 +2294,7 @@ expression. Then I was certain that the picture on the right represented Richard, the heir, who had died so soon after his father. Ah! But, I thought, what a handsome, gentle face! What soft eyes! If Mr. Arthur had only looked like him, what a nice, thing it would be to be dining -<i>tête-à-tête</i> with him. <i>Quel dommage!</i> If he had only lived! But I felt +<i>tête-à -tête</i> with him. <i>Quel dommage!</i> If he had only lived! But I felt inclined to laugh when I remembered that his younger brother might easily, as far as age was concerned, have been my father, and the handsome Richard himself could almost, well, yes, quite, have stood to @@ -2462,12 +2428,12 @@ lovers."</p> <p>"Of course not," I said, putting my hands in the pockets of my basque, and looking at the ground over my left shoulder, after the manner of a -French print I had seen in Mademoiselle Céline's room. "Of course not."</p> +French print I had seen in Mademoiselle Céline's room. "Of course not."</p> <p>Mr. Rutledge seemed to take in such good part my saucy ways, that I began, to feel much more at my ease, and laughed quite like myself, when on going to the table we found the soup very unattractively cold; -"glacée," Mr. Rutledge said it was.</p> +"glacée," Mr. Rutledge said it was.</p> <p>"While people moralize they are very apt to forget the realities; and so we have let the soup get cold, and the dinner get burned, very likely, @@ -2487,7 +2453,7 @@ after a short pause:</p> all, a woman's face, opposite me at this solitary table."</p> <p>Then he fell into a fit of musing that made me feel uncomfortably sorry -for my mal-à-propos speech. I could not help wondering who had last sat +for my mal-à -propos speech. I could not help wondering who had last sat where I did, and the thought was anything but genial; my eyes wandered involuntarily to the empty panel; and it was with a feeling of relief that I arose from the table and followed my host toward the library. As @@ -2514,7 +2480,7 @@ the house, and he did not care particularly for this one. It gave him great pleasure to give it to me, if I fancied it.</p> <p>I hope I thanked him, but I am not at all certain that I did. I seized -the picture with great <i>goût</i>, and ran into the library, and up to the +the picture with great <i>goût</i>, and ran into the library, and up to the lightest window, to enjoy it by myself.</p> <p>Mr. Rutledge threw himself into a chair, and his hand being before his @@ -2764,7 +2730,7 @@ before.</p> <p>It was a perfect autumn day; the air was exhilarating, the sunshine brilliant, the scenery picturesque, and a great deal less than that would have sufficed to make me happy in those days; and before we -reëntered the park gate, three hours had slipped away in the most +reëntered the park gate, three hours had slipped away in the most unsuspected manner. Kitty having gathered, at my request, an armful of the few gay autumn leaves remaining after yesterday's storm, I entertained myself, during the drive home, with arranging them in a @@ -3091,7 +3057,7 @@ much paler than when I had last seen him.</p> <p>"Ought you to be out, sir, if you still suffer from it?"</p> <p>"I suppose not," he answered, as we walked slowly down the path; "but to -tell you the truth, I was tired of the house, and <i>coûte qui coûte</i>, +tell you the truth, I was tired of the house, and <i>coûte qui coûte</i>, determined to get a breath of fresh air."</p> <p>I couldn't help remembering a certain scene in the library not many days @@ -3141,7 +3107,7 @@ continuing, when his further remarks were cut short by the desertion of two of the party, to wit, the terrier and myself. Now I had no intention of being rude, but looking down at that moment, I discovered that Tigre had possessed himself of one of my gloves, and was gnawing and shaking -it with unspeakable <i>goût</i>. I made a motion to take it from him, whereon +it with unspeakable <i>goût</i>. I made a motion to take it from him, whereon the rascal darted away down the path, then paused an instant, and before I could reach him, was away again toward the barn. I could not surrender so, and forgetting everything but the chase, tore after him at the top @@ -3572,7 +3538,7 @@ should grow too unbearable."</p> <p>"Still there are advantages in possessing the use of both, that I would not advise you to give up unnecessarily. For instance, if you wanted a -cigar from the case on the top of that étagère, which cannot be reached +cigar from the case on the top of that étagère, which cannot be reached down without two hands, your temper would be severely tried in having to ring for Thomas to get it for you, or having to depend upon the uncertain charity of a most capricious friend who might or might not, be @@ -3926,8 +3892,8 @@ wrought order, into whose pages characters, incidents, scenes, were crowded in such bewildering profusion, that one's appreciative powers were fagged out and exhausted, before the first chapter was accomplished, and, like a restaurant dinner, where all the dishes taste -alike, there was but one flavor to the whole array of dramatis personæ -from heroine to <i>bête noire;</i> but "one gravy" for roast, bouilli, and +alike, there was but one flavor to the whole array of dramatis personæ +from heroine to <i>bête noire;</i> but "one gravy" for roast, bouilli, and ragout. The wearying tide of adjectives and interjections stunned my senses; the book slipped from my hands, and, leaning my head on the cushions, my eyes closed, and with one arm round Tigre and the other @@ -3995,7 +3961,7 @@ be afraid to trust me," I went on, pleadingly.</p> <p>Mr. Rutledge shook his head; Madge was only fit for an experienced rider; she was too full of spirit for such a child to manage. Now, Madge -had been my secret admiration ever since I had had the entrée of the +had been my secret admiration ever since I had had the entrée of the stables, and I felt that life offered, at that moment, no more tempting honor than a seat on her back; and it may be supposed I was not lukewarm in my pleading. I urged, coaxed, entreated; I appealed to his @@ -4269,7 +4235,7 @@ incidents that had impressed themselves upon his memory. He was, indeed, an excellent <i>raconteur</i>, and had, beyond any one I have ever known, the power of bringing up, in bodily shape and presence, the places and characters he chose to recall. Whether it was a sunrise among the Alps, -or a scene in a French café, it was equally distinct and life-like; I +or a scene in a French café, it was equally distinct and life-like; I saw the glittering of the sharp cloud piercing icy peaks, as, one by one, they caught the rosy sunlight; or, the men and women in their foreign dress and eager manner, lived and spoke before me, gesticulated, @@ -5140,7 +5106,7 @@ to make me sick with fright. I covered up my face, and lay quiet, but very miserable. What would I not have given if I had never touched that miniature, or worn that skirt. The business of deceit was new to me, and in proportion it looked black. I had almost fretted myself into a -fever, when Mrs. Arnold reappeared with my <i>goûté</i>, most temptingly +fever, when Mrs. Arnold reappeared with my <i>goûté</i>, most temptingly arranged upon the cleanest of china and whitest of napkins. She placed it by me, and announced that it was ready.</p> @@ -5354,7 +5320,7 @@ to think of her bombazine.</p> <p>At the gate, however, to her great content, she encountered Mr. Shenstone on his way from Norbury, and stopping him, held a long and -anxious consultation with him (in which, said Kitty, <i>par parenthèse</i>, +anxious consultation with him (in which, said Kitty, <i>par parenthèse</i>, "I overheard her say some pretty things about you; but no matter)." She then parted from the clergyman, and returned slowly toward the house, Kitty following anxiously behind the hedge. The setting sun threw the @@ -5890,7 +5856,7 @@ as blandly gallant as ever. And indeed, his anxious interest would not suffer him to allow me to go unattended to Rutledge; but at four o'clock, when I was bidding adieu to Mr. Shenstone, and being seated comfortably in the carriage by Mrs. Arnold and Kitty, the sorrel horse -and shiny gig drew up beside us, and in an <i>empressé</i> manner, the doctor +and shiny gig drew up beside us, and in an <i>empressé</i> manner, the doctor sprang out, and in his own person superintended the arrangements for my comfort, and declared that he should not feel quite easy till he had seen me safe at Rutledge; and for that purpose, as well as that of @@ -5969,8 +5935,8 @@ mercy, turned and left the room.</p> <p>I found that young person awaiting me in an unenviable state of mind. I told her I should never have the least respect for her again, if she -lost her courage now, and then I talked to her a little <i>à la</i> -Shenstone, and then rallied her a little <i>à la</i> myself, and finally sent +lost her courage now, and then I talked to her a little <i>à la</i> +Shenstone, and then rallied her a little <i>à la</i> myself, and finally sent her off, quite staunch again, to meet her offended mistress, while I employed the time in taking off my bonnet and cloak, and arranging the different articles that I had brought back, in the drawers.</p> @@ -6560,7 +6526,7 @@ and forsaken look it had already; the toilet-table dismantled of its recent ornaments; the books and work that had given so bright and familiar a look to the pretty room, now all removed, and a bit of card, a ball of cord, and some withered flowers, were all that graced the -étagère and the table.</p> +étagère and the table.</p> <p>I did not dare trust myself to enter into particulars, even in thought, and with a very resolute voice, telling Kitty I would come up @@ -7260,7 +7226,7 @@ attendants, he speedily succeeded in clearing a way for us through the crowd of hackmen, carmen, and newsboys, and in selecting the most promising of the array of vehicles offered for our accommodation; installing us and our luggage therein and thereon; and bestowing his own -long limbs <i>à côté du cocher</i>, we were soon rattling over pavements, +long limbs <i>à côté du cocher</i>, we were soon rattling over pavements, rough and jarring to a miserable degree. Mr. Rutledge perceived how frightened and nervous I was, and first tried to laugh away, then to coax away, my foolish dread of meeting my aunt. It was in vain; for @@ -7319,7 +7285,7 @@ meet her, thus shielding me a moment longer. Her greeting to him was as gracious and cordial as possible, but she looked eagerly forward, saying quickly:</p> -<p>"<i>Mais où est l'enfant?</i>"</p> +<p>"<i>Mais où est l'enfant?</i>"</p> <p>Mr. Rutledge laughed, and turned to me, "<i>La voici</i>," he said, appreciating her look of amazement.</p> @@ -7526,7 +7492,7 @@ nice."</p> children, and should not mind being near my little cousin.</p> <p>"I hope you'll like Esther," said Grace, with a shrug of her shoulders. -"When she isn't kicking Félicie, or howling to be taken out, or +"When she isn't kicking Félicie, or howling to be taken out, or squalling after mamma, she's sitting on the floor in the sulks, and as that's the least troublesome of her moods, nobody interferes with her. Oh, she's a sweet child!"</p> @@ -7548,7 +7514,7 @@ being at once the pertest and most persevering of medlers.</p> preparing for bed; asked questions that galled me, told facts that discouraged me, till I was fairly heartsick, and would have been willing to have bought her off at any price; and looked upon the advent of -Félicie with a summons from madame for her, as the most blessed release +Félicie with a summons from madame for her, as the most blessed release that could have been.</p> <p>I locked the door after her with a bursting heart, and threw myself upon @@ -7655,7 +7621,7 @@ except a fretful little voice that I had heard at intervals since dawn, in the room next mine. Listening very attentively, I found that it proceeded from the young troublesome, whose picture had been so feelingly drawn for me last night by Grace. She was evidently -importuning Félicie to get up and dress her; and the tone, peevish and +importuning Félicie to get up and dress her; and the tone, peevish and whining as it was, had a sort of pathos for me, remembering, as I too distinctly did, the cruel punishment that it is to a child to lie in bed after being once thoroughly awake. For two hours, little Esther had been @@ -7669,7 +7635,7 @@ in. The shutters being darkened, it was still not many removes from dawn, and I could but dimly make out the dimensions of the large, scantily furnished room; but there was light enough for me to see the figure of the child, sitting up in her little bed, crying piteously, -"<i>Lève-toi, Félicie, j'ai si froid.</i>"</p> +"<i>Lève-toi, Félicie, j'ai si froid.</i>"</p> <p>She stopped suddenly on seeing me, and looked up in my face as I approached her.</p> @@ -7698,14 +7664,14 @@ weight was nothing. I sat down by the fire and held her in my lap, while I put on her shoes and stockings, and warmed her into something like animation.</p> -<p>"So Félicie wouldn't wake up," I said, at length.</p> +<p>"So Félicie wouldn't wake up," I said, at length.</p> <p>I had touched the right chord; the vehement childish sense of wrong was stirred, and with eager, blundering earnestness, she detailed her -grievances. Félicie never would wake up; Félicie wouldn't give her a -drink of water some nights when she was <i>so</i> thirsty; Félicie left her -alone sometimes when it was <i>so</i> dark; and Félicie was cross, and -Félicie was wicked, and, in fine, she hated her.</p> +grievances. Félicie never would wake up; Félicie wouldn't give her a +drink of water some nights when she was <i>so</i> thirsty; Félicie left her +alone sometimes when it was <i>so</i> dark; and Félicie was cross, and +Félicie was wicked, and, in fine, she hated her.</p> <p>I shook my head at this, and gave her a little moral lecture upon the wickedness of hating nurses, further illustrating and embellishing my @@ -7714,7 +7680,7 @@ dreadful passion, and had come to a very sad end in consequence. The moral lecture, I am afraid, was overlooked; but the story was most greedily received, and I was obliged to succeed it with another and another, before I could induce her to go and get her clothes, and let me -put them on for her. When she was nearly dressed, Félicie woke up, and +put them on for her. When she was nearly dressed, Félicie woke up, and not finding her young charge in bed, was somewhat startled and unmistakably angry, and in no dulcet tones was calling her name, when she looked into my room, and, on seeing me, sank suddenly into a softer @@ -7727,9 +7693,9 @@ had, at the sound of that voice, flushed up into angry defiance, and planting herself at my side, met her nurse's advance with a very ugly scowl. She wouldn't go and have her hair brushed; she didn't want a nice clean apron on; she didn't care if she was late for breakfast; and -Félicie, though she never lost the bland tone she had assumed, looked +Félicie, though she never lost the bland tone she had assumed, looked malignant enough to have "shaken her out of her shoes and stockings." At -length I persuaded her to submit to Félicie's proposals, and be made +length I persuaded her to submit to Félicie's proposals, and be made ready to go down to breakfast with me, and she held very firm possession of my hand, as, after the bell had rung, we descended the stairs.</p> @@ -7763,7 +7729,7 @@ I should not have liked to have been carried out in the arms of John. Josephine exclaimed upon the nuisance of crying children; Grace laughed slily, as if she thought it capital fun; mamma sighed over the strange perverseness and dreadful temper of that child; but my heart ached for -the wretched little exile. How Félicie would gloat over her disgrace, I +the wretched little exile. How Félicie would gloat over her disgrace, I knew; how indigestion, injustice, and mortification, would bring on a fit of the sulks that would last half the day, and pave the way for the repetition of a similar scene at lunch. Perhaps because I had been a @@ -7849,7 +7815,7 @@ a general supervision of the stable, keeping coachman, footman, and waiter in wholesome awe, and in a thousand other ways, he was of inestimable service. What the family would have come to without him, is too painful a speculation to be entered upon unnecessarily. Figaro-ci, -Figaro-là, and Figaro liking nothing better than his occupation. He bent +Figaro-là , and Figaro liking nothing better than his occupation. He bent his whole mind to it; I never could discover that, he had any other interest or employment in life; lounging around to Gramercy Square after breakfast, embellishing the library sofa with his listless length till @@ -7885,7 +7851,7 @@ thickening shadow, will horribly increase the blackness of that night; will be a treasure of wrath against that time of wrath, and the perdition of such men as have chosen to be ungodly.</p> -<p>Such naïve and unpracticable ideas as these, would, no doubt, have +<p>Such naïve and unpracticable ideas as these, would, no doubt, have brought an avalanche of ridicule on my head, had I been unwise enough to impart any of them to my new friends; but a protective instinct kept me from such a blunder; and as I hourly saw with clearer eyes the @@ -7908,18 +7874,18 @@ as much a stranger and an alien as I was, though she had spent nearly six years in it, and I turned my steps naturally to the nursery. Poor little Essie had, as I expected, fretted and cried herself into a sick headache, and was sitting sulkily in a remote corner of the room, her -doll untouched beside her, and her hands in her lap. Félicie, sitting by +doll untouched beside her, and her hands in her lap. Félicie, sitting by the window with a sardonic smile on her lips, employed herself about ripping up an evening dress of Josephine's. I called to Essie to come into my room; she pouted and averted her head. I made a coaxing promise -of "something pretty," when Félicie interposed "that she was in +of "something pretty," when Félicie interposed "that she was in disgrace, and perhaps mademoiselle had better not speak to her, as her mamma had sent her up for a punishment."</p> <p>"Her mamma did not mean that she should be made unhappy for all the morning, however," I said, advancing boldly.</p> -<p>"As mademoiselle pleases," answered Félicie, with a very wicked look, +<p>"As mademoiselle pleases," answered Félicie, with a very wicked look, and a very sweet voice.</p> <p>Esther at length accepted my overtures, and consented to heal her @@ -7982,7 +7948,7 @@ face, at the end of the lesson, was ordinarily of a violent <i>rose de chine</i> color, and his hands so trembling and cold, that it was a great relief to me when he succeeded in collecting his books and papers and getting on his overcoat. I never saw so merciless a persecution; the -slyest, "cutest," and the most naïve way of tripping him up in the full +slyest, "cutest," and the most naïve way of tripping him up in the full tide of his discourse, and then bewailing her mistake; never by any chance omitting an opportunity of making him blush and putting him in an agony of nervousness. I am certain, so acutely did he suffer at her @@ -8050,7 +8016,7 @@ to be less pert and"——</p> <p>"It's the last word I should think of applying to you," retorted her sister.</p> -<p>"<i>Tout doucement, chérie!</i>" ejaculated Grace, squeezing up her mouth.</p> +<p>"<i>Tout doucement, chérie!</i>" ejaculated Grace, squeezing up her mouth.</p> <p>But at this juncture, mamma, who had been engaged in opening some notes and cards of invitation that John had brought in, now becoming aroused @@ -8194,7 +8160,7 @@ Josephine in her elegant Parisian dresses, to arrange the drooping flowers in her glossy black hair, and to clasp the rich bracelets on her arms. Grace, on these occasions, was strictly forbidden the room; late hours, dissipation and fatigue had not materially improved Josephine's -temper; and her pert young sister's allusions to bones, necks à la +temper; and her pert young sister's allusions to bones, necks à la gridiron, etc., tried her beyond endurance; and mamma interposing, Grace, for once, was kept at bay. I will not deny a vague feeling of regret and longing, as I watched my cousin's floating drapery @@ -8249,7 +8215,7 @@ penmanship. I had the benefit of her society at other hours also; she kept pretty closely at my side during my leisure moments, favored by my vicinity to the nursery, and was my invariable companion in my walks: Grace never walked, except when ordered out under pain of her mother's -displeasure, and Félicie was, of course, only too glad to shift the duty +displeasure, and Félicie was, of course, only too glad to shift the duty of exercising Miss Esther upon me. And as my aunt had a prejudice against full carriages, she and Josephine were generally considered a sufficient burden for the horses on Sunday, and Grace being commonly @@ -8278,14 +8244,14 @@ backward and undeveloped one; but sometimes she startled me with questions that were as much beyond what I had expected of her, as they were beyond me to answer lucidly.</p> -<p>Besides our dislike of Félicie and our liking for Trinity Chapel, there +<p>Besides our dislike of Félicie and our liking for Trinity Chapel, there was another bond of sympathy between my little cousin and me, and that was, our cordial antipathy to "company" days and times. Not that we ever had much personal interest in them, but the moral atmosphere of the house, for the whole of the day on which one of my aunt's elaborate dinner-parties occurred, was extremely grating to our nerves. My aunt was always a little more decided and hurried, Josephine a shade more -imperious, Grace perter, Félicie more hateful, John more given to short +imperious, Grace perter, Félicie more hateful, John more given to short answers—in fact, no member of the household but felt oppressed by the coming event. Grace and I dined with Esther at "the little dinner" at one, on such occasions, and all we saw of the contents of the carriages @@ -8299,7 +8265,7 @@ me to stay altogether out of society.</p> <p>"You will be all the fresher when you do appear, my love," said my aunt Edith.</p> -<p>So, <i>par conséquent</i>, I saw but little of the visitors at the house, +<p>So, <i>par conséquent</i>, I saw but little of the visitors at the house, though, through Grace, and the general table talk and accidental meetings in the parlor, I kept the run of the most intimate and familiar ones. Among the gentlemen, there was a Captain McGuffy, an army friend @@ -8307,7 +8273,7 @@ of Phil's, who was a good deal at the house, principally noticeable for his appetite and his moustache. Also, a stale old beau named Reese, who was a kind of heir-loom in fashionable families, handed down from mother to daughter along with other antique and valued relics, to grace their -entrée into society. He had been an admirer of my aunt Edith's in her +entrée into society. He had been an admirer of my aunt Edith's in her opening bloom, but was now made over to Josephine, by that unselfish parent, to swell the list of the younger one's retainers. Besides these, there was a Mr. Wynkar, very young and very insignificant, endured @@ -8318,7 +8284,7 @@ quite new on the tapis, and much the rage.</p> <i>par excellence</i>, the most courted and desired guest in Gramercy Square. For him, Josephine's smiles came thickest and sweetest, and the daring freedom of speech and wit that characterized her bearing with Phil and -his military <i>confrère</i>, were, in his presence, toned down into a +his military <i>confrère</i>, were, in his presence, toned down into a spirited, but most taking coquetry, and the anxious frown on Aunt Edith's brow was smoothed away whenever John announced, "Mr. Rutledge, madam." That those announcements were very frequent, could never cease @@ -8356,7 +8322,7 @@ of men, would be a perfect lion in society.</p> <p>"He's too <i>jeuced</i> stiff and haughty to be tolerated," said Mr. Wynkar, who, with Capt. McGuffy and Phil, was dining with us in such <i>petit -comité</i>, that it was not considered necessary to exclude the juniors +comité</i>, that it was not considered necessary to exclude the juniors from the board.</p> <p>"You and he arn't intimate, then," said Grace, with a sly laugh, which @@ -8660,7 +8626,7 @@ say <i>me?</i>"</p> <p>"Yes, yes, he said, 'run up and ask your cousin if she'll take that ride this morning that we talked about at Rutledge, and I'll go into the parlor and ask your mamma and Miss Josephine;' and now let me run for -Félicie to get me ready;" and the child was off again, but came back +Félicie to get me ready;" and the child was off again, but came back obediently when I called her. I held her tight by the hand, as, with a beating heart, I leaned over the balusters, and heard the merry voices in the hall below. I could not distinguish what Mr. Rutledge said, but I @@ -8747,7 +8713,7 @@ party, that my arguments had the least effect.</p> <p>"Don't let them see you lying there, Esther. Come up, and let me wash the tears off your face and smooth your hair," I said; and she allowed me to lift her up, and lead her upstairs, before her sisters came in. -Félicie was busy with a skirt of Josephine's, so I shut the nursery door +Félicie was busy with a skirt of Josephine's, so I shut the nursery door and kept the child with me. But this time there was no soothing her; she was fretful and trying beyond anything I had ever seen; perhaps if I had not been so miserable myself then, I could not have been as patient @@ -8791,7 +8757,7 @@ up. Is she well?"</p> <p>"I mean to have the doctor this morning," she answered, looking up from her writing. "I am rather worried about her; she is a little feverish. Esther, don't stay by the window; it is too cold for you. Go up to the -nursery, and tell Félicie to put a little sacque on you."</p> +nursery, and tell Félicie to put a little sacque on you."</p> <p>So Esther was remanded to the nursery, and it being the day before the party, there was plenty to be done and thought of for all hands. And @@ -8829,7 +8795,7 @@ incensed than ever.</p> exclaimed, despairing. "I hope all parties are not as much trouble! Will it pay, do you suppose?"</p> -<p>"<i>Cela dépend</i>," said Grace; "if you get attended to, it may; if you +<p>"<i>Cela dépend</i>," said Grace; "if you get attended to, it may; if you have to talk to the old ladies, and look over books of engravings in the corner, it wont."</p> @@ -8873,10 +8839,10 @@ has sent for me twice? Do you want me to be scolded?"</p> <p>"No, but I don't want to be left; it is so lonesome up here."</p> -<p>"But don't you know I promised to send Félicie up; and do I ever break +<p>"But don't you know I promised to send Félicie up; and do I ever break my promises?"</p> -<p>"I don't want Félicie to come; she's cross," said the child.</p> +<p>"I don't want Félicie to come; she's cross," said the child.</p> <p>"Well, then, Frances shall come; will she do?"</p> @@ -8910,7 +8876,7 @@ Frances from the group, and calling her to me, told her my errand, and she, with a submissive sigh for the lost festivities, followed me upstairs. I saw her safely at the door of Essie's room, then, turning, began to descend, this time more slowly, and to think seriously of the -alarming matter of my entrée. As I neared the parlors, the music, the +alarming matter of my entrée. As I neared the parlors, the music, the odor of the flowers, the brilliant lights, the gay dresses, all crowded intoxicatingly upon my brain.</p> @@ -8942,7 +8908,7 @@ of the room, dispensing her coquettish smiles with tact and judgment. Grace was dancing with a lazy sort of grace that became her. Her partner was a painfully shy, undeveloped college youth, of whom, I could see, she was making all manner of ridicule, judging from the contortions of -merriment visible on the face of her <i>vis-à-vis</i>, Captain McGuffy, with +merriment visible on the face of her <i>vis-à -vis</i>, Captain McGuffy, with whom she exchanged a whispered witticism every time they met. Phil, with a self-denying heroism I had not given him credit for, was doing the agreeable to every one, dancing with all the girls who didn't seem to be @@ -8965,7 +8931,7 @@ any more scrupulous; notwithstanding, they were the most loving and tender of companions, and continually seeking each other's society. Josephine made visits with Ella, and Ella shopped with Josephine. Mrs. Churchill took Ella to the opera, and Mrs. Wynkar chaperoned Josephine -to matinées and weddings. Ella was the whitest of blondes, and neither +to matinées and weddings. Ella was the whitest of blondes, and neither intellectually nor physically at all in Josephine's style; she had not a pretty or expressive feature in her face; a general look of whiteness and sweetness about her, being her sole attraction. She was very much @@ -9024,10 +8990,10 @@ work to reason myself out of my discontent and folly, and tried the "dodge" recommended in the old Greek comedy, that is, "being revenged on fortune by becoming a philosopher." And a philosopher, in white muslin and coral, then and there I became; and in ten minutes, the pettishness -had all vanished from my heart, and, <i>par conséquent</i>, from my face, and +had all vanished from my heart, and, <i>par conséquent</i>, from my face, and I was myself again.</p> -<p>This was a strange termination of all my day-dreams; a strange entrée +<p>This was a strange termination of all my day-dreams; a strange entrée into the world; but no doubt it was the best thing that could have happened to me. Had I not promised to renounce it, and had it not been very wrong for me to have gone on hoping to reap some pleasure from it, @@ -9067,7 +9033,7 @@ inquired, with a smile.</p> <p>"I don't know exactly," I answered; but at this moment, Phil made his appearance with the gentleman who had been at the dressing-room door -when Essie had made her unexpected <i>début</i>.</p> +when Essie had made her unexpected <i>début</i>.</p> <p>"Ah, here you are!" he exclaimed; "we have been hunting you high and low for a good half hour." And he presented, "Mr. Viennet."</p> @@ -9088,10 +9054,10 @@ Viennet told me he knew <i>that</i>, the moment he looked at me, and as he seemed to take a wicked pleasure in saying such things, and making me blush, I soon regained my self-possession, and a certain degree of sauciness wherewith to parry these remarks. The captain was my -vis-à-vis, and he whispered as we met:</p> +vis-à -vis, and he whispered as we met:</p> <p>"Upon my soul, Miss Josephine'll have to look to her laurels; my friend -Victor seems mightily <i>épris.</i>"</p> +Victor seems mightily <i>épris.</i>"</p> <p>"Is the captain asking you to dance?" demanded Mr. Viennet.</p> @@ -9130,7 +9096,7 @@ next."</p> <p>I laughed at this bold invention, as I went off with my new partner; but Mr. Viennet claimed me resolutely at the end of the quadrille, and though there was no lack of partners now, still he continued to be the -prominent one, <i>malgré</i> Josephine's black looks, and Aunt Edith's +prominent one, <i>malgré</i> Josephine's black looks, and Aunt Edith's distant coldness. Not all the king's horses, nor all the king's men, could bring me back to where I had stood before I knew my power. I was dizzy with my triumph yet; it was no time to talk to me of moderation. I @@ -9295,7 +9261,7 @@ angrily; and then, in a tone that I suppose took its color from my thoughts, I said:</p> <p>"I came to say, Aunt Edith, that perhaps you are not aware how much it -irritates Essie to have Félicie take care of her. Félicie doesn't seem +irritates Essie to have Félicie take care of her. Félicie doesn't seem to have a pleasant way with her, and now she is confined to the nursery, she is continually fretted and unhappy. I find her more feverish every time I go upstairs, and I thought perhaps if you were willing to let @@ -9310,7 +9276,7 @@ of such an interference as this, and that I am obliged to remind you of our relative positions, before you can understand how much such a thing as this offends me. The management of the household is my province, and any interference or advice concerning it I reject decidedly. If Esther -is peevish and ill-tempered, I certainly hope Félicie will be strict +is peevish and ill-tempered, I certainly hope Félicie will be strict with her. I have no intention of humoring her caprices, or disarranging the family to suit her whims. You may dismiss the subject from your mind entirely."</p> @@ -9353,14 +9319,14 @@ about the story till the dinner bell rang.</p> <p>Then I started up, struck with a feeling of remorse that Essie had missed her accustomed twilight story for the first time this winter. I smoothed my hair and hurried into the nursery. Silence reigned there; -Félicie sat by the dim light, quietly pursuing her work. I asked for +Félicie sat by the dim light, quietly pursuing her work. I asked for Essie, and she rather sullenly pointed to the bed. It was unusual for her to sleep at this hour; indeed at all hours she was a light sleeper, and I had never before known her to be willing to lie down even in the daytime, so it was with some surprise that, on stooping down, I saw she was sleeping, and sleeping heavily.</p> -<p>"Why does she sleep so soundly, Félicie?" I said, looking up.</p> +<p>"Why does she sleep so soundly, Félicie?" I said, looking up.</p> <p>"Because she's sleepy, I suppose, mademoiselle," she answered, rather shortly.</p> @@ -9382,7 +9348,7 @@ aunt entered by another. She had been up twice since morning, and I could see she was uneasy; but, looking down at the child, I heard her say, in a tone of relief:</p> -<p>"Ah! she's sleeping nicely now!" and the voice of Félicie responded +<p>"Ah! she's sleeping nicely now!" and the voice of Félicie responded blandly. I think it was a load off her mind, for at dinner she was unusually affable.</p> @@ -9405,7 +9371,7 @@ scornfully.</p> <p>"Grace can speak for herself," said that young person, tartly. "You may tell them, if they ask anything about me," she continued, turning to the -captain, "that they needn't look for my <i>début</i> till Josephine is +captain, "that they needn't look for my <i>début</i> till Josephine is disposed of, and I am, <i>par excellence</i>, Miss Churchill."</p> <p>"Then," said the captain, gallantly, "you will not have a long time to @@ -9458,7 +9424,7 @@ drawbacks. Grace wisely kept out of sight, and Frances was less fluttering and timid than usual, so that at nine o'clock we all mustered in the parlor with comparatively undisturbed tempers.</p> -<p>I had left Esther still asleep when I came down. Félicie had undressed +<p>I had left Esther still asleep when I came down. Félicie had undressed her and put her back in bed without arousing her. "You'd hardly let me go so quietly if you were awake, I think," I said to myself, as I bent down to kiss her.</p> @@ -9713,7 +9679,7 @@ for the greater part of the day.</p> <p>"I hoped," said she, as she paused at the nursery door, in her rustling silk and heavy India shawl, "I hoped that the doctor would have come before I went out, but I really do not see but what you can do as well -as I can, Félicie. Pay particular attention to his directions, and send +as I can, Félicie. Pay particular attention to his directions, and send John out immediately for any prescription he may leave for her. And be sure you tell him just how she was yesterday, and how well she slept last night. I don't like," she continued, taking off one glove to feel @@ -9729,7 +9695,7 @@ madam, I am afraid."</p> <p>"Now, Esther," said her mother, with authority, "I shall have to punish you if you do so any more. I shall be very angry if you do not mind -Félicie to-day, and if you hurt or strike her, remember I shall punish +Félicie to-day, and if you hurt or strike her, remember I shall punish you when I come back—do you hear?"</p> <p>Esther heard, yes. She sat bolt upright in her little bed, and looked at @@ -9747,11 +9713,11 @@ into the nursery. She stretched out her arms, and cried:</p> <p>"If you will stop crying," I said, taking her up in my arms, and wrapping her dressing-gown about her.</p> -<p>Félicie looked up quickly, and said, "<i>Madame a dit que non.</i>"</p> +<p>Félicie looked up quickly, and said, "<i>Madame a dit que non.</i>"</p> -<p>Félicie always lied in her native tongue, and this was but an additional +<p>Félicie always lied in her native tongue, and this was but an additional proof to me that madame had said no such thing, and I told her so, -rather strongly. Grace came in just then, and Félicie appealed to her +rather strongly. Grace came in just then, and Félicie appealed to her for confirmation.</p> <p>"Certainly," said Grace, promptly, "mamma's last charge was that Esther @@ -9857,7 +9823,7 @@ anything."</p> <p>"Perfectly sure," I answered.</p> -<p>"Madame ordered," said Félicie, "that Miss Esther should be kept +<p>"Madame ordered," said Félicie, "that Miss Esther should be kept perfectly quiet. She's talking too much, and exciting herself. It would be better to have the room darkened, and let her go to sleep."</p> @@ -9881,7 +9847,7 @@ warmth and ecstasy.</p> restless, and never closed her eyes or rested a moment. About four o'clock, however, I went down to practise for an hour, and when I came upstairs again, she had fallen asleep. Her mother, coming up at the same -time, was much relieved to find her sleeping, and Félicie gave a very +time, was much relieved to find her sleeping, and Félicie gave a very satisfactory account of her; so that she dressed for the dinner in comparative comfort. The doctor's visit had occurred while I was downstairs, and had been a very hurried one. Grace and I dined alone, @@ -9975,7 +9941,7 @@ frightened at the strength of the little hands that fastened themselves on mine, and the hurry and wildness of the broken sentences she uttered. All I could do, was to promise that I would not go, and assure her that there were no "ugly shadows" on the wall—that nobody was coming to take -her away—that it was all because her head ached so. But when Félicie +her away—that it was all because her head ached so. But when Félicie appeared, it was a less easy matter to control her. She screamed, and hid her face, and cried to me to send her away—she hated her—she gave her horrid stuff—she made her angry, and a thousand other vehement @@ -9984,7 +9950,7 @@ glare of anger in her eyes, would fain have soothed her, for her voice, shrill with the strength of fever, could easily have been heard downstairs, and Mrs. Churchill had come home and was now in her dressing-room. My alarm had overcome my pride by this time, and loosing -my hands from the child's grasp, I gave her into Félicie's charge, and +my hands from the child's grasp, I gave her into Félicie's charge, and ran downstairs.</p> <p>The door of the dressing-room was locked, and it was some minutes before @@ -10007,7 +9973,7 @@ do, and she shared with me in the feeling of vexation and resentment that my words awakened in her mother's breast.</p> <p>I soon forgot the severity of the rebuff I had received, however, when -coming into the nursery, I took the struggling child from Félicie, and +coming into the nursery, I took the struggling child from Félicie, and watched with anxiety the gradual subsiding of the fit of passion that had convulsed her. From whatever cause it might be, she was evidently growing quieter, and in less than half an hour, the little head on my @@ -10016,7 +9982,7 @@ languor dulled the wildness of her eyes, and save when the slightest movement woke an alarm that I would leave her, she lay quite motionless.</p> -<p>"She is better now," said Félicie, in a low tone, who was watching her +<p>"She is better now," said Félicie, in a low tone, who was watching her with her basilisk eyes as she lay apparently sleeping. A nervous tightening of the slight fingers on my wrist at the sound of her voice, showed me that it was only apparently.</p> @@ -10026,7 +9992,7 @@ Esther, with her long eyelashes sweeping her crimsoned cheeks, lay so quiet that there seemed some reason in her mother's cutting rebuke for the unnecessary alarm I had given her. I began to feel heartily ashamed of it myself, and wondered that I had been so easily frightened. -Félicie, with a wicked look of exultation, said, that if Miss Esther +Félicie, with a wicked look of exultation, said, that if Miss Esther hadn't been in a passion, she wouldn't have brought the fever on again. She had been better all day, the doctor had said she had scarcely any fever, when he was here.</p> @@ -10054,11 +10020,11 @@ keeping with the night.</p> <p>Hours of this sleep had passed over me, when a fierce grasp upon my arm, and a hissing voice in my ear, woke me with a terrified start, and chilled me with horror, as struggling to collect my senses, I tried to -comprehend Félicie's frantic words. In a moment, they made their way to +comprehend Félicie's frantic words. In a moment, they made their way to my brain, and burned themselves there.</p> -<p>"I've given her too much—I cannot wake her! O mon Dieu! <i>Je l'ai tuée! -Je l'ai tuée!</i>"</p> +<p>"I've given her too much—I cannot wake her! O mon Dieu! <i>Je l'ai tuée! +Je l'ai tuée!</i>"</p> <p>A horrible sickening faintness for an instant rushed over me, then a keen sense of agony like an electric flash thrilled through me, and @@ -10129,7 +10095,7 @@ KEBLE.<br /> <br /><br /><br /></p> -<p>Félicie had fled. When, in the agonized confusion of that dreadful +<p>Félicie had fled. When, in the agonized confusion of that dreadful night, she was at last remembered and searched for, there was no trace of her to be found, and all future inquiry was equally unavailing. The wretched woman need not have concealed herself with such desperate fear; @@ -10297,7 +10263,7 @@ hands, and begs I will invite whom I choose."</p> <p>"Mr. Rutledge is 'a gentleman and a scholar,'" said Grace; "he ought to be encouraged. You'll accept, of course?"</p> -<p>"<i>Cela dépend</i>," said her mother, thoughtfully.</p> +<p>"<i>Cela dépend</i>," said her mother, thoughtfully.</p> <p>"Oh, mamma!" cried Josephine, "you cannot dream of refusing. What possible objection can there be? We do not want to go to Newport before @@ -10359,9 +10325,9 @@ Mrs. Roberts say? How would Kitty like it?</p> the fact to the detachment of our party in the rear.</p> <p>"I am not sorry to hear it, for one," said Ella Wynkar, with a yawn. -"Josephine, chère, are you not tired to death?"</p> +"Josephine, chère, are you not tired to death?"</p> -<p>But Josephine, chère, was too busy with collecting books, shawls, and +<p>But Josephine, chère, was too busy with collecting books, shawls, and bags, and loading the captain therewith, in anticipation of our arrival at the station, to vouchsafe an answer.</p> @@ -11363,7 +11329,7 @@ joke. What is the other?"</p> <p>"The other, I am pretty sure to make you angry by giving, but I must risk that. Your refusing to go looked very much as if you preferred -another tête-à-tête, to the society of us all."</p> +another tête-à -tête, to the society of us all."</p> <p>"I cannot see that," I said, looking up flushed and angry. "When I supposed that I was the only member of the party who intended to stay at @@ -11378,7 +11344,7 @@ one, at least, to put the kindest construction on what I do."</p> <p>"Is my niece accounting for her willfulness in staying at home this morning?" said the slow, soft voice of Mrs. Churchill, that crept into my senses like a subtle poison, and silenced the angry words on my lips. -"Are you not penitent, <i>ma chère</i>," she said, approaching me, and laying +"Are you not penitent, <i>ma chère</i>," she said, approaching me, and laying her cold hand lightly on my hair. "Do you not begin to see how unwise such tempers are? How often must I entreat you, my love, to be less hasty and suspicious and self-willed? Though I am not discouraged with @@ -11561,14 +11527,14 @@ that, as the gay people of the neighborhood, the Masons of Windy Hill, and the Emersons of Beech Grove, had each proposed something for the general benefit, it seemed expedient that some entertainment should be got up at Rutledge. What should it be? The Masons were to have tableaux, -and the Emersons' invitations were out for a <i>fête champêtre</i>. What was +and the Emersons' invitations were out for a <i>fête champêtre</i>. What was left for them to do?</p> <p>"Oh! a thousand things," exclaimed Josephine, with sparkling eyes. "A ball, or private theatricals, or a masquerade—anything, in fact, would be delightful."</p> -<p>"A plain ball would never do after the fête and tableaux," said Ella +<p>"A plain ball would never do after the fête and tableaux," said Ella Wynkar, decidedly.</p> <p>"Whatever you do, I beg, don't let those simpering Mason girls get ahead @@ -11586,7 +11552,7 @@ can suggest is, that the play represented should be written for the occasion. Now, if I might be allowed, I should propose that Miss Wynkar and Captain McGuffy be named to write the play, and Ellerton, as the man of the most cultivated literary taste, and soundest judgment, be -appointed to revise and correct it. The éclat of producing such an +appointed to revise and correct it. The éclat of producing such an entirely original play, you must see, would be immense."</p> <p>The irony of his speech was too broad for even the Wynkars to miss, and @@ -11668,12 +11634,12 @@ than ever from all paths but the one I had almost involuntarily taken.</p> principally, I could not but suspect, to the want of harmony that has characterized all the attempts at private theatricals that I have ever witnessed, no one, under any circumstances, having been known to be -pleased with the rôle assigned to him or her, and all manner of +pleased with the rôle assigned to him or her, and all manner of discontent prevailing on all sides. But Mr. Rutledge, with great discretion, put it upon other grounds—the short time that intervened for preparing them, etc. It was agreed that patriotism and propriety both pointed to the Fourth of July as the appropriate day, and a <i>bal -masqué</i> was determined on instead of the theatricals. It was to be the +masqué</i> was determined on instead of the theatricals. It was to be the most delightful affair. Mr. Rutledge had promised to ask everybody, to send to town for dresses, and to have the house so beautifully decorated.</p> @@ -12043,19 +12009,19 @@ SCOTT.<br /> </p> -<p>The <i>fête champêtre</i> proved a success; it was a perfect day; the house, +<p>The <i>fête champêtre</i> proved a success; it was a perfect day; the house, a very fine modern one, and the grounds, had appeared to the best advantage; the dancing tent had been just full enough, the toilettes lovely, and the whole thing so well got up and successful, that Josephine began half to repent not having decided upon such an entertainment for the Fourth instead of the proposed masquerade.</p> -<p>"This is just the place for a fête," she said, as we were all sitting in +<p>"This is just the place for a fête," she said, as we were all sitting in the parlor next morning "talking it over." "This lawn is twice the size of the Emersons', and this piazza, inclosed and decorated, would be the prettiest thing in the world. Indeed, there is no doubt in my mind but that it would have been an infinitely handsomer affair than theirs, if -we had decided upon a <i>fête</i>."</p> +we had decided upon a <i>fête</i>."</p> <p>"It would not have been dignified, Miss Josephine," said Mr. Rutledge, with a smile, "to have followed so closely in their steps, and I do not @@ -12098,7 +12064,7 @@ sketching a plan for the decorations, and she was leaning over the paper with fixed attention.</p> <p>"If those people are coming to lunch," said Ella Wynkar, getting up from -a tête-à-tête chat with the captain, "it is time we were dressed to +a tête-à -tête chat with the captain, "it is time we were dressed to receive them. Come, Josephine, it would never be forgiven, if we should not be ready."</p> @@ -12385,7 +12351,7 @@ to meet the strangers.</p> <p>"You must excuse my cousin," cried Grace, interrupting our rather formal greetings. "She never allows anything to interfere with her rural -tastes, and as she is addicted to tête-à-tête rows and lonely rambles, +tastes, and as she is addicted to tête-à -tête rows and lonely rambles, we are quite cut off from her society."</p> <p>The Misses Mason looked at me as if they were afraid of me, the Messrs. @@ -12545,7 +12511,7 @@ Viennet's disinterested suggestion;" and Grace mounted up beside him.</p> <p>I had undertaken, in that drive, more than I was quite equal to. I had brought myself into the position that I had been avoiding all day, a -tête-à-tête of the most unequivocal kind with a man whose devotion it +tête-à -tête of the most unequivocal kind with a man whose devotion it was impossible to ignore, and I had gone too far to retract entirely. It was cruel to treat him with coldness, now that we were on the eve of a long separation, and to repel with indifference the tenderness that @@ -12574,7 +12540,7 @@ had tried; and yet, when Mr. Rutledge asked me that sudden question, a wicked lie, or as wicked a prevarication, rose to my lips.</p> <p>"Yes, I think I remember it. Didn't we go this way to the Emersons' the -day of the fête?"</p> +day of the fête?"</p> <p>"I think we did—yes," said Mr. Rutledge, with an almost imperceptible compression of the lips, as, bending forward, he startled the eager @@ -13081,7 +13047,7 @@ jealous sight, and made a jest of what was life and death to me.</p> <p>She did not understand my strange and wistful look, and, with a smothered sigh, I withdrew my gaze, and turned away. Perhaps her mother could have interpreted it better; perhaps, if she had chosen, she could -have told her daughter I was not the happy fiancée I seemed; and +have told her daughter I was not the happy fiancée I seemed; and perhaps, if she had chosen, she could have told her to whom I owed the greater part of what I suffered.</p> @@ -13607,7 +13573,7 @@ disguised beyond all detection."</p> <p>"Ah, you are so clever!" I said, putting my head on one side, with an affectation characteristic of Josephine. "Now help me to discover some -of the others. Who is our vis-à-vis in the Spanish dress?"</p> +of the others. Who is our vis-à -vis in the Spanish dress?"</p> <p>"<i>You</i> should not have to ask."</p> @@ -13737,13 +13703,13 @@ the room a little before supper."</p> rose-colored domino."</p> <p>"There is a rose-colored domino just entering; do you imagine that is -the fair <i>fiancée?</i>"</p> +the fair <i>fiancée?</i>"</p> <p>"Very possibly," said my companion.</p> <p>"She is going to dance. Is that Phil with her?"</p> -<p>Phil at this moment asked my partner to be his vis-à-vis, so we were +<p>Phil at this moment asked my partner to be his vis-à -vis, so we were again drawn into the dance. By this time, half the people in the room thought I was Miss Churchill, and addressed me accordingly. In one of the pauses of the quadrille, as some one calling me by that name had @@ -14629,7 +14595,7 @@ faint!"</p> white and looking distractingly pretty, then rallying a little, and looking up and saying faintly, 'I'm better, thank you,' and regaining composure gradually and gracefully. That's the programme. We're quite -used to it by this time. When I have a <i>fiancé</i> who must go to Europe, I +used to it by this time. When I have a <i>fiancé</i> who must go to Europe, I shall be perfected in the art of graceful grief if I attend properly to the example I have now before me."</p> @@ -15163,7 +15129,7 @@ and unemployed young sons, and a hospitable head of the family, to swell the note of welcome. All these elements of hospitality we found at Windy Hill; never were guests more welcome, and the only doubt seemed to be, whether we should ever be allowed to go. Lunch did not suffice, we must -stay to dinner. Mason <i>père</i> said it should be so, and Mason <i>fils</i> +stay to dinner. Mason <i>père</i> said it should be so, and Mason <i>fils</i> ordered the carriage away, and the horses taken out. Mrs. Churchill pleaded our toilets, but was overruled. Mr. Rutledge advanced the necessity for our visit at Beech Grove as an obstacle. That should be no @@ -15683,7 +15649,7 @@ the other gentlemen have been out, holding a post-mortem examination of the storm, and they have decided that it has left so black a state of heavens and so wet a state of roads that it is impossible to think of your going home to-night, so you will have to stay till to-morrow, -<i>bongré malgré</i>. And I am so charmed. Ah! <i>you</i> are not, though, I see +<i>bongré malgré</i>. And I am so charmed. Ah! <i>you</i> are not, though, I see plainly enough, you want to go back to that tiresome Rutledge. What can it be, Mrs. Churchill? What is the matter with her. Though to be sure, the pale cheeks are gone now; I think I prescribed well. Mr. Rutledge @@ -16668,10 +16634,10 @@ and dread uncertainty of what was beyond.</p> <p><br /><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 1em;">"Vous qui pleurez, venez à ce Dieu, car il pleure.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Vous qui souffrez, venez à lui, car il guerit.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Vous qui tremblez, venez à lui, car il sourit.</span><br /> -<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Vous qui passez, venez à lui, car il demeure."</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">"Vous qui pleurez, venez à ce Dieu, car il pleure.</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Vous qui souffrez, venez à lui, car il guerit.</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Vous qui tremblez, venez à lui, car il sourit.</span><br /> +<span style="margin-left: 1em;">Vous qui passez, venez à lui, car il demeure."</span><br /> <br /> ECRIT AU BAS D'UN CRUCIFIX.<br /> <br /><br /><br /></p> @@ -16935,7 +16901,7 @@ conjecture—who could have been in the church so long and so silent, recurred again and again uncomfortably. It was too late to trust little Rosy to go home alone, so, though it took me a full half mile beyond my own road, I kept on with her; and beguiling her with a Christmas story -as we went, soon succeeded in forgetting foolish fears, <i>malgré</i> the +as we went, soon succeeded in forgetting foolish fears, <i>malgré</i> the twilight and the lonesome road. At last we reached the little gate of Rosy's home, and stooping to kiss her as I left her at it, I was turning away, when a carriage drove quickly past toward Brandon. It was a @@ -17036,7 +17002,7 @@ to see me a month or so before) had said, confirmed my suspicions.</p> <p>"I heard from Paris a week or so ago," she said, "that your cousin, Miss Churchill, and Mr. Rutledge are really to be married. Upon my word, you -must excuse me; but it is a shame. I grudge him to her. Ah! <i>méchante</i>, +must excuse me; but it is a shame. I grudge him to her. Ah! <i>méchante</i>, if you had made the proper use of that evening in the library that I gave you, she would not have had him."</p> @@ -17363,374 +17329,7 @@ and pride, that had so long kept me from him.</p> -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Rutledge, by Miriam Coles Harris - -*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK RUTLEDGE *** - -***** This file should be named 40385-h.htm or 40385-h.zip ***** -This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: - http://www.gutenberg.org/4/0/3/8/40385/ - -Produced by Clare Graham & Joyce McDonald at -http://www.girlebooks.com - Marc D'Hooghe at -http://www.freeliterature.org - - -Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions -will be renamed. - -Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no -one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation -(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without -permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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