FREE BOOKS

Author's List




PREV.   NEXT  
|<   274   275   276   277   278   279   280   281   282   283   284   285   286   287   288   289   290   291   292   293   294   295   296   297   298  
299   300   301   302   303   304   305   306   307   308   309   310   311   312   313   314   315   316   317   318   319   320   321   322   323   >>   >|  
ertaining a profound respect for his character, but chiefly governed by a wish to gratify her companion. The third day they reached the baronet's handsome house in St. James's Square, and found that the forethought of John had provided everything in the best and most comfortable manner. It was the first visit of both Jane and Emily to the metropolis; and under the protection of their almost equally curious mother, and escorted by John, they wisely determined to visit the curiosities, while their leisure yet admitted of the opportunity. For the first two weeks their time was chiefly employed in the indulgence of this unfashionable and vulgar propensity, which, if it had no other tendency, served greatly to draw the thoughts of both the young women from the recollections of the last few months. While her sister and nieces were thus employed, Mrs. Wilson, assisted by Grace, was occupied in getting things in preparation to do credit to the baronet's hospitality. The second week after their arrival, Mrs. Moseley was delighted by seeing advance upon her unexpectedly through the door of the breakfast parlor, her brother, with his bride leaning on his arm. After the most sincere greetings and congratulations, Lady Chatterton cried out gaily, "You see, my dear Lady Moseley, I am determined to banish ceremony between us, and so, instead of sending you my card, have come myself to notify you of my arrival. Chatterton would not suffer me even to swallow my breakfast, he was so impatient to show me off." "You are placing things exactly on the footing I wish to see ourselves with all our connexions," replied Lady Moseley, kindly; "but what have you done with the duke? is he not in your train?" "Oh! he is gone to Canterbury with George Denbigh, madam," cried the lady, shaking her head reproachfully though affectionately at Emily; "his grace dislikes London just now excessively, he says, and the Colonel being obliged to leave his wife, on regimental business, Derwent was good enough to keep him company during his exile." "And Lady Laura, do we see her?" inquired Lady Moseley. "She came with us. Pendennyss and his sister follow immediately; so, my dear madam, the dramatis personae will all be on the stage soon." Cards and visits now began to accumulate on the Moseleys, and their time no longer admitted of that unfettered leisure which they had enjoyed at their entrance on the scene. Mrs. Wilson, for herself and char
PREV.   NEXT  
|<   274   275   276   277   278   279   280   281   282   283   284   285   286   287   288   289   290   291   292   293   294   295   296   297   298  
299   300   301   302   303   304   305   306   307   308   309   310   311   312   313   314   315   316   317   318   319   320   321   322   323   >>   >|  



Top keywords:

Moseley

 

leisure

 

breakfast

 

determined

 

employed

 

Wilson

 

sister

 

things

 

admitted

 

arrival


Chatterton

 

chiefly

 
baronet
 

kindly

 

sending

 
impatient
 

notify

 

Canterbury

 

suffer

 
swallow

placing

 

connexions

 

footing

 

replied

 
Colonel
 

dramatis

 

immediately

 
personae
 

follow

 

Pendennyss


inquired

 

entrance

 
enjoyed
 

unfettered

 

longer

 

visits

 

accumulate

 
Moseleys
 
dislikes
 

London


excessively

 

affectionately

 

Denbigh

 

shaking

 

reproachfully

 

company

 

Derwent

 
obliged
 

regimental

 

business