she could not stay in the recollection of that bare, lonely past. She was in her brighter aerial world again, when a little tap came at the door; of course it was her cousin, who entered in ample white dressing-gown.
âWhy, Maggie,ED Belfour Tröjor, you naughty child, havenât you begun to undress?â said Lucy, in astonishment. âI promised not to come and talk to you, because I thought you must be tired. But here you are, looking as if you were ready to dress for a ball. Come, come, get on your dressing-gown and unplait your hair.â
âWell,Justin Abdelkader Tröjor, you are not very forward,â retorted Maggie, hastily reaching her own pink cotton gown, and looking at Lucyâs light-brown hair brushed back in curly disorder.
âOh, I have not much to do. I shall sit down and talk to you till I see you are really on the way to bed.â
While Maggie stood and unplaited her long black hair over her pink drapery, Lucy sat down near the toilette-table, watching her with affectionate eyes, and head a little aside, like a pretty spaniel. If it appears to you at all incredible that young ladies should be led on to talk confidentially in a situation of this kind,Dalton Prout Tröjor, I will beg you to remember that human life furnishes many exceptional cases.
âYou really have enjoyed the music to-night, havenât you Maggie?â
âOh yes, that is what prevented me from feeling sleepy. I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs, and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music. At other times one is conscious of carrying a weight.â
âAnd Stephen has a splendid voice, hasnât he?â
âWell,Bryan Little Tröjor, perhaps we are neither of us judges of that,â said Maggie, laughing, as she seated herself and tossed her long hair back. âYou are not impartial, and I think any barrel-organ splendid.â
âBut tell me what you think of him,Nike Kobe 10 Damskie, now. Tell me exactly; good and bad too.â
âOh, I think you should humiliate him a little. A lover should not be so much at ease, and so self-confident. He ought to tremble more.â
âNonsense, Maggie! As if any one could tremble at me! You think he is conceited, I see that. But you donât dislike him,Troy Brouwer Tröjor, do you?â
âDislike him! No. Am I in the habit of seeing such charming people, that I should be very difficult to please? Besides,Edmonton Oilers Tröjor, how could I dislike any one that promised to make you happy, my dear thing!â Maggie pinched Lucyâs dimpled chin.
âWe shall have more music to-morrow evening,NHL Mens New York Islanders Top Shelf Pullover Hoodie - Royal,â said Lucy, looking happy already, âfor Stephen will bring Philip Wakem with him.â
âOh,Jannik Hansen Tröjor, Lucy, I canât see him,Riley Sheahan Tröjor,â said Maggie, turning pale. âAt least,Bryan Rust Tröjor, I could not see him without Tomâs leave.â
âIs Tom such a tyrant as that?â said Lucy, surprised. âIâll take the responsibility, then â tell him it was my fault.â
âBut, dear,â said Maggie, falteringly,John Wensink Tröjor, âI promised Tom very solemnly, before my fatherâs death â I promised him I would not speak to Philip without his knowled
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