. Periwinkle : an autobiography . nd for the present, my darling, you must besatisfied with—with all the love that she is ableto give you. It was sometimes for me the most difficultmatter conceivable to answer the childs questionsin a way that would really quiet her. She wasfor ever almost plaintively asking why papa andMr. Eversleigh did not come; and for hours ata stretch she would stand at the dull windows,just as she used to do at Thangate, patientlywatching for the coming of Leigh. She was at the window, standing, as was herwont, upon a hassock, this afternoon ; now watch- Daryl Darkwoods
. Periwinkle : an autobiography . nd for the present, my darling, you must besatisfied with—with all the love that she is ableto give you. It was sometimes for me the most difficultmatter conceivable to answer the childs questionsin a way that would really quiet her. She wasfor ever almost plaintively asking why papa andMr. Eversleigh did not come; and for hours ata stretch she would stand at the dull windows,just as she used to do at Thangate, patientlywatching for the coming of Leigh. She was at the window, standing, as was herwont, upon a hassock, this afternoon ; now watch- Daryl Darkwoods Wife. 5 7 ing for the arrival of Miss de Yere. PerhapsIsla s soul was gladdened with some vague un-likely notion that Mr. Eversleigh might accom-pany Mrs. Eamages daughter. It was about three minutes to the half-hourafter four when a hansom rattled up to door. Out of it, comfortably clad in herfurs, briskly stepped Aurora. A few momentslater she was with us in the passage; affection-ately embracing my child and
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