. Luttrell of Arran. y Vyner, as her sistercame forward and examined her with a quiet and steady stare throughher eye-glass. She is certainly nothing like the sketch he made, and still lesslike the description he gave of her, said Georgina, in do you say. Sir Withui? There is something—not exactly beauty—about her, said he,in the same language, but something tliat, cultivated and developed,might possibly be attractive. Her eyes have a strange colour uithem : they are grey, but they are of that grey that gets a tinge ofamethyst when excited. While they thus spoke, the girl had tuine
. Luttrell of Arran. y Vyner, as her sistercame forward and examined her with a quiet and steady stare throughher eye-glass. She is certainly nothing like the sketch he made, and still lesslike the description he gave of her, said Georgina, in do you say. Sir Withui? There is something—not exactly beauty—about her, said he,in the same language, but something tliat, cultivated and developed,might possibly be attractive. Her eyes have a strange colour uithem : they are grey, but they are of that grey that gets a tinge ofamethyst when excited. While they thus spoke, the girl had tuined from one to the other,listening atentively, and as eagerly watching the expressions of thelisteners faces, to gather what she might of their meaning. Your name is Kitty—Kitty OHara, I think ? said Lady very good name, too, is OHara! Yes, my Lady. There is an OHara lives at Craig-na-Manna, inhis own castle. Arc you related to him ? asked Georgina, gravely. No, my lady. Distantly, perhaps, you might bo?. c-yfa^U- rj^^^a^^ ^^^i^fe^iji^- MALONE IN GOOD COMPANi. 151 Perliaps we might; at all events, lie never said so! And you think, probably, it was more tor him to own the relation-ship than for you to claim it ? The girl was silent, and looked thoughtful; and Lady Vyner said, I dont think she understood you, Georgy ? Yes I did, my Lady; but I didnt know what to say. At all events, said Georgma, you dont call each othercousuis. The child nodded. And yet, Kitty, if I dont mistake greatly, youd like well enoughto have some grand relations—fine, rich people, living in their owngreat castle ? Yes, Id like that! said the girl. And her cheeks glowed,whUe her eyes deepened into tlie colour the old Baronet described. And if we were to be to you as these same cousins, Kitty ? saidLady Vyner, good naturedly, do you think you could love us, andbe happy with us ? The girl turned her head and surveyed the room with a quietleisurely look, and, though it was full of objects new a
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