. Lewis Arundel; or, The railroad of life . ed domestic, with a singTalarly mild, not to say timid ex-pression of countenance. Oh, Jemima, I rang—that is to say, the bell rang—to teU youI am obliged to go out of town to-day, and shall not return tillto-morrow evening at the earliest, began Frere in an apologetictone of voice, as his ancient duenna, putfing and blowing from theascent of the staircase, entered. As he spoke, the positively cross expression of her antique fea-tures advanced a degree, and became comparatively crosser, asshe replied with a toss of the head : Well, Im sure ! what nex
. Lewis Arundel; or, The railroad of life . ed domestic, with a singTalarly mild, not to say timid ex-pression of countenance. Oh, Jemima, I rang—that is to say, the bell rang—to teU youI am obliged to go out of town to-day, and shall not return tillto-morrow evening at the earliest, began Frere in an apologetictone of voice, as his ancient duenna, putfing and blowing from theascent of the staircase, entered. As he spoke, the positively cross expression of her antique fea-tures advanced a degree, and became comparatively crosser, asshe replied with a toss of the head : Well, Im sure ! what next, I wonder ! Then addi-essingher master in a tone of witheiiug contempt, she continued : Doyou know what it is youre a sayin of, Master Richard ? WeU, I believe I do, retm-ned Frere, humbly. I believe you dont, was the unceremonious rejoinder. Ibelieve you go on reading them foreign books in heathen Greek tillyou dont know what youre a saying or a doing of; here you tellme one thing one day, and something liarmetrically contradictious. <^ OR, THE RAILROAD OK MFE. 1:63 of it the next, till old Nick his blessed self wouldnt know how toact to please you ! Why, what have I said contradictious, as you call it 1 in-quired Frere. What have you said V rej^eated Jemima, in a tone of intensedisgust; why youve told me to get ready a dinner for sis thishere very day, and now you say youre a going out of town, andwont be back till to-morrow night. Do you call that behav-ing as a master of a house ought to do, let alone a sanatoryChristian 1 A true bill, by all thats unlucky! muttered Frere. Its a true bill that youll have to pay, for as fine a couple ofchickens as ever was trussed, which is now cast away beforeswine, for as to em keeping till the day after to-morrow, its amodel impossibilitude. I should rather have thought a physical one, suggestedFrere, sotto voce. Then theres a tongue, continued Jemima, unheeding theinterruption, as beautiful a one as ever I set my two eyes on. I
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