A Heart's Bitterness — page 162: what you’re looking at

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ee if i | - beta al lng A HEART'S BITTERNESS. -* There’s been no one, ma’am,” said the girl, returning. ‘©Can you bring me some breakfast in a private room?” ‘¢ Private room for eatin’ is ten shillin’ extra.” Violet took ten shillings from her purse, and two shil- lings for the girl, which promptly made the freckled ser- vant her ally. A moderately good meal was served, and the girl asked if she could do anything more for the lady. ‘JT want to go to a small place called Dee, in Derby- shire,” said Violet, timidly, ‘‘and I don’t know how to get there. I have never been there; it is a country place where I meant to spend the summer with a friend. I expected she would meet me here. She has lived in Dee. And as I have not found her, I fear I misunderstood, and that she has gone on to Dee to meet me, and will be alarmed for me. Tell me just what yow would do,” said Violet. “Why, Td go to Derby straight, seein’ as it’s shire town to Derby County, and there, of course, they would know where Dee was; no doubt it’s some little place off the railroad, and you-get to it by a fly.” ‘“QOh, thank you,” cried Violet. ‘*And would you tell me how to get to Derby?” The girl laughed. “<T declare, you’re no better than a new-born baby to take care of yourself. ‘To get to Derby you look at a time-table, and take the right train.” | But the girl had marked the quiver of the lovely lips, the sudden filling of the brown eyes, the coming and going of red and white on the sweet young face, and her heart was moved, and her sympathies aroused. | ‘Don’t fret yourself, there’s a dear,” she said. ‘‘ V’ll go look out your train, and buy your ticket, and see you off all right.” She went away for a little, and Violet heard her say in * : the hall that she ‘‘ was going to look out for a young lady as didn’t know a mite how to manage for ’erself, but was as _ pretty as a picter, and rich—by her rings.” Lhis recalled Violet to the fact that she had on her hands a number of jewels, and at her neck a pin of rubies and diamonds. She hastily dropped all these tell-tale ornaments into her satchel, and covered her two small white hands with gray silk gloves. | “There, miss,” said the girl, returning; ‘let me take Eomicbooks. co