Richard Forrest, Bachelor — page 134: what you’re looking at

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MARRIAGE AND DEATH. 125 ‘“We were expecting you. Doctor Lambert spoke of you to me, and Mrs. Eldridge wants to have a chat with you.’’ He handed her his chair, and informing his wife that he was going to the library, left the two women together. It was fully half an hour before Ellen was sent to tell him that Miss Cameron had gone, and when he was at her side again, there was the faintest tinge of color in Gertrude’s face, as she said: ‘‘Tam so pleased with her, Arthur! She is charming—so intelligent and sweet! I’m surprised that I did not notice her before. Where did Doctor Lambert ever find her? She is nO Common person, ’’ ‘‘Reduced circumstances, I believe. Poverty is responsi- ble for no end of ‘princesses in disguise,’ you know. I’m so glad you like her; all my trouble is ended now.”’ ‘‘Mine may be just begun. You may fall in love with her,’’ retorted Gertrude, with an archness which was ap- parent, in spite of the languor of her voice. I will not attempt to describe her husband’s reply; there are some phrases it is impossible to reproduce in writing. Delighted beyond measure, at even a shade of improve- ment in his wife’s manner and appearance, he went to bed that night happier than he had been in weeks. Miss Cameron, in her conversation with Gertrude, hav expressed herself as willing to come to her as soon as re- quired, so Arthur sent for her at once. She agreed to go abroad, or even around the world, if de- sired, and as for salary, why, she informed Mrs. Eldridge that that was not so much of an object as a home. In fact, when Mrs. Eldridge suggested a certain amount, she looked positively frightened and demurred against tak- ing such a sum. She was by no means independently Eomichbooks (E(0)