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180 THE MISDEEDS OF AURA PLAISTOW.
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I. She Was But Nineteen; And Nineteen Do...
• had " declining the to express lady her op herself inion , or so to far give _Tmt her onl sanction y so far until waiving she
her primary seen obj young ection to the unde ; sirable , status of the fam , ily , and the father ' s _questionable profession . " Enclosed in was the third a short , stiff ,
uncomfortable note for Mrs . Plaistow , written person , farther Mrs comp . liments Plaistow and ' s daug all , hter icil lish y , before comp which lete matters introduction , " desiring were Aura allowed an introduction was to to proceed go to to
the Hollies . " To , where accomp the Delanes lived , on a , visit of an indefinite length What . a formal letter ! " said sweet-tempered , sunny-faced Mrs .
many Plaistow " women , who use spoke to to their her very friends servants , and who with was more never frankness known than to
have looked sour or sad in her life . but " he My looked mother as ' s if heart he were is warmer telling a than falsehood her , manner and knew , " said it . Tom , cried
" Ohshe shall not be cold to me ! " Aura , laughing , " I , will 66 M soon y mother kiss her never into good kisses humour any one . " , " said Tom , gravely . He
hugg almost " . What ing shuddered her , not eldest her at boy the own , great thoug children ht giant . Frank even ? y " _, just cried seventeen Mrs . Plaistow , and six *
feet " No hig , h never . , " replied Master Tom , in remember a matter-of onl -fact way in , as if
dangerousl life it was receiving all quite ill a caress a I thin believe from g of her course and . I I . was can "I a just very recollect little boy y my once then mother , and my
coming to my y bedside , and kissing ; my face . I do not think she has ever " How done would so again that . " suit Frank ? " said Mrs . Plaistow , pulling you , y
her boy ' s curly crop . " How would you like that from your mother , spoilt Oh bab mother y that you not are at all ?" " said Frankydropping his huge limbs
on " the , floor , and , laying , his head on his , mother ' s lap ; such a hsquareuntidy head as it was too . For Franky was one
muscle of roug those , onl large to , , awkward be found , in shambling unconventional creatures Eng , all lish innocence families very and y
sisters country much , attached and ; a thoug giant to ht boy each his , father who other worshi the , and greatest pped living his man to mother of themselves his , gener idolised ation in the his .
scolded " He , him was such as Mrs a darling . Plaistow , " Mrs scolded . Plaistow , to a used symp to hony say , of after smiles she had and
as caresses he did , , and so , like vowed a big positivel baby y . that He reall he should y must not give creep up such into ways her rather lap !
" But , Tom , you never told us this , " said Aura , looking dismayed " Yes , " . said " And Tom are , " your quite sisters the same the , same Aura self . ? " " fortif " It is as l well she
should know the truth , at once , " he thought , -yingy .
180 The Misdeeds Of Aura Plaistow.
180 THE MISDEEDS OF AURA PLAISTOW .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1858, page 180, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111858/page/36/
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