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THE MISDEEDS' OF AURA PLAISTOW. 183
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I. She Was But Nineteen; And Nineteen Do...
66 Goodness ! how odd ! " ejaculated Aura . At that moment the servant ened the doorand Aura "was
op , handed into the hall . It was furnished lika a room , and felt confined and close— " stuffy , " said Miss Aura , in her domestic vernacular .
" " Yes Is my , sir mother , she and at home the , young Jane _? ladies " said are Tom in , feeling the drawing very nervous -room , " .
said Jane , in a stiff , hard , and rather abrupt manner . Tom " Come ' s voice then , was Aura sli , g and htly I altered will introduce , and his _yoii manner . " She was was as a obtuse shade formal than usualbut _Aiira saw nothing .
more ; would quick as good smile have natured she sounded called and out unsusp gentle , " Yes icious ! I ' h peop m at read le noisy y always , Tom Merridno ! " are in . a , but " voice With which that her
literally echoed through this still enoug , solemn , well-conducted house . " How loud her voice is" thought Tom" I -wonder I never
noticed it before ! What will , my mother say , ; she will be shocked , I know she will . "
However , loud or no , the voice must make itself heard now ; so door they both was opened went upstairs , " Mr . , Tom Jane leading and Miss the Plaistow way . The " announced drawing-room , and
painful quaker Aura A stern , followed -lo severity oking , stiff , b , y frowning sat irls her working lover When woman , , entered opposite Jane , very announced the to upri room two g . ht pretty the , and visitor , bloodless dressed s , the , with lad and y
her in rose her , as slowl clebonnaire she y , fixing ran g her manner her . fingers hard , with throug grey a pretty eyes h her on kind Aura hair of , , half say who ing swagger came , in her forward _aboiit _loiid out her
open hand , voice before whose , " that Plow own lad d children ' ye y could do , Mrs never speak . Delane addressed or make ? " then her a si unasked holding gn . Thi , and s , to to a
woman whom no visitor or friend , of what rank so ever she might be , dared speak as to an equal ! From that hour Aura ' s grave was dug in to for its
Mrs . Delane ' s esteemand it was useless hope closing . However , she was , obliged , for she the laid self- _siieh respect skeleton of courtesy of b , to
fingers curiousl shake hands in for the with the warm moment the grasp girl thinking . held But out it to was her , a that false Aura a hand looked she clasped at ony her
in hers . y , then turned to the younger ladies . t " Are ered these face and your obj sisters ectionable , Tom fo ? " rgetfulness she said , of with forms the . same Not good wait - -
ing " Ho for w d an _9 answer do ? " , and she before went strai they ght knew up to what them she , with was her about formula , she , ye
had " Oh put her this arm will s never round their do ! " neck said s Mrs and . Delane kissed them , aloud . . " What is
, this She young turned person such thinking a heavy of frown ?" of inquiry on her son to that he
visibl Bat not y sank seeing under much it , feeling good in in angry it all looks the reproach , she was that about was to _remon come _- .
The Misdeeds' Of Aura Plaistow. 183
THE MISDEEDS' OF AURA PLAISTOW . 183
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1858, page 183, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111858/page/39/
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