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190 THE MISDEEDS OF AURA PLAISTOW.
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I. She Was But Nineteen; And Nineteen Do...
64 Miss Plaistow , " she said , holding Lip her long forefinger as she rose from her chairspeaking in a voice of portentous depth and
steadi-, ness , " understand , once for all , from this time , that I allow no one whatever to take a liberty in my house . Do not let this occur again ,
else a most unpleasant result will ensue . Take my warning in time . " 66 " What What have I do not I done allow ? " asked own Aura dau , hters amaze to d do . " said Mrs . Delane
my g ,, " given an order to my servant at my own table , and in my presence , young lady . "
" Oh ! _^ very well , " said Aura , feeling rather strange , it was so new to her to be rebuked . " I won ' t do it again if you don ' t like it , I
didn't know ; and in our house we are not so particular . Mamma does not care for authority . She only likes to see us happy and
have what we want , and I thought you were the same , you know . " " Bah ! she is an imbecile ! " said Mrs . Delane .
II . Now Mrs . Delane had a certain nephew , George Grace hy name ,
or " little Georgie , " as he was called ; the especial horror of his cousins ; and , in his aunt ' s estimation , the disgrace of the family ,
though no one knew why , excepting that he had once taken part in some private theatricals , and "was great in getting up fetes and
public amusements . Whatsoever might be the cause , certain was the res _\ ilt ; that he was considered utterly worthless and
reprehensible at the Hollies , and made plainly to understand that more thorns than flowers grew there for him . He was an ugly , droll ,
clever , good-humoured little fellow ; a general favorite , always excepting with his aunt ; and one of the most harmless little mortals
breathing . Every one but the Delanes had a good word to say for Georgie Crace , and there was not a villager who would not have
fought like a Trojan for his sake . Tom had once spoken of him to Aurain a casual kind of way , as " that sad little pickle , George
, Crace , " but Aura had forgotten all about him . She remembered though what Tom had said , -when he called soon after her arrival ,
for the express _piirpose , indeed , of seeing her , and of finding out her quizzable points . For that she must be quizzable , little Georgie
made not the smallest doubt . " What indeed could that good looking muff , cousin Tom , choose ,
but a pendant to Mary and Margaret , a mere animated bundle of whalebone and vinegar . Plowever he would call and see for
himself . " And call he accordingly did . What was his amazement when , a
tall , supple , laughing girl burst into the room , dressed in a pretty but quaint and unfashionable _costiime , something made up out of a
bright colored petticoat , short and scanty , and a pretty little picturesque jacketunder which it was very evident were no whalebones ;
, a costume where was neither millinery nor fashion , but regard
paid only , to color , form , and convenience ? And when she began to
190 The Misdeeds Of Aura Plaistow.
190 THE MISDEEDS OF AURA PLAISTOW .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1858, page 190, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111858/page/46/
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