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THE MISDEEDS OP AURA PLAISTOW. 193"
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I. She Was But Nineteen; And Nineteen Do...
% < Centaurs , " suggested Georgie . " Oh . yes ! centaurs : I forgot ! Well , she rides like a centaur ;
and nothing , I do believe , could throw her . Do you ride ? " she added , turning * to Mary .
_" No , " answered Mary , severely . " What a pity ! Why ? Are you afraid ?"
" No , it is not that , " said Mary , in the same stern manner ; " but because we all think it a most bold and unfeminine habit , and would
not ride even if we kept horses , which I am happy to say we do not . "
" Oh ! " said Aura , laughing , to Georgie , " fancy , bold and unfeminine to ride !—what a fanny notion !"
" I don't think mamma will like your riding with cousin George Orace , " Mary then said , still more severely , " and I am sure my
brother will not . " " Not like it!—why , Miss Mary ? Mamma lets us ride by
ourselves , or with any one we like , just as we please ; and as for Tom , he knows that I can stick on to anything : we rode too often together
at Merridno for him not to know how safe I am . He won't mind , bless " Aura you !" are a perfect idiot , " muttered Miss Marybetween
will her teeth have . , nothing you " Take to your do own with way it . " then And , " she she said left , the very room crossl , in y , dis " I -
pleasure " Well . ! how do you get on with my aunt and cousins ? " asked
little " Oh Georgie , well when I she believe was ! gone " answered . Aura . " They are rather very
quiet I think , and , they seem would to , take be little happier things if they a great went deal out too mor much e , and to opened heart .
their windows , they seem to me to want fresh air and exercise . air Ah ! ! you And should seehow see health Merridno y we , all that are ' s ! the we are place never for ill fun . Of and course fresh
it makes them , pale and put of spirits to live as they do here . But " I Merridno I should !—you like should to see see it Merridno much !" indeed" said llittle very ugy
, Georg I should ie , think twinkling it must his be droll the grey most eyes charming . " If p they lace were in Eng all land like . " you
" Is that meant for a compliment ? " said Aura , at the top of her voice A , grim as Mrs smile . Delan flitted e opened across the the lad door y' . s face ; a thought struck her .
Was Tom susceptible of jealousy ? Aura she saw to be capable of between any amount this of flint imprudence and steel . which Might would not burn a s _} _3 the ark , then betrothal , be struck bond
like tinder ? It would not , be Mrs . Delane ' s fault if ugly little not Georg made ie , with useful his Hollies " She knew ' character her world of " scamp as the and French reprobate sayand , were out
. ,, of the imprudence , moral cowardice , and good-fellow heedlessness , which made her materialin Aura , Tom and George , it was odd
if she could not up manrpulate a , divorce ! vpi . ii . p
The Misdeeds Op Aura Plaistow. 193"
THE MISDEEDS OP AURA PLAISTOW . 193 "
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1858, page 193, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111858/page/49/
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