Coralie - Everyday Life Library No. 2 by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Monica) Brame
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Cherokees."
My hands were soon filled. It was pleasant sitting there in that fragrant, sunny drawing-room, with two of the most gracious and graceful women in England. Yet it was hard. I had gone there purposely to tell the story of my love, and now I was condemned to sit for hours by Agatha's side and say nothing to her. "Perhaps fortune may favor me," I thought; "Lady Thesiger may leave the room, and then I will not lose a moment." How fervently I blessed these Cherokees before the day was ended no one will ever know. Lady Thesiger never left us; Agatha worked very hard. Looking at the sweet, calm, high-bred face, I wondered if she knew that a lover, with his heart on fire, sat near her. Lunch came--we went to the dining-room. Lady Thesiger told us we had only half an hour to spare; she had promised the duchess to send everything in that evening, and she did not wish to break her word. "It is worse than slavery," I said, and Lady Thesiger laughed, little knowing why I was so impatient. Back again to work. Happily, all was finished, and the servants were called in to pack the pretty, fragile articles. "Now I shall have five minutes," I thought to myself, "and I will find out whether she cares for me or not." Alas! there was the dressing-bell. "We have just finished in time for |
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