[Melbourne House, Volume 2 by Susan Warner]@TWC D-Link bookMelbourne House, Volume 2 CHAPTER XV 23/40
You are going with the Prince of Arragon now, to the caskets; and you ought to be anxiously asking Bassanio about his letter." Theresa changed attitude and expression on the instant; bent slightly forward, lost her sauciness, and laid her hand upon Bassanio's arm with a grave, tender look of inquiry.
They all shouted again. "Bravo, Theresa! capital!" said Preston. "Hamilton, can you act up to that ?" said Mrs.Sandford. "Wait till I get my robes on, ma'am.
I can make believe a great deal easier when I am under the persuasion that it is not me--Hamilton Rush." "I'd like to see Frederica do as well as that," said Alexander Fish, in a fit of brotherly concern. "Let us try her--" said good-natured Mrs.Sandford.
Mrs.Sandford certainly was good-natured, for she had all the dressing to do.
She did it well, and very patiently. "There," said Nora, when Ella had left the couch to go to her sister,--"that is what I like.
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