17/18 "Surely, young Clyde will not be so inconsiderate, so officious, as to induce those ladies to visit us ?" "No, indeed, mother. He knows you would not like to see them. He would not think of such a thing." "No, no," I repeated to myself, as I exerted myself bravely in my new offices, as nurse and housekeeper, "there is no danger of that fair creature seeking out this little obscure spot. She will probably ask Richard Clyde who the little country girl was, whose water-pail he was so gallantly carrying, and I know he will speak kindly of me, though he will laugh at being caught in such an awkward predicament. |