第4节 (第1/2页)

    【】ho,toae

    flushed,hot,anduntidy,hperhapsasheekorablack

    eye,froheeffectsofabloaketballorboxing

    glove.

    upontheirarrivalatcaptainbarclays,thetenstrolled

    outtoskeacigartogether,andtodiscusstheprospectsofthe

    seffees.

    s.barclayhadaskedjulieandjustiheyogo

    doeduburghadsohurriedlyansweredin

    theia,iivesayingthattheyrollroundthe

    gardenuntillauedthats.barclayhadnoresource

    buttoasktheheypassedheorall

    llyiojoihegarden.

    ”dearlanie,”daduburgbegan,ershad

    anner,handinhand,”iwasreally

    quiteshocked,asealong.thereelanie,laughingand

    selves,handingupbaskets

    andliftingothersdohherhairallinnfusion,and

    lookingexcusesayingsorelikeapeasantgirlthanayoung

    lady.”

    s.barclaysledquietly.

    ”llyisenjoyingherself,nodoubt,sisterinla

    seethatherlaughing,orcallingout,orhandingbasketswilldo

    heranyseriousharasforherhair,fivenutesbrushingwill

    setthatright.”

    ”but,dearsisterinlaeduburgsaid,eaestly,”do

    youreillyisnearlyfourteenyearsold;

    thatsheingaan,thatinahreeyears

    youyfaith,itis

    terribleandshehasyetnofigure,nonner;”anddaduburg

    looked,hanairofgratifiedpride,atthestifffiguresofher

    owogirls.

    ”herfigureisnotabadone,sisterinlars.barclaysaid,

    posedly;”sheistallerthanjulieonthsher

    seniorsheisasstraightasanarroirable;

    shehasneverhadadaysillness.”

    ”butsheoteduburg

    said,liftingupherhandsinhorror.

    ”sheileshherfather,yesterday,”

    s.barclaysaid,pretendingtosuandhersisterinlaws

    aning.

    ”ididnotanthat,”daduburgsaid,iatiently,”butshe

    yfaith,itisshogtosay,butshe

    ydaughterstepout

    inthatway.

    ”then,lookathernners.aall.the

    otherdayonsieurderivierehhissons

    called,sheively

    aetohavetosayso,

    sisterinlaanners,noeasejulie,andeven

    justine,yself.”

    ”hernnersarenotfordyet,sisterinlars.barclaysaid,

    quietly,”nordoicarethattheyshouldbe.sheisayounggirlat

    present,andidonotanbeforeherti.in

    threeyearsiteenoughforhertondhernners.”

    ”butinthreeyears,sisterinlaw,youwillbelookingfora

    husbandforher.”

    ”ishallbedoingnothingofthesort,”s.barclaysaid,

    steadily.”inthat,asinnyothertters,igreatlypreferthe

    englishwoy