Mrs. Ames
Mrs. Ames
“Indeed, it was difficult to settle satisfactorily which part of Harry’s conduct was the most astounding, with such completeness had he revolted against both beneficiaries of the fifth commandment.
‘They can’t have been out in the garden for less than twenty minutes,’ said Mrs Brooks; ‘and I shouldn’t wonder if it was more. For we had scarcely settled ourselves after the gentlemen came in from the dining room, when they went out, and I’m sure we had hardly got talking again after they came back, before my maid was announced. To be sure the gentlemen sat a long time after dinner before joining us, which I notice is always the case when General Fortescue is at a party, but it can’t have been less than half an hour that they were in the garden now one comes to add it up.’ Mrs Brooks surveyed for a moment in silence her piece of embroidery. Not for a moment must it be supposed that she would have done embroidery for her own dress on Sunday morning; this was a frontal for the lectern at St ...Barnabas, which would make it impossible for Mrs Ames to decorate the lectern any more with her flowers.MoreLess
‘They can’t have been out in the garden for less than twenty minutes,’ said Mrs Brooks; ‘and I shouldn’t wonder if it was more. For we had scarcely settled ourselves after the gentlemen came in from the dining room, when they went out, and I’m sure we had hardly got talking again after they came back, before my maid was announced. To be sure the gentlemen sat a long time after dinner before joining us, which I notice is always the case when General Fortescue is at a party, but it can’t have been less than half an hour that they were in the garden now one comes to add it up.’ Mrs Brooks surveyed for a moment in silence her piece of embroidery. Not for a moment must it be supposed that she would have done embroidery for her own dress on Sunday morning; this was a frontal for the lectern at St ...Barnabas, which would make it impossible for Mrs Ames to decorate the lectern any more with her flowers.MoreLess
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