Plain Jane
“. . riding round those vegetable puncheonsCall’d ‘Parks,’ where there is neither fruit or flower, Enough to gratify a bee’s slight munchings; But, after all, it is the only ‘bower’(In Moore’s phrase) where the fashionable fairCan form a slight acquaintance with fresh air.
LORD BYRON, DON JUAN ‘I came to say goodbye,’ said Lord Tregarthan.
Jane’s first thought was that he was abandoning her because of her disgraceful behaviour over the letters. He had appeared to understand, but gentlemen had such a rigid code of morals and mama always said they stuck together in the end. He had had time to consider her folly and had found her wanting in grace and manners. His sympathies were all with Mr Bullfinch.
‘Goodbye,’ said Jane, now wishing he would go away so that she might relieve some of the pain at her heart with a hearty burst of tears.
‘So very prim,’ he teased. ‘Sit down, Jane, I have something to say to you. While I am gone you are to proceed no further with your investigations into Mis...s Clara Vere-Baxton’s death.’ ‘Do you think I am in danger?’ asked Jane, wide-eyed.MoreLess
LORD BYRON, DON JUAN ‘I came to say goodbye,’ said Lord Tregarthan.
Jane’s first thought was that he was abandoning her because of her disgraceful behaviour over the letters. He had appeared to understand, but gentlemen had such a rigid code of morals and mama always said they stuck together in the end. He had had time to consider her folly and had found her wanting in grace and manners. His sympathies were all with Mr Bullfinch.
‘Goodbye,’ said Jane, now wishing he would go away so that she might relieve some of the pain at her heart with a hearty burst of tears.
‘So very prim,’ he teased. ‘Sit down, Jane, I have something to say to you. While I am gone you are to proceed no further with your investigations into Mis...s Clara Vere-Baxton’s death.’ ‘Do you think I am in danger?’ asked Jane, wide-eyed.MoreLess
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