Viscount Besieged
“Not that this was unusual, for the activities of Miss Isadora Alvescot frequently drew down upon her head the noisy complaints of the rest of the family. But in a house of mourning, where the expectation was for quiet and solemnity, Society might consider such argument inappropriate, unseemly even.
This did not occur to the combatants, who were indeed engaged in debating the matter of appropriateness, but only concerning the performance of theatricals in the present circumstances.
‘It must be c...ounted quite irregular, Dora, with your poor papa barely cold in his grave,’ said the plaintiff with dismaying bluntness.
‘You would not wish your conduct to be thought shocking.’ ‘By whom?’ demanded the defendant, suppressing the sting stirred by the cruel choice of words, for Isadora would permit none to see her wounds. ‘Except for ourselves and Harriet, who is to know anything of my conduct? Besides, as you know very well, Cousin Matty, I do not give a fig for anything anyone may say of me.’ ‘Yes, more’s the pity,’ responded Mrs Matilda Dotterell, the indigent relative who had resided at Pusay with her two children since her widowhood many years ago.MoreLess
This did not occur to the combatants, who were indeed engaged in debating the matter of appropriateness, but only concerning the performance of theatricals in the present circumstances.
‘It must be c...ounted quite irregular, Dora, with your poor papa barely cold in his grave,’ said the plaintiff with dismaying bluntness.
‘You would not wish your conduct to be thought shocking.’ ‘By whom?’ demanded the defendant, suppressing the sting stirred by the cruel choice of words, for Isadora would permit none to see her wounds. ‘Except for ourselves and Harriet, who is to know anything of my conduct? Besides, as you know very well, Cousin Matty, I do not give a fig for anything anyone may say of me.’ ‘Yes, more’s the pity,’ responded Mrs Matilda Dotterell, the indigent relative who had resided at Pusay with her two children since her widowhood many years ago.MoreLess
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