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'But I tell you, Sibyl, they are with their own nurse, and Graham will be far more likely to put them all at ease than I should. They will hear that "Miss 'Unter, is the missis, and lets every one know she is. Miss 'Ester keeps the maids on their legs all day long because she won't use hers. Miss H'Amabel does the sporting gent, and is never indoors except to meals; while Miss Sibyl  well, there, she is not much 'count in the fam'ly, for she can't say bo to a goose, and doesn't mind how people put on her!"' BUT I TELL YOU SYBIL THEY ARE WITH THEIR OWN NURSE AND GRAHAM WILL BE FAR MORE LIKELY TO PUT THEM ALL AT EASE THAN I SHOULD THEY WILL HEAR THAT MISS HUNTER IS THE MISSES AND LET EVERY ONE KNOW SHE IS MISS ESTHER KEEPS THE MAIDS ON THEIR LEGS ALL DAY LONG BECAUSE SHE WON'T USE HERS MISS HAMMERBEL DOES THE SPORTING GENT AND IS NEVER INDOORS EXCEPT TO MEALS WHILE MISS SYBYL WELL THERE SHE IS NOT MUCH COUNT TO THE FAMILY FOR SHE CAN'T SAY BOTH TO A GOOSE AND DOESN'T MIND HOW PEOPLE PUT ON HER
nce [Illustration: (_See page 23._)] [Illustration: Rise up, for, lo, the winter is past.] London The Religious Tract Society 56 Paternoster Row & 65 St Pauls Churchyard [Illustration] CHAPTER I The Ugly Flower Pots [Illustration: I] It was five o'clock in the afternoon. Miss Hunter, a tall, dignified-looking woman, was presiding at the afternoon tea-table in the drawing-room of Chatts Chase. Miss Amabel Hunter stood at the window in a rather muddy riding-habit, and she was speaking in her sharp, short tones to her twin sister Hester, who lay back in the depths of a large armchair, a novel open in her lap. Sitting by the cheery wood fire was the youngest of the sisters, a frail and delicate invalid. She was turning her face anxiously towards the speaker, and now put in her word very gently. 'We only thought, Amabel, that it would have comforted the poor children if you had returned with them in the brougham. An aunt would naturally have been more acceptable to them than a strange maid. LOSSOMS THIS IS A LIBER OF OX RECORDING ALL LIBRAVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERVOX DOTTOR RECORDING BY EMILY ISABELLA BULBS AND BLOSSOMS BY AMY LE FURVE CHAPTER ONE THE UGLY FLOWER POTS IT WAS FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON MISS HUNTER A TALL DIGNIFIED LOOKING WOMAN WAS PRESIDING AT THE AFTERNOON TEA TABLE IN THE DRAWING ROOM OF CHAT'S CHAISE MISS AMABEL HUNTER STOOD AT THE WINDOW IN A RATHER MUDDY RIDING HABIT AND SHE WAS SPEAKING IN HER SHARP SHORT TONES TO HER TWIN SISTER HESTER WHO LAY BACK IN THE DEPTHS OF A LARGE ARM CHAIR A NOVEL OPEN IN HER LAP SITTING BY THE CHEERY WOOD FIRE WAS THE YOUNGEST OF THE SISTERS A FRAIL AND DELICATE INVALID SHE WAS TURNING HER FACE ANXIOUSLY TOWARDS THE SPEAKER AND NOW PUT IN HER WORD VERY GENTLY WE ONLY THOUGHT AMABEL THAT IT WOULD HAVE COMFORTED THE POOR CHILDREN IF YOU HAD RETURNED WITH THEM IN THE BROUGHAM AN AUNT WOULD NATURALLY HAVE BEEN MORE ACCEPTABLE TO THEM THAN A STRANGE MAID
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