Lady Branksmere (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER IV. Oh I thou hast set my busy brain at work And now she musters up a train of images, Which, to preserve my peace I,d cast aside And sink in deep oblivion. Theke is a silence that lasts for quite a minute: then, ' I love you,, says Margery simply, a little tremor in her voice. ' That,s all right. Quite right. That is just as it should be,, sweetly. ' And now we are real sisters, without any law about it., ' And we?we thought we should have to leave the Manor,, begins Margery, a little guiltily, full confession on the tip of her tongue, but Mrs. Billy will not listen. ' Eubbish,, she cries gaily ; ' as if this dear old shed isn,t big enough to hold a garrison! Why, if we do come to loggerheads or a pitched battle, there,s plenty of room here in which to fight it out; that,s one comfort. Why so serious, Meg ?, ' I was thinking May,s thoughts. How well it is for us that you married Billy !, Her eyes are full of tears. ' And doubly well for me. By-the-by, there is one of you I seem to hear very little about?Lady Branksmere?Muriel., Margery getting up from the crazy old seat goes somewhat abruptly to the window. ' We don,t as a rule talk much of each other,, she saya after a slight pause. ' Well, do you know, I think you do, a considerable lot at times,, returns Mrs. Billy, with quaint candour. ' But of her ?never! I knew her marriage was a surprise to you all, because Billy was so taken aback by it (we heard of it when on our tour). But why ? That is what I want to know. Tell me about it., ' About it ? , Miss Daryl colours faintly, hesitates, and looks confused. ' About what ? , 'Look here,, says Mrs. Billy good-naturedly, 'if it is anything that requires you to think before answering, of what will sound well, don,t mind it at all. I would...