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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1864 Excerpt: ...to a gay watering-place will be a treat to the girl after her life here, and I will pay her travelling expenses from Weymouth to Bath.' Mrs. Tudor was not unfrequently amiable when it involved no difficulty of any kind to herself to be so. After all, she wanted the girl more in her seaside lodgings than at Math. She could go to market instead of Wilson; she could carry her air-cushion to the beach; she could play piquet of an evening. The two first offices Mistress Wilson--Aunt Tudorb own maid--performed with exceeding sulkiness (and all demonstrations of nerves on i the part of Wilson made Mrs. Tudor miserable; where should she find such an. inestimable, faithful creature, one so versed in wigs and dyes and paint and scandals, at only twenty-five pounds a year again?): for cards--and cards in some shape, even without playing for money, were a necessary aliment to Aunt Tudor's life--she was reduced to the doctor's wife when, with professional kindness, that lady would come and sit with her an hour or two of an evening. Yes, Esther would be a decided relief. Mrs. Tudor wrote back quite an affectionate response to her niece's appeal; and Joan, without any note of warning or preparation, announced to Esther at once that she should pack up her things and start. It was a moment of triumphant glory to Miss Engleheart when she broke out with the sudden news to David. He was sitting in his little sanctum in tho sinking autumn evening with Esther; the futile pretext of tying flies to occupy his hands, but his eyes--those great foolish eyes of his, as Joan would call them, under the evil influence that possessed her! those foolish, and not at all handsome eyes of his, fixed with their accustomed mute adoration upon his companion's face. Esther had not, as you know, o...