'
'Now I think of it,' said Anne, 'it was the most ridiculous part of
the affair, considering the blunder that Lizzie told me Mrs. Turner
made about St. Augustine. What could we have been dreaming of?'
'Midsummer madness,' said Sir Edward.
'But just tell me, Papa,' said Anne, 'do you not think Helen quite
the heroine of the story?'
'I think Helen very much improved in appearance and manners,' said
Sir Edward; 'and I am quite willing to believe all that I see you
have to tell me of her.'
'Do not wait to tell it now, Anne,' said Lady Merton, 'or Mrs.
Woodbourne will not think us improved in appearance or manners.
It is nearly six o'clock.'
'I will keep it all for the journey home,' said Anne, 'when Papa's
ears will be disengaged.'
'And his tongue too, to give you a lecture upon Radicalism, Miss,'
said Sir Edward, with a fierce gesture, which drove Anne away
laughing.
Elizabeth had finished dressing, a little too rapidly, and had gone
to find Mrs. Woodbourne. 'Well, Mamma,' said she, as soon as she
came into her room, 'Winifred has lived to say 'the dog is dead'.
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