Mr. Woodbourne listened to all this discourse very quietly, without
attempting any remark, but as soon as the Hazlebys had gone up-stairs
to put on their bonnets, he said, 'Well, I wish Miss Harriet joy of
her conscience.'
'I wish Barbara had been more gentle with those girls,' replied Mrs.
Woodbourne, with a sigh. And this was all that passed between the
elders on the subject of the behaviour of Miss Harriet Hazleby.
Mr. Woodbourne and Rupert accompanied Mrs. Hazleby and her daughters
to the railroad station, Rupert shewing himself remarkably polite to
Mrs. Hazleby's pet baskets, and saving Lucy from carrying the largest
and heaviest of them, which generally fell to her share.
CHAPTER XIV.
'Well,' said Elizabeth, drawing a long breath, as she went out to
walk with Anne and Helen, 'there is the even-handed justice of this
world. Of the four delinquents of last Friday, there goes one with
flying colours, in all the glory of a successful deceit; you, Anne,
who, to say the best of you, acted like a very great goose, are
considered as wise as ever; I, who led you all into the scrape with
my eyes wilfully blinded, am only pitied and comforted; poor Kitty,
who had less idea of what she was doing than any of us, has had more
crying and scolding than anybody else; and Lucy, who behaved so well
--oh! I cannot bear to think of her.
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