Octavia's Pride; or, The Missing Witness — page 132: what you’re looking at

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122 OCTAVIA'S PRIDE. Roland Falkner’s gallant speech when he came down to in- quire for the general’s health, and Octavia smiled proudly, and Felix and his wan face and heavy eyes were for the time forgotten. : CHAPTER XII. “(A FAITHFUL SERVANT!” Lord Ronald Falkner’s party did not proceed immediately upon their Scotland tour. Lady Mary was indisposed the day after Miss Wainwright called upon her, and, contrary to the expectations of her physician, she did not seem to improve any as the days slipped on. ‘The source of the dis- ease also baffled him. ‘here seemed no special ailment, but a general lassitude and debility. Perhaps his perplexity made his face look graver than he intended, but Lord Ronald, who was a devoted son, took alarm, and posted off a messenger to his uncle, her ladyship’s only brother, the Earl of Chichester, and to her sister, Lady Frances Morton. The noble earl arrived first, and, without any hint of the object of his visit, walked in upon the inyalid quietly, and his cool, calm tones aroused her from a melancholy reverie. ‘‘Well, Mary, my dear, this is very shabby behavior of you. How does it happen you are ill just when you should be well? That tour\ promised a world of enjoyment, and you are keeping the whole party waiting for you.” Lady Mary was sitting at the window, pillowed luxuri- ously in the easy-chair. The white cashmere wrapper, and the lace ruche at the fair throat and slender wrists, height- ened the extreme delicacy of her complexion, and while she had never looked more lovely, she had likewise never seemed more frail and feeble. The careless look dropped from the earl’s face, and - comicbooks com | fF at fio% ee Be hh’ aw Ls wht : FTL ET SR tg Bod «8 \ ot . - APL > y "* MEINE A bs ae Ps, 1 sai eee Vey