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Cousin Bridget.
For some time neither spoke , and only Peggy ' s sobs disturbed the silence , at length she said , " I know , I know he meant to marry me , and 1 should a' been a foine lady , that I should , if Madam Mac Tavish hadn't" " Hush , hush , Peggy ! by what I understand you owe a debt of gratitude to Cousin Bridget which you can never
repay ; you will find that out in time , not noio ; I do not expect you to be grateful now ; not to night , or perhaps to morrow ; but in time , Peggy , in time . I suppose Cousin Bridget discovered you on the point of leaving your poor mother for a stranger whom you have not known six weeks , and whom , to the best of my belief , was making as many
fine speeches to you as he made to poor Lucy Corbett , when she was well enough to listen to him . Oh ! Peggy , dear , you have had a narrow escape , and must thank God for it , and learn to be grateful to Cousin Bridget . When you have done crying you must tell me all about it . I am going to put away Cousin Bridget ' s things , and by that time you will have recovered yourself . " When she returned Peggy was standing by the window ,
gazing wistfully out , but she had ceased crying . " Now , Peggy , tell me this little history , and when we have been thankful and grateful for the act of mercy shown you to-day , we shall in time smile about it , and think how strange it was—shall we not?—come , now , how was it ?" " Why , I promised I would go to London along wi' him , there
and he promised he'd marry I as soon as ever we got , and make a foine lady o' me , to roide in a carriage and wear a silk gown , loike the squire ' s lady , and I wore to meet him in Fernley-lane to day , and say nothing to mother against it should be a surprise to she , and while we was just talking Janey came screaming and clinging to Ishe be so stupid
, , that girl , and then so soon as she were gone came Madam Mac Tavish , and went on so , and Air . Ellesmere went off in a passion loike , and I shall never see him any more and never be a foine lady , " and again the tears burst forth . In the gentlest accents did Minna comfort the weak and
simple girl , and show her how wrong and foolish she had been , till old Betty announced the tea . They then went down stairs ; Cousin Bridget was seated exactly where they left her , ancl still with that cold , stern expression on her face .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Cousin Bridget.
For some time neither spoke , and only Peggy ' s sobs disturbed the silence , at length she said , " I know , I know he meant to marry me , and 1 should a' been a foine lady , that I should , if Madam Mac Tavish hadn't" " Hush , hush , Peggy ! by what I understand you owe a debt of gratitude to Cousin Bridget which you can never
repay ; you will find that out in time , not noio ; I do not expect you to be grateful now ; not to night , or perhaps to morrow ; but in time , Peggy , in time . I suppose Cousin Bridget discovered you on the point of leaving your poor mother for a stranger whom you have not known six weeks , and whom , to the best of my belief , was making as many
fine speeches to you as he made to poor Lucy Corbett , when she was well enough to listen to him . Oh ! Peggy , dear , you have had a narrow escape , and must thank God for it , and learn to be grateful to Cousin Bridget . When you have done crying you must tell me all about it . I am going to put away Cousin Bridget ' s things , and by that time you will have recovered yourself . " When she returned Peggy was standing by the window ,
gazing wistfully out , but she had ceased crying . " Now , Peggy , tell me this little history , and when we have been thankful and grateful for the act of mercy shown you to-day , we shall in time smile about it , and think how strange it was—shall we not?—come , now , how was it ?" " Why , I promised I would go to London along wi' him , there
and he promised he'd marry I as soon as ever we got , and make a foine lady o' me , to roide in a carriage and wear a silk gown , loike the squire ' s lady , and I wore to meet him in Fernley-lane to day , and say nothing to mother against it should be a surprise to she , and while we was just talking Janey came screaming and clinging to Ishe be so stupid
, , that girl , and then so soon as she were gone came Madam Mac Tavish , and went on so , and Air . Ellesmere went off in a passion loike , and I shall never see him any more and never be a foine lady , " and again the tears burst forth . In the gentlest accents did Minna comfort the weak and
simple girl , and show her how wrong and foolish she had been , till old Betty announced the tea . They then went down stairs ; Cousin Bridget was seated exactly where they left her , ancl still with that cold , stern expression on her face .