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heart felt quite light as I shook hands with her. Yes. Decidedly
John was right CHAPTER III. THE very next day I paid my visit to
the Olivers. It was not without some anxiety that I did so, for
many long years had passed since I had seen Annie, and the chances
and changes of life are saddening things enough. A waiter (who
would have been all the better for a careful toilette, to say
nothing of soap and water, capital things in their way) showed me
upstairs, and ushered me into a sitting-room, which was at once
gaudy and uncomfortably bare. There was not even a view of the
beautiful sea from the windows, to redeem the red and yellow of the
wallpaper, and the violet crimson of the hangings. But, to be sure,
there were two ornaments that made one forget the ugly look of
things. Two fresh young faces?one, a beautiful one?lent their own
charm to the surroundings. Certainly Rose Oliver was very pretty,
and Jasper, though by no means handsome, was sufficiently comely, a
well-set-up, manly lad. Basil was not there. " I am Miss Leslie," I
said. "Basil told us all about you," said Miss Rose; "do sit down,
please. Jasper, give Miss Leslie a chair." I sat myself down and
looked at her. And I thought that her dress seemed just a little
bit better, a little fresher, than her sister's. Jasper held his
tongue after the fashion of lads of his age, and balanced his own
chair on two legs. " I hope your mother is better," I said. " She
is always pretty much the same, poor mamma," said the pretty child;
she looked even younger than her age; " she is asleep. We are
always so glad when she sleeps. The general is with her now." "The
general " I repeated, mystified. " Our general," said Rose with
very wide open eyes (and, dear me how very blue they were...
General
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