You will
not take our Aurelia much into it, my dear boy," he added, turning
wistfully to Sir Amyas.
"I would not let a breath blow on her that could touch the bloom of
her charming frank innocence," cried the lad. "But think you she can
be in health? Lady Belle spoke of her being pale!"
"Look at my young lady herself!" said the Major, which made them all
laugh. They were full of hope. The Major and his daughter would go
themselves the next day, and a father's claim could not be refused
even though not enforced according to Lady Arabella's desire.
Their coach--for so Sir Amyas insisted on their going--was at the door
at the earliest possible moment that a school for young ladies could be
supposed to be astir; long before Mr. Belamour was up, for he retained
his old habits so much that it was only on great occasions the he rose
before noon; and while Eugene, under the care of Jumbo and Grey, was
going off in great felicity to see the morning parade in St. James's
Park.
One of the expedients of well-born Huguenot refugees had been tuition,
and Madame d'Elmar had made here boarding-school so popular and
fashionable that a second generation still maintained its fame, and
damsels of the highest rank were sent there to learn French, to play
the spinnet, to embroider, to dance, and to get into a carriage with
grace.
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