Emma and Lucy were nice girls, but not equal
to Miss Weston. What a shock to Mrs. Weston!'
'Yes, she quite lost her health, and the doctors said she must move
into the country directly. Mrs. Carrington, who is some distant
connection, told them of this place, and they took it rather
hastily.'
'Do they like it?'
'Oh yes, very much!' said Emily. 'Mrs. Weston is very fond of the
garden, and drives about in the pony-carriage, and it is quite
pleasant to see how she admires the views.'
'And,' added Lily, 'Alethea walks with us, and sings with me, and
teaches at school, and knows all the poor people.'
'I must go and see those children to-morrow,' said William.
The evening passed very pleasantly; and perhaps, in truth, Captain
Mohun and his sisters were surprised to find each other so agreeable;
for, in the eyes of the young ladies, he was by far the most awful
person in the family.
When he had been last at home Harry's recent death had thrown a gloom
over the whole family, and he had especially missed him. Himself
quick, sensible, clever, and active, he was intolerant of opposite
qualities, and the principal effect of that visit to Beechcroft was
to make all the younger ones afraid of him, to discourage poor
Claude, and to give to himself a gloomy remembrance of that home
which had lost its principal charms in his mother and Harry.
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