Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 edition. Excerpt: ... 241 CHAPTER XXII THE LEGATEES Each day Jasper came to inquire of his sisters if they had news from Wattleborough or from Marian Yule. He exhibited no impatience, spoke of the matter in a disinterested tone; still, he came daily. One afternoon he found Dora working alone. Maud, he was told, had gone to lunch at Mrs. Lane's. 'So soon again P She's getting very thick with those people. And why don't they ask you?' 'Maud has told them that I don't care to go out.' 'It's all very well, but she mustn't neglect her work. Did she write anything last night or this morning?' Dora bit the end of her pen, and shook her 'The invitation came about five o'clock, and it seemed to unsettle her.' 'Precisely. That's what I'm afraid of. She isn't the kind of girl to stick at work if people begin to send her invitations. But I tell you what it is, you must talk seriously to her; she has to get her living, you know. Mrs. Lane and her set are not likely to be much use, that's the worst of it; they'll merely waste her time, and make her discontented.' His sister executed an elaborate bit of crosshatching on some waste paper. Her lips were drawn together, and her brows wrinkled. At length she broke the silence by saying: * Marian hasn't been yet.' Jasper seemed to pay no attention; she looked up at him, and saw that he was in thought. 'Did you go to those people last night?' she inquired. 'Yes. By-the-by, Miss Eupert was there.' He spoke as if the name would be familiar to his hearer, but Dora seemed at a loss. 'Who is Miss Eupert?' 'Didn't I tell you about her? I thought I did. Oh, I met her first of all at Barlow's, just after we got back from the seaside. Bather an interesting girl. She's a daughter of Manton Rupert, the advertising agent. I want to get...