Brenda's Ward: A Sequel to 'Amy in Acadia'Reed, Helen Leah
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Brenda's Ward: A Sequel to 'Amy in Acadia'
Reed, Helen Leah
Boston (Mass.) -- Juvenile fiction; Young women -- Juvenile fiction
"There," she cried. "It looks just like a city house, only more so, if
anything. Don't you think so, Miss Martine, and I do hope you'll have
some callers right away. Why, I almost feel as if I was back at the
Belhaven when I look from this Cashmere rug to that Arts and Crafts
silver bowl on the mantle-piece. No one can say that we haven't shown
perfect taste, can they, Miss Martine?"
"I am glad we brought all these things," replied Martine, "mother
thought I was packing too much, but if we are to be here three or four
months, we must make it seem as homelike as possible."
"It certainly is homelike," continued Angelina, "especially that picture
of Miss Brenda. Mrs. Weston, I mean; when I first saw her I always
thought she was stylish, and that was years ago. Of course I hadn't been
acquainted with many Back Bay ladies then, excepting one that taught in
our Sunday School. But still, after all I've known I just think Mrs.
Weston's at the very head of them. You are something like her, too, Miss
Martine, in fact I should say you're almost as stylish, and to-day when
I rode down to the village I saw a lot of young ladies that are just
your kind, in white muslins and high-heeled shoes, and I hope they'll
call on you soon. As far as I could make out from something I heard some
one on the seat behind me say, they were going to a tea, and it's likely
to be a gay summer. I'm glad of this for your sake, Miss Martine, for
you've been too quiet lately for one of your age."
Martine was not altogether pleased with Angelina's familiarity, though
for the moment it seemed hardly worth while to rebuke her.
Consequently Angelina, unreproved, continued her monologue:
"I noticed a good many people in bathing when I passed the beach, but
when I went up I found they were chiefly nurse-maids, employees of the
cottagers. There were a lot of pleasant-looking nurses and children
playing in the sand, and one that I spoke to, a nurse, I mean, was very
accommodating, and told me lots about the cottagers. They bathe at noon
every day, and it's a great sight. I presume when I do go in, I'll have
to go in with the employees, for I suppose I'll be classed with the
nurses and children that generally bathe in the afternoon."
"You'll be classed with the children, if you babble on in this way,
Angelina. But as to the bathing, you must ask mother."
"Well, I wish you had been going to that tea, Miss Martine; the young
ladies looked just your style. I asked the nurse about it, and she said
it was given by Miss Peggy Pratt of Philadelphia."
These last words of Angelina's made more impression than all the others.
"Peggy Pratt." Martine felt on further reflection particularly
aggrieved.
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