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Kate Vernon: A Tale - Volume 3

Mrs. Alexander

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. . .ct her beautiful but wayward kinswoman aright.

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CHAPTER III.

OLD ACQUAINTANCE.

Lord Effingham's visits were constant and apparently welcome, for Kate soon began to observe a restlessness in her cousin, when the hour at which he usually made his appearance passed without his arrival. At first, Kate had taken her work or book to her own room or to the Palace Garden, when his name was announced, but Lady Desmond had soon cut off her retreat by observing—

"You must act chaperone for me, dear Kate, but if strangers are so repugnant to you, I will[58] tell Lord Effingham, and he shall not come here any more."

And Miss Vernon knew very well, whatever her inclination might be, what was expected. Yet there was much in their visitor's conversation that drew her out of herself, and interested her by force of contrast to her own views, although the indolence of depression rendered her averse to. . . Read More