Tuesday, January 15, 2008

The British Are Coming

The British Are Coming
The Broken Pitcher
The Jewel Casket
The Kitchen Maid
"Pray say no more. I feel that all the apologies should be on my side. Let us forgive each other at once. We must do whatever is to be done quickest, and I think our feelings will lose no time there. I hope you have pleasant accounts from Windsor?"    "Very."    "And the next news, I suppose, will be, that we are to lose you-- just as I begin to know you."    "Oh! as to all that, of course nothing can be thought of yet. I am here till claimed by Colonel and Mrs. Campbell."  
oil painting
  "Nothing can be actually settled yet, perhaps," replied Emma, smiling--"but, excuse me, it must be thought of."    The smile was returned as Jane answered,    "You are very right; it has been thought of. And I will own to you, (I am sure it will be safe), that so far as our living with Mr. Churchill at Enscombe, it is settled. There must be three months, at least, of deep mourning; but when they are over, I imagine there will be nothing more to wait for."

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The British Are Coming