Bowater; "they are sulking already, because they
say the ladies have been stirring him up to put them to expense
about the drains."
"Wil'sbro' isn't sweet," said Herbert.
"There's been nothing amiss in my time," returned his father.
"Perfectly healthy in all reason! Ay! you may laugh, young folks,
but I never heard of any receipt to hinder people from dying; and
let well alone is a safe maxim."
"If it be well," said Rosamond. "However, Raymond says whatever is
done must be by general consent, and that small private attempts do
more harm than good."
"He had better take care what he says. If they fancy he is in
league with that ridiculous Duncombe woman against their pockets,
Moy is on the watch to take advantage of it; and all the old family
interest will not save his seat."
When Rosamond reached home she found Anne beside her mother-in-law,
provided with a quire of note-paper and pile of envelopes. "My
dear, I want your help," she said. "Till my accident I always had a
children's party at Christmas; and now I have so many young people
to manage it for me, I think we might try again, and combine it with
Cecil's ladies' party, on Wednesday.
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