Sanxon Orchil.
Besides, deep in her complacent little New York soul she had the
faintest germ of contempt for the Cordova ancestors of the house of
Orchil.
But the young and silly pair had now relieved her as well as Mrs. Orchil
of any further trouble concerning themselves, the American duchess, the
campaign, and the Horse Guards: they had married each other rather
shamelessly one evening while supposed to be dancing at the Sandon
Craigs', and had departed expensively for Palm Beach, whither Austin,
grim, reticent, but inwardly immensely contented, despatched the
accumulated exclamatory letters of the family with an intimation of his
own that two weeks was long enough to cut business even with a honeymoon
as excuse.
Meanwhile the disorganisation in the nursery was tremendous; the
children, vaguely aware of the household demoralisation and excitement,
took the opportunity to break loose on every occasion; and Kit-Ki, to
her infinite boredom and disgust, was hunted from garret to cellar; and
Drina, taking advantage, contrived to over-eat herself and sit up late,
and was put to bed sick; and Eileen, loyal, but sorrowfully amazed at
her brother's exclusion of her in such a crisis, became slowly
overwhelmed with the realisation of her loneliness, and took to the
seclusion of her own room, feeling tearful and abandoned, and very much
like a very little girl whose heart was becoming far too full of all
sorts of sorrows.
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