Mildred's Mistake

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAP. IV.?UNREAL REALITY. ) GUIS EOBAETS, as we have seen, was not by any means an irreproachable person; he had many little weaknesses, but perhaps the most noticeable of them was that lack of good temper which distorts so many characters. He, perhaps, had more excuses for his tiresome moods than many of...
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAP. IV.?UNREAL REALITY. ) GUIS EOBAETS, as we have seen, was not by any means an irreproachable person; he had many little weaknesses, but perhaps the most noticeable of them was that lack of good temper which distorts so many characters. He, perhaps, had more excuses for his tiresome moods than many of us; still it was sometimes awkward for his friends to behold the extent to which he let his angry passions rise. Oh, Milly dearest, darling Milly exclaimed Prissie Eobarts, running to meet her cousin at the garden gate?I am so glad to see you; and if anybody can coax Louis out of his crossness, it is sure to be you. Is anything the matter with Louis ? asked Milly, anxiously. Not much, I hope; but mamma asked Sir Arthur Marston to lunch, and then brought him in to see Louis; and you know Louis never fancied him, and was so cross Oh, dear me exclaimed Milly, in great consternation; and Sir Arthur would be so polite, and that always makes Louis worse. Prissie shook her red locks sadly. Everything makes him worse when he's bad, she said. But you; do come into the study now and see what you can do. They found Louis lying on his sofa by the window, as usual, and Mrs. Eobarts standing near the table showing photographs to Sir Arthur Marston. She was evidently in one of her most silken moods, contrasting strangely with Louis's rough state of mind. Dearest child, was her greeting to Milly as the girls came in, how pleased I am to see you this afternoon My dear boy is a little out of spirits, but you will cheer him up. Milly glanced apprehensively at Louis, who looked very ill-tempered indeed, with his dark hair falling over his forehead in what she knew was a most unpromising fashion. When Louis meant to be good he always tosse...