[Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollope]@TWC D-Link bookDoctor Thorne CHAPTER IV 21/36
Mary well knew her way to the sanctum, and, without asking any questions, walked up to it when her uncle went to the squire.
On entering the room she found that Augusta and the Lady Alexandrina were also there, and she hesitated for a moment at the door. "Come in, Mary," said Beatrice, "you know my cousin Alexandrina." Mary came in, and having shaken hands with her two friends, was bowing to the lady, when the lady condescended, put out her noble hand, and touched Miss Thorne's fingers. Beatrice was Mary's friend, and many heart-burnings and much mental solicitude did that young lady give to her mother by indulging in such a friendship.
But Beatrice, with some faults, was true at heart, and she persisted in loving Mary Thorne in spite of the hints which her mother so frequently gave as to the impropriety of such an affection. Nor had Augusta any objection to the society of Miss Thorne.
Augusta was a strong-minded girl, with much of the de Courcy arrogance, but quite as well inclined to show it in opposition to her mother as in any other form.
To her alone in the house did Lady Arabella show much deference.
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