Complete 5/14 Since then, though I never spent another Christmas at Kirby Hall, I have frequently spent a day there, doing my best to cheer up Anne. She was no longer talkative, poor dear. Wrapped up in her child, who has now grown into a beautiful girl of eighteen--such eyes, her father's--the real dark blue--rare; sweet creature, but delicate; not, I hope, consumptive, but delicate; quiet, wants life. Jane has life enough for two." "Is Miss Ashleigh the heiress to Kirby Hall ?" asked Mrs.Bruce, who had an unmarried son. |