"There she is," and she pointed at the runaway Effie with her parasol.
"Mon Dieu!" said the woman again. "Vous voila enfin, et moi, qui suis
accablee de peur, et votre chere mere aussi; oh, mais que c'est mechant;
et regardez donc, avec un soulier seulement. Mais c'est affreux!"
"Hold your tongue," said Geoffrey sharply, "and leave Miss Effie alone.
She came to see me."
Anne ejaculated, "Mon Dieu!" once more and collapsed.
"Really, Geoffrey," said his wife, "the way you spoil that child is
something shocking. She is wilful as can be, and you make her worse. It
is very naughty of her to run away like that and give us such a hunt.
How are we to get her home, I wonder, with only one shoe."
Her husband bit his lip, and his forehead contracted itself above the
dark eyes. It was not the first time that he and Lady Honoria had come
to words about the child, with whom his wife was not in sympathy. Indeed
she had never forgiven Effie for appearing in this world at all. Lady
Honoria did not belong to that class of women who think maternity is a
joy.
"Anne," he said, "take Miss Effie and carry her till you can find a
donkey.
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