a conversation which she had had with Mr. Bell, when he was last [Ссылки могут видеть только зарегистрированные пользователи. ] in London, which possessed Margaret with the idea that he had some notion of taking her to pay a visit to her brother and new sister-inlaw, at Cadiz, in the autumn. She questioned and cross-questioned Edith, till the latter was weary, and declared that there was [Ссылки могут видеть только зарегистрированные пользователи. ] nothing more to remember; all he had said was that he half-thought he should go, and hear for himself what Frederick had to say about the mutiny; and that it would be a good opportunity for Margaret to become acquainted with her new sister-inlaw; that he always went somewhere during the long vacation, and did not see why he should not go to Spain as well as anywhere else. That was all. Edith hoped Margaret did not want to leave them, that she was so anxious about all this. And then, having nothing else particular to do, she cried, and said that she knew she cared much more for Margaret than Margaret did for her. Margaret comforted her [Ссылки могут видеть только зарегистрированные пользователи. ] as well as she could, but she could hardly explain to her how this idea of Spain, mere Chateau en Espagne as it might be, charmed and delighted her. Edith was in the mood to think that any pleasure enjoyed away from her was a tacit affront, or at best a proof of indifference. So Margaret had to keep her pleasure to herself, and could only let it escape by the safety-valve of asking Dixon, when she dressed for dinner, if she would not like to see Master Frederick and his new wife very much indeed?
‘She’s a Papist, [Ссылки могут видеть только зарегистрированные пользователи. ] Miss, isn’t she?’
‘I believe — oh yes, certainly!’ said Margaret, a little damped for an instant at this recollection.
‘And they live in a Popish country?’
‘Yes.’
‘Then I’m afraid I must say, that my soul is dearer to me than [Ссылки могут видеть только зарегистрированные пользователи. ] even Master Frederick, his own dear self. I should be in a perpetual terror, Miss, lest I should be converted.’
‘Oh’ said Margaret, ‘I do not know that I am [Ссылки могут видеть только зарегистрированные пользователи. ] going; and if I go, I am not such a fine lady as to be unable to travel without you. [Ссылки могут видеть только зарегистрированные пользователи. ] No! dear old Dixon, you shall have a
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