Charlotte M Yonge

Beechcroft at Rockstone Charlotte M Yonge

'A telegram! Make haste and open it, Jane; they always make me so nervous! I believe that is the reason Reginald always will telegraph when he is coming, ' said Miss Adeline Mohun, a very pretty, well preserved, though delicate-looking lady of some age about forty, as her elder sister, brisk and lively and some years older, came into the room. 'No, it is not Reggie. It is from Lily. Poor Lily! Jasper-accident-Come.' 'Poor dear Lily! Is it young Jasper or old Jasper, I wonder?' 'If it were young Jasper she would have put Japs. I am afraid it is her husband. If so, she will be going off to him. I must catch the 11.20 train. Will you come, Ada?' 'Oh no; I should be knocked up, and on your hands. The suspense is bad enough at home.' 'If it is old Jasper, we shall see in the paper to-day. I will send it down to you from the station. Supposing it is Sir Jasper, and she wants to go out to him, we must take in some of the children.