Some people, as they say in Ireland,
are born to good luck--and I think Arthur Barville is one of them.
'When you next write, I hope to hear that you are in better health
and spirits, and that you continue to like your employment.
Believe me, sincerely your friend,--A. L.'
Agnes had just closed and directed her letter, when the eldest
of her three pupils entered the room with the startling announcement
that Lord Montbarry's travelling-servant had arrived from Paris!
Alarmed by the idea that some misfortune had happened, she ran out
to meet the man in the hall. Her face told him how seriously he had
frightened her, before she could speak. 'There's nothing wrong, Miss,'
he hastened to say. 'My lord and my lady are enjoying themselves
at Paris. They only want you and the young ladies to be with them.'
Saying these amazing words, he handed to Agnes a letter from
Lady Montbarry.
'Dearest Agnes,' (she read), 'I am so charmed with the delightful
change in my life--it is six years, remember, since I last travelled
on the Continent--that I have exerted all my fascinations to persuade
Lord Montbarry to go on to Venice.
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