My Lady Frivol

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 Excerpt: ...high-bred face. She was not exactly pretty, but her graceful figure and air of distinction, as well as a certain natural simplicity, were wonderfully attractive; and Eden certainly would not have endorsed Mrs. Ferard's petulant remark, "that she looked like a school-girl beside Bonnie." On the contrary, Bonnie resembled a flaunting little poppy beside a tall white lily. Lady Amabel was so white, and fair, and dainty. Bonnie was at that moment skimming across the room like a blue-bird, touching up flower-vases, and re-arranging chairs. She had evidently no wish for a tete-cL-tite with Mrs. Ferard, so she opened the piano and began playing a valse. Lady Amabel broke off the conversation to listen for a moment, and then she said: "Is it not a pity, Miss Lloyd, and Joslyn says she is really such a nice girl--it is such bad form for a girl of her age to wear all that jewellery; and yet how pretty she looks. It is her colouring and bright eyes that are so striking, for her features are not really pretty." "No, but she is wonderfully attractive," returned Eden. "Lady Amabel, I do so wish you and Bonnie were friends. She does so need friends to tell her things, and I am afraid she only quarrels with Mrs. Ferard when she speaks her mind." "My dear Miss Lloyd, she would take nothing from me. Bonnie refuses to make friends with me; you see she has hardly spoken to me this evening. Well, that is because Joslyn offended her last night; he said that he could not ride with her to-morrow because he had promised to go with me to Elsenham, and that upset her. You see Bonnie has been used to such a monopoly of Joslyn's attentions that she looks upon him as her own property." "Oh, I see--naughty child--that is why she will...