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Savarin was there of course, and brought with him an English gentleman of the name of Bevil, as well known at Paris as in London invited everywhere popular everywhere, one of those welcome contributors to the luxuries of civilised society who trade in gossip, sparing no pains to get the pick of it, and exchanging it liberally sometimes for a haunch of venison, sometimes for a cup of tea.
His gossip not being adulterated with malice was in high repute for genuine worth. If Bevil said, "This story is a fact," you no more thought of doubting him than you would doubt Rothschild if he said, "This is Lafitte of '48." Mr.
Graham's cheek, before ashen pale, flushed into dark red. "I understand you," he said quietly, "and will be at Boulogne to-morrow." "Graham Vane," replied Bevil, with much dignity, "you and I have known each other a great many years, and neither of us has cause to question the courage of the other; but I am much older than yourself permit me to take the melancholy advantage of seniority.
'By-the-bye, Blandford, you shirked last night. 'I promised to look in at the poor duke's before he went off, said Mr. Blandford. 'Oh! he has gone, has he? said Lord Castlefyshe. 'Does he take his cook with him? But here the servant ushered in Count Alcibiades de Mirabel, Charles Doricourt, and Mr. Bevil. 'Excellent Sharpe, how do you do? exclaimed the Count.
Don't you know the Princess? Still there are other kinds of proposals than those of marriage which a rich Russian prince may venture to make to a pretty novelist brought up for the stage." "Bevil!" cried Graham, grasping the man's arm fiercely, "how dare you?" "My dear boy," said Bevil, very much astonished, "I really did not know that your interest in the young lady was so great.
His gossip not being adulterated with malice was in high repute for genuine worth. If Bevil said, "This story is a fact," you no more thought of doubting him than you would doubt Rothschild if he said, "This is Lafitte of '48." Mr.
Grace Bevil, of whom Ruth had already made a great friend, waited with her at the house until the last boat-load of people had been ferried across. Then Frank called them, and after helping them into the canoe and telling them to sit quiet as 'possums, paddled it up the wild, beautiful river to the mill.
Eighty years after Sir Richard's time there arose there a huge Palladian pile, bedizened with every monstrosity of bad taste, which was built, so the story runs, by Charles the Second, for Sir Richard's great-grandson, the heir of that famous Sir Bevil who defeated the Parliamentary troops at Stratton, and died soon after, fighting valiantly at Lansdowne over Bath.
It was by talking of John Hampden that Harry first became acquainted with Gilbert Clayton, and now he wanted to hear more of him and the gentle Sir Bevil Granville, who had so bravely led on his pikemen at the battle of Lansdowne.
Graham winced; he was spelled by the music of a name, and followed his acquaintance into the crowded room, and, after returning many greetings and nods, withdrew into a remote corner, and motioned Bevil to a seat beside him. "So you met Savarin? Where, did you say?" "At the house of the new lady-author I hate the word authoress Mademoiselle Cicogna! Of course you have read her book?" "Yes."
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