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He dreaded her even guessing any allusion to it, or fancying he had brought the proffered price in his hand; and when he began with, 'Can you bear to hear of the most shocking scene I ever witnessed? he gave no hint of his true motive in residing at Paris, of the clue that Bilson's draft had given him in thither pursuing Axworthy, nor of his severe struggle in relinquishing the quest.
'You must know it, Sam, said Leonard. 'Don't you remember his putting in the cheque old Bilson's cheque for his year's rent twenty-five pounds? I brought it in, and he put it away one day last week. You were sitting there. Sam stammered something of 'Yes, he did recollect something of it. Inquiries were made of the other persons concerned with Mr. Axworthy.
They were further handicapped, in respect of any demonstration, by the fact of Theresa Bilson's presence in their midst. Owing to the general combustion, Miss Felicia and the Peace Angel's joint mission had gone by the wall. Theresa was still an exile from The Hard, and doomed to remain so as the event proved.
Sam used to get all he chose out of the poor old man; and I believe he thought this the only chance of keeping anything for himself, but he never told me so. Stay! Bilson's cheque might be tracked. I took it myself, and gave the receipt; you will find it entered in the books paid on either the twenty-third or fourth. 'Then there's something to do, at any rate, cried Henry, invigorated.
The weak, it may be added, are not only far more addicted to such inflictings than the strong, but far more resourceful in their execution. Theresa Bilson's conduct may furnish a pertinent example. From the moment of emerging from her bed-chamber, next morning, she adopted an attitude which she maintained until she regained the chaste seclusion of that apartment at night.
Arundel was very much under Bilson's influence, and Bilson had a private reason for his conduct, which will presently appear. So the examination was adjourned until February, and Margery, released for the moment from the struggle with her enemies, was left to combat the fever which had seized her.
"Why, this woman and her marriage," he said; "you must have known something of it all the time, and perhaps helped it along to save Chris." "You are mistaken," returned Miss Trotter truthfully. "I knew nothing of Mr. Bilson's intentions." "Then I have wronged you still more," he said briskly, "for I thought at first that you were inclined to help Chris in his foolishness.
Bilson's presumed gallantries, however, seemed inconsistent, in Miss Trotter's knowledge of the world, with a serious engagement with young Calton. She was neither shocked nor horrified by it, and for that reason she had not thought it necessary to speak of it to the elder Mr. Calton.
Before passing on to more dignified matters, that period of nine days demands to be noted during which the inhabitants of Deadham, all very much agog, celebrated the wonder of Miss Bilson's indisputable disappearance and Damaris Verity's reported adventure. Concerning the former, Dr. Horniblow, good man, took himself seriously to task, deploring his past action and debating his present duty.
You must keep your eye on the Vintry Mill, and fire off a letter to me if the fellow shows any disposition to bolt. 'If I can possibly find out 'Keep your eyes open; and then Hazlitt has promised to let me know if that cheque of Bilson's is cashed. If I am away, telegraph, and meantime set my father on the scent. It may not hang that dog himself, but it may save Leonard.
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