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Mr Cheesacre's boat reached the pier at Yarmouth first, and gave up its load without accident. Very shortly afterwards Captain Bellfield's crew reached the same place in the same state of preservation. "There," said he, as he handed out Mrs Greenow. "I have brought you to no harm, at any rate as yet." "And, as I hope, will not do so hereafter." "May the heavens forbid it, Mrs Greenow!
It was thus that he took an occasion to express himself to Miss Fairstairs on that very evening. "Military rank is always recognised," Miss Fairstairs had replied, taking Mr Cheesacre's remarks as a direct slight upon herself. He had taken her down to dinner, and had then come to her complaining that he had been injured in being called upon to do so!
To expect anything gracious from you would be to expect pearls from swine. Go in." George went in, shrugging his shoulders as his eyes met his sister's. It was in this fashion that the reconciliation took place between Squire Vavasor and his heir. Mr Cheesacre's Hospitality
Therefore the Captain was allowed to find a resting-place in Mrs Greenow's drawing-room; but on the return of the young ladies from church, he was not there, and the widow was alone, "looking back," she said, "to things that were gone; that were gone. But come, dears, I am not going to make you melancholy." So they had tea, and Mr Cheesacre's cream was used with liberality.
It was Mr Cheesacre's picnic undoubtedly. Mr Cheesacre was to supply the boats, the wine, the cigars, the music, and the carpenter's work necessary for the turning of the old boat into a banqueting saloon. But Mrs Greenow had promised to provide the eatables, and enjoyed as much of the éclat as the master of the festival. She had known Mr Cheesacre now for ten days and was quite intimate with him.
"Sober as judges," said Bellfield, who had himself been looking after the remains of Mr Cheesacre's hampers, while that gentleman had been so much better engaged in the tent. "Because," continued Mrs Walker, "I know that they play all manner of tricks when they're in liquor. They'd think nothing of taking us out to sea, Mrs Greenow." "Oh, I do wish they would," said Ophelia.
An invitation for the ceremony at Matching had been sent from Mr Palliser to Mr Vavasor, and another from Lady Glencora to Kate, "whom I long to know," said her ladyship, "and with whom I should like to pick a crow, if I dared, as I'm sure she did all the mischief." Mr Cheesacre's Fate
This almost improper allusion had quite an effect on Mr Cheesacre's sensitive bosom. "Did you say a word to her yesterday? And if not, why have you said so many words before?" "Oh, Mrs Greenow; come!" "It is, oh, Mrs Greenow. But it is time that we should go back to them." They had been sitting all this time on a bank, under a hedge.
But he was happy; and all that feeling of animosity to Alice had vanished from his breast. Poor Alice! she, at any rate, was innocent. With so much of her own to fill her mind, she had been but little able to take her share in the Greenow festivities; and we may safely say, that if Mr Cheesacre's supremacy was on any occasion attacked, it was not attacked by her.
But she did not now press upon her niece the acceptance of Mr Cheesacre's hand as an absolute duty. Kate was mistress of a considerable fortune, and though such a marriage might be comfortable, it was no longer necessary.
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