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Gentlemen, I have the honour to present Mr. Peregrine Vereker! Nephew, in the floored Corinthian with the damaged ogle, you will remark Richard, Marquis of Jerningham; on my right, Viscount Devenham; on my left, Sir Peregrine Beverley; before you Major Dashwood, Mr. Wemyss and your affectionate uncle Jervas.
What damnable things dreams are, b'gad!" "My dear Sling," said the Viscount, "it is exactly a quarter past three." "Oh, is it, b'gad! Well?" "And at four o'clock I believe you have an appointment with Gaunt." "Gaunt!" repeated the Captain, starting, and Barnabas saw all the light and animation die out of his face, "Gaunt, yes, I b'gad! I 'd forgotten, Devenham."
In the middle was the Duchess of Devenham, erect, stately, and with a figure which was still irreproachable notwithstanding her white hair. On one side sat her daughter, Lady Grace Redford, tall, fair, and comely; on the other, Miss Penelope Morse. The two girls were amusing themselves, watching the people; their chaperon had her eye upon the clock.
The music was in his ears, but his eyes were half closed. The Duke's chef had served an Emperor with honor the billiard room at Devenham Castle was the most comfortable room upon earth. The three men who sat together upon a huge divan, the three men most powerful in directing the councils of their country, felt a gentle wave of optimism stealing through their quickened blood.
Prince Maiyo may take home with him many Western treasures, but I do not think that he will take home a wife." "If you say another word to me, aunt," Penelope exclaimed, "I shall shriek!" The Duchess, being a woman of tact, laughed the subject away and pretended not to notice Penelope's real distress. But when they had reached Devenham House, she went to the telephone and called up Somerfield.
"Risk it, Dick." But now, Mr. Smivvle, who from an adjoining corner had been an interested spectator thus far, emerged, and flourishing off the curly-brimmed hat, bowed profoundly, and addressed himself to the Viscount. "I believe," said he, smiling affably, "that I have the pleasure to behold Viscount Devenham?" "The same, sir," rejoined the Viscount, bowing stiffly.
"First, tell me how you learned my name?" "From the Viscount Viscount Devenham?" "Then, you know the Viscount?" "I do; we also know each other as rivals." "Rivals? For what?" "Yourself." "For me? Sir sir what did you tell him?" "My name is Barnabas. And I told him that I should probably marry you, some day." "You told him that?" "I did. I thought it but honorable, seeing he is my friend."
It was not possible for a man to bear himself thus who stood beneath the great shadow! So far from avoiding her, he came over to her side directly he had greeted his hostess. "This morning," he said, "I heard some good news. You are to be a fellow guest at Devenham." "I am afraid," she admitted, "that of my two aunts I impose most frequently upon the one where my claims are the slightest.
"But where are the others? Asleep still?" "Gone, Perry. At sight of this ham Jerny shied like a wild colt, Devenham moaned, and together they tottered forth into the bleak world. Did you say ham, Perry?" "I did not!" "Beef then beef looks excellent! Beef?" "Horrible!" I exclaimed, turning my back on the breakfast table. "Eat if you can, Tony, but talk you must and shall."
By the bye, that was rather an interesting address that she gave." "Devenham House," the hotel clerk remarked. "Do you know who lives there?" The inspector nodded. "The Duke of Devenham," he answered. "A very interesting young lady, I should think, that. I wonder what she and Mr. Hamilton Fynes would have talked about if they had lunched here today." The hotel clerk looked dubious.
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