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I should object to him myself if I had a daughter. I never liked him. 'Why? said Mrs. Doncastle, lifting her eyelids as if the act were a heavy task. 'For reasons which don't generally appear. 'Yes, said Mr. Doncastle, in a low tone. 'Still, we must not believe all we hear. 'Is Chickerel going? said Neigh. 'He leaves in five or ten minutes, said Doncastle.
'No, indeed; we would not. 'No, no; it is not that at all this is really too bad! you must listen just for a moment 'Ladywell, don't betray anybody on our account. 'Whoever the illustrious young lady may be she has seen a great deal of the world, said Mr. Doncastle blandly, 'and puts her experience of the comedy of its emotions, and of its method of showing them, in a very vivid light.
In the ripple of conversation Ethelberta's clear voice could occasionally be heard, and her young sister could see that her eyes were bright, and her face beaming, as if divers social wants and looming penuriousness had never been within her experience. Mr. Doncastle was quite absorbed in what she was saying. So was the queer old man whom Menlove had called Lord Mountclere.
'I would have burlesque quotation put down by Act of Parliament, and all who dabble in it placed with him who can cite Scripture for his purposes, said Ladywell, in retaliation. After a pause Neigh remarked half-privately to their host, who was his uncle: 'Your butler Chickerel is a very intelligent man, as I have heard. 'Yes, he does very well, said Mr. Doncastle.
Presently a man came out in a great-coat and with a small bag in his hand; Neigh at once recognizing the person as Chickerel, went up to him. 'Mr. Doncastle tells me you are going on a sudden journey. At what time does your train leave? Neigh asked. 'I go by the ten o'clock, sir: I hope it is a third-class, said Chickerel; 'though I am afraid it may not be.
Doncastle, who took the matter very coolly, as was his custom. 'Then she herself should have let it be known. 'Nor does that follow. You didn't tell Mrs. Petherwin that your grandfather narrowly escaped hanging for shooting his rival in a duel. 'Of course not. There was no reason why I should give extraneous information. 'Nor was there any reason why she should.
Doncastle, and Ethelberta, crept along the encumbered streets towards Barbican; till turning out of that thoroughfare into Redcross Street they beheld the bold shape of the old tower they sought, clothed in every neutral shade, standing clear against the sky, dusky and grim in its upper stage, and hoary grey below, where every corner of every stone was completely rounded off by the waves of wind and storm.
Altogether it is a precious problem. But shall we clamber out upon those shining blocks of rock, and find some of the little yellow shells that are in the crevices? I have ten minutes longer, and then I must go. A few weeks later there was a friendly dinner-party at the house of a gentleman called Doncastle, who lived in a moderately fashionable square of west London.
Doncastle in her dressing-room could not quite repress. One could almost forgive Menlove her arts when so modest a result brought such vast content. Mrs. Doncastle seemed inclined to make no remark during the dressing, and at last Menlove could repress herself no longer. 'I should like to name something to you, m'm. 'Yes. 'I shall be wishing to leave soon, if it is convenient.
'Did you speak? said Mrs. Doncastle, looking with astonishment at the butler. 'Chickerel, what's the matter are you ill? said Mr. Doncastle simultaneously. 'Was it you who said that? 'I did, sir, said Chickerel in a husky voice, scarcely above a whisper. 'I could not help it. 'Why? 'She is my daughter, and it shall be known at once! 'Who is your daughter?
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