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Then he remembered that Dartrey Fenellan was actually a lucky fellow; and he would have mentioned the circumstance confided to him by Simeon, but for a downright dread of renewing his painful fit of envy. He had also another, more distant, very faint idea, that it had better not be mentioned just yet, for a reason entirely undefined. He consulted his watch.
Such a wine, in its capturing permeation of us, insists on being for a time a theme. 'I wonder! said Mr. Radnor, completely restored, eyeing his half-emptied second glass and his boon-fellow. 'Low! Mr. Fenellan shook his head. 'Half a dozen dozen left? 'Nearer the half of that. And who's the culprit? 'Old days! They won't let me have another dozen out of the house now.
I should not exactly say revengeful. We have to discriminate. I gather, that her animus is, in all honesty, directed at the I quote state of sin. We are mixed, you know. The Winegod in the blood of Fenellan gave a leap. 'But, fifty thousand times more mixed, she might any moment stop the state of sin, as she calls it, if it pleased her. 'She might try.
'How could I! 'You're not wanting in courage, Nesta. 'Hardly for that! 'By-and-by, then. 'Though I could not say Mr. Fenellan. 'You see; Dartrey, it must be. 'If I could! 'But the fellow is not a captain: and he is a friend, an old friend, very old friend: he'll be tipped with grey in a year or two. 'I might be bolder then. 'Imagine it now.
The greatness of his enterprise laid such hold of him that the smallest of obstacles had a villanous aspect; and when, as anticipated, Colney and Fenellan were sultry flies for whomsoever they could fret, he was blind to the reading of absurdities which caused Fredi's eyes to stream and Lady Grace beside him to stand awhile and laugh out her fit.
'How could I! 'You're not wanting in courage, Nesta. 'Hardly for that! 'By-and-by, then. 'Though I could not say Mr. Fenellan. 'You see; Dartrey, it must be. 'If I could! 'But the fellow is not a captain: and he is a friend, an old friend, very old friend: he'll be tipped with grey in a year or two. 'I might be bolder then. 'Imagine it now.
'Dear fellow, don't be suggesting ballads; we'll go now, said Fenellan. 'It 's true it's like sitting on the banks of the Stygian waters. He spied at an obsequious watch, that told him it was time to quit the office. 'You've done nothing? Victor asked in a tone of no expectation. 'Only to hear that her latest medical man is Themison. 'Where did you hear?
'Waft her gently, Victor! 'Tush! Now for the South side of the Bridges; and I tell you, Simeon, what I can't mention to-night: I mean to enliven these poor dear people on their forsaken South of the City. I 've my scheme. Elected or not, I shall hardly be accused of bribery when I put down my first instalment. Fenellan went to work with that remark in his brain for the speech he was to deliver.
Mr. Beaves Urmsing puffed with wrath at the fellow. Five minutes later, in the midst of the group surrounding and felicitating Victor, he had sight of Fenellan conversing with fair ones, and it struck a light in him; he went three steps backward, with shouts. 'Dam funny fellow! eh? who is he? I must have that man at my table. Worth fifty Colonel Jackasses!
Her only regret was on account of the exclusion of Colney Durance from the party, because of happy memories associating him with the Seine-land, and also that his bilious criticism of his countrymen was moderated by a trip to the Continent. Fenellan reported Colney to be 'busy in the act of distilling one of his Prussic acid essays. Fenellan would have jumped to go.
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