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Say that if it so please them, these old ruins are my property, and are not to be jobbed out to the insolence of public curiosity. Go, sir." "But I beg pardon, your honour if they be great folks?" "Great folks! great! Ay, there it is. Why, if they be great folks, they have great houses of their own, Mr. Justis." The steward stared. "Perhaps, your honour," he put in, deprecatingly, "they be Mr.
Maltravers moved with a sigh, and his eyes rested on the form of the steward with his hand on the door. "Shall I give your honour's message?" said Mr. Justis, gravely. "No; take care for the future; leave me now." Mr. Justis made one leg, and then, well pleased, took to both. "Well," thought he, as he departed, "how foreign parts do spoil a gentleman! so mild as he was once!
Justis lifted his eyes and hands to heaven; but there was something in his master's voice and look which checked reply, and he turned slowly to the door when a voice of such heavenly sweetness was heard without that it arrested his own step and made the stern Maltravers start in his seat. He held up his hand to the steward to delay his errand, and listened, charmed and spell-bound.
Maltravers moved with a sigh, and his eyes rested on the form of the steward with his hand on the door. "Shall I give your honour's message?" said Mr. Justis, gravely. "No; take care for the future; leave me now." Mr. Justis made one leg, and then, well pleased, took to both. "Well," thought he, as he departed, "how foreign parts do spoil a gentleman! so mild as he was once!
Say that if it so please them, these old ruins are my property, and are not to be jobbed out to the insolence of public curiosity. Go, sir." "But I beg pardon, your honour if they be great folks?" "Great folks! great! Ay, there it is. Why, if they be great folks, they have great houses of their own, Mr. Justis." The steward stared. "Perhaps, your honour," he put in, deprecatingly, "they be Mr.
Justis, your own account-books show it; and if I send them to a lawyer, you would have to refund a sum that I could apply very advantageously to the rectification of your blunders." "I hope, sir," said the steward, conscience-stricken and appalled, "I hope you will not ruin me; indeed, indeed, if I was called upon to refund, I should go to jail." "Make yourself easy, sir.
If the rector had conceived any previous suspicion that Maltravers was touched beyond mere admiration for beauty, the suspicion would have vanished as he heard his guest coldly reply, "I trust Lord Vargrave may deserve his happiness. But, to return to Mr. Justis; you corroborate my own opinion of that smooth-spoken gentleman." The conversation flowed back to business.
Justis, your own account-books show it; and if I send them to a lawyer, you would have to refund a sum that I could apply very advantageously to the rectification of your blunders." "I hope, sir," said the steward, conscience-stricken and appalled, "I hope you will not ruin me; indeed, indeed, if I was called upon to refund, I should go to jail." "Make yourself easy, sir.
But this was not all, Maltravers acquired in the neighbourhood the reputation of a man of business. Mr. Justis was abruptly dismissed; with the help of the bailiff Maltravers became his own steward. His parting address to this personage was characteristic of the mingled harshness and justice of Maltravers.
There has been apparently much more intermarriage among the different nationalities in the province and less standing aloof than among the alien divisions of Pennsylvania. * Swedish names anglicized are now found everywhere. Gostafsson has become Justison and Justis.
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