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'I thought he would probably go away, said Cathcart, with some bitterness. 'Grey made many efforts to get him to come and see him before he became so desperately ill. Langham came once. Grey never asked for him again. 'It is his old horror of expression, I suppose, said Robert, troubled; 'his dread of being forced to take a line, to face anything certain and irrevocable. I understand.
He was quite near the bridge when suddenly he paused and a whispered curse slipped from between his parted lips. A man was standing at the entrance to the bridge and though it was impossible to distinguish more than the shadowy outline of his figure, Montgomery was certain that it was Marshall Langham.
What had happened to Robert's silent and finicking friend? 'I know nothing of Oxford, she said a little primly, in answer to his question. 'I never was there but I never was anywhere, I have seen nothing, she added hastily, and, as Langham thought, bitterly. 'Except London, and the great world, and Madame Desforêts! he answered, laughing. 'Is that so little?
King must take care of this house and those in it, and MacWilliams and Langham and I must look after the arms. We must organize two parties, and they had better approach the fort from here and from the mines at the same time. I will need you to do some telegraphing for me, Mac; and, King, I must ask you for some more men from the yacht. How many have you?"
"Well, I certainly mean to go," said Mr. Langham, decidedly. "So some one else must stay here. Ted, you will have to look after your sisters." The son and heir smiled upon his parent with a look of affectionate wonder, and shook his head at him in fond and pitying disapproval. "I'll stay," said King. "I have never seen such ungallant conduct.
'That I helped him over a few stiles? returned Langham calmly. 'Yes, there was a time when I was capable of that there was a time when I could teach, and teach with pleasure. He paused. Rose could have scourged herself for the tremor she felt creeping over her.
You will be all the better worth having afterward, and there is no lack of work here for a man's moral energies. Langham took the same line, and Elsmere submitted. Three happy and fruitful years followed. The young lecturer developed an amazing power of work.
She thanked Elsmere effusively for coming to live there, 'sacrificing yourself so nobly to us country folk, and she thanked him with an appreciative glance at Langham, for having his clever friends to stay with him. 'The squire will be so pleased. My brother, you know, is very clever; oh yes, frightfully clever! And then there was a long sigh, at which Elsmere could hardly keep his countenance.
'God bless my soul, Nick, he would say, after a taste of my latest concoction; 'what would they not give to have you at the Langham, or Simpson's? I believe you are going to be a second Soyer, and control the destinies of empires from a palace kitchen. Bush cooking, forsooth!
"Dear me," Hope would cry, looking over her shoulder with a despairing glance at her sister and father, "they don't even know 'Tommy Atkins'!" It was a very happy evening for them all, foreshadowing, as it did, a continuation of just such evenings. Young Langham was radiant with pleasure at the good account which Clay had given of him to his father, and Mr.
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