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Then when he had drunk a few glasses of whisky-and-water, he said something very foolish as to his power of punishing that swindler Green. An attempt had been made to induce Silverbridge to delay the payment of his bets; but he had been very eager that they should be paid. Under the joint auspices of Mr. Lupton and Mr.
He belonged to the House because his father had territorial influence in a Scotch county; but he never did anything there, and his selection for such a duty would be a declaration to the world that nobody else would do it. 'It wouldn't hurt you, Lupton, said Mr Beauclerk.
"And he married!" she said, with a bewildered look; and Bertram told her that he had married Lady Mary Lupton as his uncle and father had wished and how we four were their children.
The consequences of this event were felt in every part of the Sudan. To the westward, in Darfur, the Governor, Slatin Pasha, after a prolonged and valiant resistance, was forced to surrender, and the whole province fell into the hands of the rebels. Southwards, in the Bahr-el-Ghazal, Lupton Bey was shut up in a remote stronghold, while the country was overrun.
His lordship blew out his chubby cheeks in his astonishment; he hesitated a moment, thinking of his cousin Wilding; then, with a shrug, he leaned from the window and gave the order she desired. The carriage turned about, and with Richard following lumbered back across the bridge and through the town to Lupton House. At the door Lord Gervase took his leave of them.
There was but little time for a man to go about town and pick up the truth from those who were really informed; and questions were asked in an uncomfortable and restless manner. 'Is your Grace going? said Lionel Lupton to the Duchess of Stevenage, having left the House and gone into the park between six and seven to pick up some hints among those who were known to have been invited.
"Then you may regard it as a trifle," said Lupton. "No, I can't. It is not a trifle. I must tell my father. He'll find the money." "There is no doubt about that." "He will. But I feel at present that I would rather change places with the poorest gentleman I know than have to tell him. I have done with races, Lupton." "If so, this will have been a happy day for you.
Meanwhile Mr. Wilding moved serene and smiling on his way. Daily there were great armfuls of flowers deposited at Lupton House his lover's offering to his mistress and no day went by but that some richer gift accompanied them. Now it was a collar of brilliants, anon a rope of pearls, again a priceless ring that had been Mr. Wilding's mother's.
"I don't mean to go near the place," he said, not at all conveying any purpose to which he had really come, but driven by the stress of the moment to say something that should express his general hatred of everybody. Mr. Lupton was there, on the other side of Isabel, and was soon engaged with her in a pleasant familiar conversation.
'But what do you mean by being himself? said Gerald. 'Is that an aphorism or a cliche? 'I mean just doing what you want to do. I think it was perfect good form in Laura to bolt from Lupton to the church door. It was almost a masterpiece in good form.
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