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Genius cannot dispense with models, and Carleton and Mangan had the worst possible. Yet when it has been said that Carleton was a half-educated peasant, writing in a language whose best literature he had not sufficiently assimilated to feel the true value of words, it remains to be said that he was a great novelist.
What'd I say to the Doctor if I had to tell him his pet dog was dead?" "Something else, I suppose!" suggested Captain Cloherty, his red moustache lifting in a grin that Miss Mangan found excessively exasperating; "it wouldn't be the best time to tell the truth at all!" "How funny you are!" said Tishy, with a blighting glance. "It's easy to joke now, when Mr. Coppinger has done the work!"
Didn't I tell you what would happen if you got hold of Octavius Quirk, or any one of them? How many dinners did your swell friends expend on Quirk?" "Oh, I don't know. He is pretty often at the house." "He is pretty often at the house, is he?" Mangan repeated. "I hope they won't ask him to Scotland," Lionel said, ruefully.
The dirt! Of course they're unspeakably kind, and Dr. Mangan is certainly very clever, and has managed Larry wonderfully," went on Frederica, repenting her of her evil speaking, "and I must say I can't help liking Mrs. Mangan, but the girl !" Miss Coppinger shut her mouth so tightly that her lips became thin, white lines.
I may knock and knock at the door of the Temple of Fame until my knuckles are sore, and who will take any notice unless, perhaps, some friendly ear begins to listen? Do you think Mr. Mangan did you say Mangan? do you think he would come and dine with us some evening?" The artless ingenuousness of her speech was almost embarrassing. "He is a very busy man," he said, doubtfully, "very busy.
"I think I would wait a little, Lady Adela," he said, "until I see how the land lies. He's a most curious fellow, Mangan: difficult to please and capricious.
Francie laughed at him. "Why, Maurice," said she, as they were about to enter, "you yourself are the very best nurse I ever saw!" But it was not in this mood that Mangan received Miss Burgoyne when she called that afternoon to make inquiries. She and her brother were shown to the room up-stairs, and thither Mangan followed them.
Mangan, you will do your best to contradict it. He has been extremely kind to Master Larry, and it annoys me very much that such things should be said." Mrs. Twomey's supple mind was swift to realise that a change of attitude was advisable. "Why then, upon my truth and body, I'd blame no one that wanted Master Larry!
She wagged her head at him triumphantly, turning aside to hide the smile of victory, and Larry thought how lovely was her profile, as the firelight etched it in incandescent lines on the smoky background. "Well, indeed, the Poor have a deal to put up with!" said Mrs. Mangan, lazily, leaning back in her basket-chair, with her big grey cat purring like an aeroplane engine on her knee.
But as the day wore on, matters became a little brisker; for there were numerous callers, and some of them waited to have a special message sent down to them; while others, knowing Mangan, and learning that he was in charge of the invalid, came up to have a word with himself. Baskets of flowers began to arrive, too; and these, of course, must have come from private conservatories.
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