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"You might as well talk in High Dutch to me, Mrs. Martindale. You would be equally intelligible." "You are a very innocent girl, Mary." "I hope I am. Certainly I am not conscious of wishing harm to any one. But pray, Mrs. Martindale, oblige me by coming a little nearer to the point." "You don't remember any thing about Mrs. Allenson's party of course?" "It would be strange if I did not." "Oh yes.
But now, as Charles Merchant repeated the words, "blacksmith" "Martindale," the new idea shocked her, the new idea of Andrew Lanning, for Charles had told her the name. The new thought stayed with her when she went back to her room after breakfast, ostensibly to read, but really to think.
Presently Violet, a little reassured by Lord Martindale's gentle tones, ventured on a survey. She was on the same sofa with Lady Martindale; but infinitely remote she felt from that form like an eastern queen, richly dressed, and with dark majestic beauty, whose dignity was rather increased than impaired by her fifty years.
Lord Martindale looked very well pleased, though still a little doubtful, as he pondered, whether there might not be some unseen objection, and to give himself time to think, repeated, in answer to their solicitations, that it was a most important step.
Presently, in the silence of the house, John heard tones gradually rising on the stairs, till Arthur's voice waxed loud and wrathful 'You might as well say they were red herrings! Something shrill ensued, cut short by, 'Mrs. Martindale does as she pleases. Send up Captain Fitzhugh's trout. A loud reply, in a higher key. 'Don't tell me of the families where you have lived the trout!
Fenwick then closed her eyes, while a placid expression settled upon her sweet but careworn face. Again she looked up, but with a more serious countenance. As she did so, her eyes rested upon Mrs. Martindale. "I am about to die, Mrs. Martindale," she said, hit a calm but feeble voice "and with my dying breath I charge upon you the ruin of my hopes and happiness.
'Ay, Johnnie, said Lord Martindale, pausing to take him on his knee. 'Cousin Hugh could tell you how we went on together there! Such jackdaws' nests as used to be in the chimneys 'I do believe, said his cousin, 'you have more regret at this moment for the old house than for this one!
The general vote was, of course, that Old Martindale should be renewed, and it was to be begun when? 'When ways and means are found, said Lord Martindale. 'We must talk over that another time, John. John, as he bade Theodora good night, murmured thanks for the safety of all the properties which he had been surprised to find in the room prepared for him.
"Can't you guess?" "I am not good at guessing." "Try." "Mary Lester?" "Of course! Ha! ha! ha! I knew it." "Knew what?" "Oh yes, Mr. Innocence! Knew what!" "You are disposed to be quite merry, Mrs. Martindale." "I always feel merry when I see a young couple like you and Mary Lester mutually pleased with each other." "Mutually pleased?" "Of course, mutually pleased." "How do you know that, Mrs.
Martindale managed to throw herself into the company of the young man. "How were you pleased with the party, Mr. Fenwick?" she began. "At Mrs. Allenson's?" "Yes." "Very much." "So I thought." "Did I seem, then, particularly pleased?" "I thought so." "Indeed! Well, I can't say that I was interested a great deal more than I usually am on such occasions." "Not a great deal more?"
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