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"Who is he?" "Mr. Moncton's nephew," was the short man's reply to the eager questioners. "Is he sent here to be a spy?" "To learn the profession." "That babe! Is the man mad. It will kill the child to chain him to the desk all day." "Poor fellow; he is the orphan son of his brother," said another. "I have seen him at church with Mrs. Moncton." "Well, Robert Moncton is a hard man," said a third.
They brought with them a delicate and beautiful infant of three months old. "I can well remember Lady Moncton's first visit to the Lodge, to learn from my mother's own lips the nature of the disease which had consigned her son to his early grave.
"'You never saw these children, or you would not wonder that my heart so clave to that fair babe. You thought that I accepted Robert Moncton's bribe, and put the other child out of the way. "'And did you not? cried the eager old woman, breathless with curiosity. "'I took the bribe.
The physicians recommended change of air for Lady Moncton's health; and Sir Alexander fixed on Italy as the climate most likely to benefit his ailing and beloved wife. "My mother was offered large sums to accompany them, which she steadfastly declined. Lady Moncton wept and entreated, but Rachel Mornington was resolute in her refusal.
The afternoon of that memorable day, my uncle sent for me into the drawing-room to witness the transfer of some law papers. His clients were two ladies, young and agreeable. While I was writing from Mr. Moncton's dictation, I perceived, with no small degree of trepidation, that the younger was regarding me with earnest attention; and in spite of myself my cheeks flushed and my hand trembled.
Moncton's private study, in which he generally spent the fore-part of the day, and in which he received persons who came to consult him on particular business. On opening the door which led into the public office, a woman wrapped closely in a black camblet cloak, glided into the room.
"Now, my advice to you both is, not to enter into any engagement, and to keep the matter of your affections known only to yourselves. Confidence reposed in a third party is always hazardous, and generally betrayed. This will lull Moncton's suspicions, for he can greatly annoy you, should you marry Charlotte without his consent, before her minority expires.
"I remember, as I leant against Dinah North's knees, thinking this very hard of my mother, and wondering why she should prefer Lady Moncton's son to me. But, from whatever cause her aversion sprang, she certainly never had any maternal regard for me.
Did it not suit completely my case? Harrison had disappeared. I was alone and friendless in the house of the oppressor. Did I follow the suggestions of my own heart, I should either destroy myself, or quit the protection of Mr. Moncton's roof for ever.
"He has been educated in too hard a school to revel in such ignorance, Moncton." "Hold your tongue, Dinah, and give me the light. Remember how you were deceived in his cousin Philip." Mr. Moncton's hand was on the lock of the door: an almost irresistible impulse urged me to spring from the bed and draw the bolt. On second thoughts, however, I determined to feign sleep, and watch all that passed.
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