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Her spirits were excited, and her language smelt of her origin, but the superb fleshly beauty of the woman was aglow, and crying, 'I declare I should burst in one of those boxes just as if you'd stalled me! she fanned a wind on her face, and sumptuously spread her spherical skirts, attended by the vanquished and captive Colonel Poltermore, a gentleman manifestly bent on insinuating sly slips of speech to serve for here a pinch of powder, there a match.
'She insisted that she would have him; and at least it will grant me furlough for an hour. 'Do me the service to report to me, said Mr. Beamish. In this fashion he engaged Caseldy to supply him with inventions, and prepared himself to swallow them. It was Poltermore and Poltermore, the Colonel here, the Colonel there until the chase grew so hot that Mr.
Poor Colonel Poltermore, as he came to be called, was clearly a victim of the sudden affability of Duchess Susan. The transformation of a stiff military officer into a nimble Puck, a runner of errands and a sprightly attendant, could not pass without notice. The first effect of her discriminating condescension on this unfortunate gentleman was to make him the champion of her claims to breeding.
Poor Colonel Poltermore, as he came to be called, was clearly a victim of the sudden affability of Duchess Susan. The transformation of a stiff military officer into a nimble Puck, a runner of errands and a sprightly attendant, could not pass without notice. The first effect of her discriminating condescension on this unfortunate gentleman was to make him the champion of her claims to breeding.
'You, Colonel Poltermore, are to be in luck's way up to the tenth milestone, where your chariot will overset and you will be lamed for life. 'Not quite so bad, said the Colonel cheerfully, he having been informed of much better.
Beamish could no longer listen to young Mr. Camwell's fatiguing drone upon his one theme of the double-dealing of Chloe's betrothed. He became of her way of thinking, and treated the young gentleman almost as coldly as she. In time he was ready to guess of his own acuteness that the 'strange cavalier' could have been no other than Colonel Poltermore. When Caseldy hinted it, Mr.
'For the mine the countermine. We must grub dirt to match deceivers. You, madam, have chosen to be delicate to excess, and have thrown it upon me to be gross, and if you please, abominable, in my means of defending you. It is not too late for you to save the lady, nor too late to bring him to the sense of honour. 'I cannot think Colonel Poltermore so dishonourable. 'Poor Colonel Poltermore!
'My heart's in my mouth, said she. Colonel Poltermore still had the privilege of conducting her the few farther steps to her lodgings. Caseldy walked beside Chloe, and silently, until he said, 'If I have not yet mentioned the subject 'If it is an allusion to money let me not hear it to-night, she replied. 'I can only say that my lawyers have instructions.
'My heart's in my mouth, said she. Colonel Poltermore still had the privilege of conducting her the few farther steps to her lodgings. Caseldy walked beside Chloe, and silently, until he said, 'If I have not yet mentioned the subject 'If it is an allusion to money let me not hear it to-night, she replied. 'I can only say that my lawyers have instructions.
Beamish could no longer listen to young Mr. Camwell's fatiguing drone upon his one theme of the double-dealing of Chloe's betrothed. He became of her way of thinking, and treated the young gentleman almost as coldly as she. In time he was ready to guess of his own acuteness that the 'strange cavalier' could have been no other than Colonel Poltermore. When Caseldy hinted it, Mr.
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