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"If he were, he would not be in his present abode," replied the lady. "And pray, miss beg pardon again," said Dandy, with the best bow and scrape he could manage; "pray, miss, might I be so bould as to ask where that is?" Mrs. Scarman looked at her mother. "Mamma," said she, "but, bless me! what is the matter? you are in tears."
If I had been at Red Hall, instead of keeping the house and place in town, it's a short time the other or Fenton as he calls himself would be at large. He's now undher a man that will take care of him. But indeed it's an easy task. He'll never see his mother's face again, as I well know. Scarman has him, and I give the poor devil about three months to live.
So saying, Dandy proceeded at a brisk pace to the kitchen. "That communication, mamma," said Mrs. Scarman, after Dandy had left them, "has distressed you." "It has, my child. Poor Miss Gourlay is in a most wretched state. This I know is, from her lover. In fact, they will be the death absolutely and beyond a doubt the death of this admirable and most lovely creature. But what can I do?
"None, certainly, my good man," replied her mother, "provided it be a proper one." "I think, miss," he continued, "that you were mentioning something to this lady about a young man named Fenton, from Ballytrain?" "I was," replied Mrs. Scarman, "certainly; but what interest can you have in him?" "If he's the young man I mane," continued Dandy, "he's not quite steady in the head sometimes."
By the elevens, I'll hould goold to silver that this is poor Fenton that disappeared so suddenly." "I beg your pardon, miss," said he, addressing Mrs. Scarman as an unmarried lady, as he perceived that she was the person from whom he could receive the best intelligence on the subject; "I hope it's no offence, miss, to ax a question?"
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