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"Adrien going in for history! Who would have thought it? My dear fellow, why not give a lecture?" "On the vanity of human hopes and the folly of friendship?" inquired Adrien, so coldly as to startle both the company and Lord Standon himself, who not being in Lady Constance's confidence, was naturally at a loss for the reason of this sudden anger on the part of Leroy.
Jasper Vermont had indeed done his work well. No sooner had he seen the light of love shining in his friend's face, than he had set to work; and, like the grim spider of evil he resembled, had filled Adrien's mind with the suggestion that Constance loved in fact, was secretly engaged to, Lord Standon. His reasons for this were twofold.
After a word of greeting to Mortimer Shelton, she drew back into her room; while the men, laughing and chatting, passed into the great hall, where they found Lord Barminster awaiting them. His stern face softened into a welcome, as, with outstretched hand, he came forward to greet his guests. "Ah, Shelton!" he said, "so you keep my boy company, and you, Paxhorn and Standon.
"The odds are four to one on him, and few takers," announced Shelton. Lord Standon set down his glass. "Ah, that was yesterday," he said. "I was there later, and the odds were being lifted. You can lay what you like on him, my dear fellow, and you will have no difficulty in finding takers." "Oh!" commented Adrien, almost listlessly. "Something better in the field, I suppose?
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