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Freddy held up a finger and silenced her little circle. 'They must have thought I was ringing for toast somebody's being let in! 'Let's hope it's Miss Levering, said Mr. Freddy. 'I must see those young barbarians of yours before I go, said Stonor, rising with decision. The sound of voices on the stair was quite distinct now. By the time the servant had opened the door and announced: 'Mrs.
Lady John glanced nervously at her watch, and, with a gesture of perturbation, hurriedly left the room. The other went slowly back to her place by the table. The look she bent on Stonor as he came in seemed to take no account of those hurried glimpses at the Tunbridges' months before, and twice to-day when other eyes were watching.
'And, Sir, he writes once to Stonor from London, 'thanked be the good Lord, I understand for certain that our wool shipped be comen in ... to Calais. Furthermore, Sir, if it please your mastership for to understand this, I have received your wools as fair and as whole as any man's in the fleet.
Stonor made a sharp move forward, and took her by the arm. 'We're going now, he said. 'Not yet oh, please not just yet, she pleaded as he drew her round. 'Geoffrey, I do believe She looked back, with an air almost bewildered, over her shoulder, like one struggling to wake from a dream. Stonor was saying with decision to Lady John, 'I'm going to take Jean out of this mob. Will you come?
She came back with her eyes on the ground, and paused near the table where the crumpled envelope made a dash of yellow-brown on the polished satinwood. Stonor stood studying the carpet, more concern in his face now that there was only Jean to see it. "Political dynamite," eh? he repeated, walking a few paces away.
'Even Lady Whyteleafe, she said, 'would be satisfied with the attention they paid to their hair. 'Come, you two. Mrs. Freddy was at last impatient. 'Jean's got the really beautiful pictures, showing them to Geoffrey. Let us all go down to help him to decide which is the best. 'Geoffrey? 'Geoffrey Stonor you know him, of course.
Lady John on the other hand was losing nothing. 'Is she one of them? That little thing? 'I I suppose so, answered Stonor, doubtfully, though the chairman, with a cheerful air of relief, had introduced Miss Ernestine Blunt to the accompaniment of cheers and a general moving closer to the monument.
Any man looking on, or hearing of Stonor's dilemma, would have said, 'Leave the girl alone to come to her senses. But only a stupid man would himself have done it. Stonor caught her two hands in his, and drew her into his arms. 'Look, here, Jeannie, you're dreadfully wrought up and excited tired, too. 'No! She freed herself, and averted the tear-stained face.
It is a surprising fact that her death seems to have brought to a close the business partnership between her husband and her son-in-law. Henceforth the only references to Thomas Betson in the Stonor papers are occasional notes of his debts to Stonor: doubtless he had bought Sir William's share in their joint business.
'Nobody says much about it, Stonor went on, 'but it's realized that the last Labour member, and that Colne Valley Socialist those men got in largely through the tireless activity of the women. 'The Suffragettes! exclaimed the girl, 'they were able to do that? 'They're always saying they don't favour any party, said a voice.
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