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The mere mention of the name Amersham Place made every one supple and smiling. It was plainly a great house, and my uncle lived there in style. The fame of it rose as we approached, like a chain of mountains; at Bedford they touched their caps, but in Dunstable they crawled upon their bellies.
They sold everything when my father died, but the vicar's wife she bought my canary back for me because I cried so. And I brought it to London and it hangs in my bedroom. And the vicar, he was so kind to me, he did give me a lot of advice, and Mrs. Amersham, who kept the chandler's shop, she did give me ninepence, all in threepenny bits." "And you never had any brothers or sisters?"
Both booted and great-coated, with tall hats much of a shape, and laden with booty in the form of a despatch-box, a case of pistols, and two plump valises, I thought we had very much the look of a pair of brothers returning from the sack of Amersham Place. We issued at last upon a country by-road where we might walk abreast and without precaution.
And generally, what induced you to make yourself such a nuisance?" He blushed deeply. "Why, sir," says he, "there is such a thing as patriotism, I hope." By eight the next morning Dudgeon and I had made our parting. By that time we had grown to be extremely familiar; and I would very willingly have kept him by me, and even carried him to Amersham Place.
In short, let me go free, and 'tis an end of the matter; take me to London, and 'tis only a beginning and, by my opinion, a beginning of troubles. You can take your choice." "And that is soon taken," said he. "Go to Amersham to-morrow, or go to the devil if you prefer I wash my hands of you and the whole transaction. No, you don't find me putting my head in between Romaine and a client!
"Lord and Lady Amersham have already come to the Hall." "Oh, indeed!" "Yes. They said some time ago that there was a good chance of Mr. Trelyon marrying the daughter the tall girl with yellow hair, you remember?" "And the stooping shoulders? Yes. I should think they would be glad to get her married to anybody. She's thirty." "Oh, Wenna!" "Mr. Trelyon told me so," said Wenna sharply.
In short, let me go free, and 'tis an end of the matter; take me to London, and 'tis only a beginning and, by my opinion, a beginning of troubles. You can take your choice. 'And that is soon taken, said he. 'Go to Amersham tomorrow, or go to the devil if you prefer I wash my hands of you and the whole transaction. No, you don't find me putting my head in between Romaine and a client!
He was wise in time; he smelt the revolution long before; sold all that he could, and had all that was movable transported to England through my firm. There are considerable estates in England; Amersham Place itself is very fine; and he has much money, wisely invested. He lives, indeed, like a prince. And of what use is it to him?
I remember a pony I had once." I'd had him out to grass all the winter, and one day in the early spring I thought I'd take him for a run. I had to go to Amersham on business. I put him into the cart, and drove him across; it is just ten miles from my place. He was a bit uppish, and had lathered himself pretty freely by the time we reached the town. "A man was at the door of the hotel.
Daniel Romaine, in the Castle of Edinburgh, by him supplied with money to expedite my escape, and by him clandestinely smuggled at nightfall into Amersham Place; Further, that until that evening I had never set eyes on my uncle, nor have set eyes on him since; that he was bedridden when I saw him, and apparently in the last stage of senile decay. And I have reason to believe that Mr.
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