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"May I sit here?" and the young woman was good enough to give the desired permission. When he had seated himself he glanced around, then impulsively held out his hand. "Miss Amhurst," he said, "how are you?" "Very well, thank you," replied the girl with a smile, and after half a moment's hesitation she placed her hand in his. "Of course you dance, Miss Amhurst?" "Yes, but not to-night.
"Lieutenant Drummond, allow me to introduce my wife to you." The lady bowed. "And my daughter, Katherine, and Miss Amhurst, a friend of ours Lieutenant Drummond, of the 'Consternation." "I wonder," said the Lieutenant, as if the thought had just occurred to him, "if the young ladies would like to go to a point where they can have a comprehensive view of the decorations.
"Dear Miss Amhurst, I am looking every day for a letter from you, but none has yet been received by the Admiralty, who, when they get one, will forward it to whatever part of the world I happen to be in."
Dorothy Amhurst shook her head and held out her hand. "I must bid you good-by here, Lieutenant Drummond. This is my shortest way home." "May I not accompany you just a little farther?" "Please, no, I wish to go the rest of the way alone." He held her hand, which she tried to withdraw, and spoke with animation.
And is there nothing that I can do to forward your ambitions, Miss Amhurst?" "I am going to the ball merely as a looker-on, and perhaps you might smile at me as you pass by with your different partners, so that people would say I was an acquaintance of yours." After this there was silence in the sewing room until Katherine, followed by a maid, entered with tea and cakes.
She read eagerly half-way down the page, then sprang to her feet on the top of the table, screaming: "Fifteen million dollars! Fifteen million dollars!" and, swinging her arms back and forth like an athlete about to leap, sprang to the floor, nearly upsetting the little table, tray and all, as she embraced Dorothy Amhurst. "Fifteen millions! That's something like!
Captain Kempt's reply will be sent under cover to you at your club. Arrange for forwarding if you leave England. Dorothy Amhurst." When Katherine finished reading she looked up at her friend, and exclaimed: "Well!" giving that one word a meaning deep as the clear pool on whose borders she stood. Dorothy's face reddened as if the sinking western sun was shining full upon it.
If we excuse Bolingbroke, who had only saved the shipwreck of his fortunes, we shall be at a loss to justify Pulteney, who could with ease have given this man a considerable income. The utmost of his generosity to Amhurst, that I ever heard of, was a hogshead of claret!
He was devoted to the Tory interest, and seconded with much ability the attacks of Pulteney on Sir Robert Walpole. He died in 1742, neglected by his great patrons and in the most miserable circumstances. 'Amhurst survived the downfall of Walpole's power, and had reason to expect a reward for his labours.
I am sorry to add, that the simplicity of such a character was found to form no apology for his guilt as a rebel, and that he was condemned and executed. Nicholas Amhurst, a noted political writer, who conducted for many years a paper called the Craftsman, under the assumed name of Caleb d'Anvers.
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