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Pawle; Lord Ellingham had a seat close by; in the front of the public gallery Miss Penkridge, grim and alert, was in charge of the timid and shrinking sisters of the unfortunate prisoner. There, too, were Mr. Armitstead and Mr. Isidore Rosenbaum, and Mr. Perkwite, all evidently very much alive to certain possibilities.
But after the first painful impression he could not help losing himself in the pleasure of the familiar face, the Murewell associations. 'How is the village, and the lnstitute? And what sort of man is my successor the man, I mean, who came after Armitstead? 'I had him once to dinner, said the Squire briefly; 'he made a false quantity, and asked me to subscribe to the Church Missionary Society.
"Well," said Armitstead, "in these cases, you never know what a sudden and unexpected turn of events may do. That man with the muffler is the chap you want to get hold of I'm sure of that!"
"I met John Ashton in Paris some weeks ago. We were at the Hotel Bristol together. In fact, we met and introduced ourselves to each other in an odd way. We arrived at the Hotel Bristol at the same time he from Italy, I from London, and we registered at the same moment. Now, I have a habit of always signing my name in full, Armitstead Ashton Armitstead. I signed first; he followed.
A card lay on the old lawyer's blotting-pad, and after glancing at it, he passed it to Viner. "See that?" he said. "Now, who on earth is Mr. Armitstead Ashton Armitstead, of Rouendale House, Rawtenstall? Who left this?" he went on, as a clerk entered the room with some letters. "A gentleman who called at three o'clock, sir," replied the clerk.
You will remember that Hyde, the man who is charged with the murder, said before the Coroner that as he turned into Lonsdale Passage, he saw coming out of it a tall man in black clothes who was swathed to the very eyes in a big white muffler?" "Yes!" said Mr. Pawle. "Well?" "I saw such a man with Ashton in Paris," answered Mr. Armitstead.
They were the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Kimberly, A. J. Balfour, Sir William Vernon-Harcourt, the Duke of Rutland, Lord Rosebery, Baron Rendel and George Armitstead, the two latter being life-long friends of the deceased statesman. When Mrs. Gladstone entered the Abbey the whole assembly rose and remained standing until she was seated.
But after the first painful impression he could not help losing himself in the pleasure of the familiar face, the Murewell associations. 'How is the village, and the Institute? And what sort of man is my successor the man, I mean, who came after Armitstead? 'I had him once to dinner, said the squire briefly; 'he made a false quantity, and asked me to subscribe to the Church Missionary Society.
At the same time the defection from Christianity of a man who at Oxford had been to him the object of much hero-worship, and, since Oxford, an example of pastoral efficiency, had painfully affected young Armitstead, and he began a correspondence with Robert which was in many ways a relief to both.
"If Hyde saw such a man as I believe he did and you saw such a man, then that man must exist, and the facts that you saw him with Ashton, and that Hyde saw him in close proximity to the place where Ashton was murdered, are of the highest consequence. But you can tell us more, Mr. Armitstead?" "Unfortunately, very little," replied the visitor.
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