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Ascott had found the preliminary moulding of Portlaw an agreeable diversion; had rather taken for granted that she was doing him good; and was correspondingly annoyed when he parted his moorings and started drifting aimlessly as a derelict scow awash, floundering seaward without further notice of the trim little tug standing by and amiably ready to act as convoy.
I'll see Mr. Lyon there too." "Yes," said Aunt Hilary, briefly, returning to Dido and Æneas; humble and easy Latinity for a student of eighteen; but Ascott was not a brilliant boy, and, being apprenticed early, his education had been much neglected, till Mr.
While the aunt and nephew were strolling thus, thinking of very different things, their own fire newly lit Ascott liked a fire was blazing away in solitary glory, for the benefit of all passers-by. At length one a gentleman stopped at the gate, and looked in, then took a turn to the end of the terrace, and stood gazing in once more.
Ascott had insisted on doing his part in making his new connections appear "respectable" at his marriage, and for Selina's sake they had consented. Indeed, it was inevitable: they had no money whatever to clothe themselves withal. They must either have accepted Mr.
He would have supposed him the last person either to seek or to obtain favour with Hugh Carnaby. 'Sibyl has known him for a long time, Hugh continued. 'Tells me he did all sorts of kindnesses for her mother at Ascott Larkfield's death; fixed up her affairs they were in a devil of a state, I believe. Last autumn we met him in Scotland; he was with his sister and her family Mrs. Fenimore.
"And I actually live upon it!" added he, with a bitter smile. "I can't run into debt; for who would trust me? And I dress in rags almost, as you see. And I get my meals how and where I can; and I sleep under the shop counter. A pretty life for Mr. Ascott Leaf, isn't it now? What would my aunts say if they knew it?"
She remained to make tea for him, and in the mean time took him for a constitutional up and down the public walks hard by. Ascott listened at first very good humoredly; once or twice calling her "a dear little prig," in his patronizing way he was rather fond of patronizing his Aunt Hilary.
You'll find some friends here." And Lady Ascott led her through shadowy drawing-rooms curtained with red silk hangings, filled with rich pictures, china vases, books, marble consol tables on which stood lamps and tall candles. Owen came forward to meet her. "I am so glad to meet you, Miss Innes! You didn't expect to see me? I hope you're not sorry."
However, she went up to inform Miss Selina, and prevent her making her appearance before him in the usual Sunday dishabille in which she indulged when no visitors were expected. After his first awkwardness, Mr. Peter Ascott became quite at his ease with Miss Leaf.
It opened that of Elizabeth. She relaxed her Cerberus keeping of the door, and even went so far as to inform him that Miss Leaf and Miss Selina were out to tea, but Miss Hilary and Mr. Ascott would be at home shortly. He was welcome to wait in the parlor if he liked.
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