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What answer shall I take him?" "I will call at Asherton Hall this afternoon," the girl promised. "I will acquaint Mr. Herresford with your decision," replied Trimmer, and forthwith he took his departure. When it was too late to recall her promise, Dora regretted having given it. She was rather frightened, and could not guess what the terrible old man could possibly want with her.
At times, it was a white-robed angel beckoning him, at others a red imp deriding in exultation, tormenting, wounding, maddening. On the way to Asherton Hall, Mrs. Swinton framed a hundred speeches, and went through imaginary altercations. By the time she arrived, she was keyed up to a dangerous pitch of excitement, verging on hysteria.
Is that why you're happy? because a man who presumed to make love to you behind your father's back has come home to get sent to the penitentiary, instead of remaining respectably dead when he had the chance?" "Father, I shall never marry Mr. Ormsby. I have told him so." "What! you've been down to the bank?" "No, I have just come from Asherton Hall.
I suppose you've been to Asherton Hall to see the rascal. He's hiding there, no doubt." "No, he's not. It is you who know where he is. You've seen him, and you must tell me where to find him. I won't rest till I've heard the true story of the forgery from his own lips."
It was a long time now since he had ceased to be a familiar figure in the world. For some years, he had been confined to his bedchamber at Asherton Hall, his magnificent estate on the Hudson. There, from a window, he could survey a great part of his gardens, and watch his gardeners at their labors.
"He has seen her, and has upset all my plans." "Yes, he has seen her " The words slipped out before the clergyman knew what he was saying. "Ah, he has seen her," cried Ormsby, sharply. "So, he's either at Asherton Hall or here." "I I didn't say that!" gasped the rector. "This house is mine you have no right Dear, dear, I don't know what I'm doing, or what I'm saying." "You have said enough, Mr.
She only defrauded her own father; and, if he had an ounce of sentiment in him, or was in his right mind, he'd acknowledge the checks, and make us disgorge in some other way. I felt like going up to Asherton Hall first, and strangling the old villain in his bed." "Dick, my boy, it is not his fault. It is he who has been right, and we who have been wrong.
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