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"As I had to come home," he explained, "and to keep quiet for I don't know how long, I sold out. Since then I've raised a troop of yeomanry at Atlinghurst. I have a place there, you know." "Surely you might find a useful occupation in its management!" "I did," said Jimmy, "until it was taken away." "How?" asked Bridget.
"You are not going to settle down in Upper Grosvenor Street?" suggested the colonel. "Oh dear, no! We should never dream of disturbing Sybil, nor of living with her. You don't know what a good fellow Jimmy is! Now he has a wife to keep him up to the mark he will do the most wonderful and unexpected things. You will see! He is going to stand for Atlinghurst, and I assure you I intend to get him in.
"I haven't spoken to Mark," she faltered, "since your marriage." "How disappointing!" cried Bridget. "So, after all my efforts you didn't follow the advice I gave you." "No," said Carrissima. "Why not?" "Oh well, I couldn't," said Carrissima, and Bridget shrugged her shoulders as if to put the topic aside. "Did the colonel tell you," she inquired, "that Jimmy is going to stand for Atlinghurst?
He had, however, a country house at Atlinghurst, and when he stayed in London sometimes preferred a room at one of his clubs, to that which his sister always kept in readiness. On reaching the house Carrissima was disappointed to hear that Sybil had gone away the previous morning. "When do you expect her back?" asked Carrissima. "I have no idea," said the butler; "but Mr. Clynesworth might know."
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