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Now Grey Abbey was only about eight miles distant from the Curragh, and Lord Ballindine had at one time been in the habit of staying at his friend's mansion, during the period of his attendance at the race-course; but since Lord Cashel had shown an entire absence of interest in the doings of Finn M'Coul, and Fanny had ceased to ask after Granuell's cough, he had discontinued doing so, and had spent much of his time at his friend Walter Blake's residence at the Curragh.
I shouldn't be surprised if he were to marry now, and turn steady." "Not at all; there are two reasons against it. In the first place, he's too much dipped for even Fanny's fortune to be any good to him; and secondly, she's engaged." "What, to Ballindine?" said Cokely. "Exactly so," said Mat. "Ah, my dear fellow, that's all off long since. I heard Kilcullen say so myself.
The consequence was that, before the table was broken up, Lord Ballindine had lost a sum of money which he could very ill spare, and went to bed in a very unenviable state of mind, in spite of the brilliant prospects on which his friends congratulated him. The next morning, at breakfast, when Frank was alone with Blake, he explained to him how matters really stood at Grey Abbey.
"Why, yes, that will be quite proper, too. Of course Mr Cummings will see the necessity of absolutely securing Miss Wyndham's fortune." Nothing further, however, was said between them on the subject; and the settlements, whatever was their purport, were drawn out without any visible interference on the part of Lord Ballindine.
What a husband you'll make, when you're a little more improved!" "Shan't I? As you're so fond of accomplishments, perhaps you'll take me yourself by-and-by?" "Why, as you're so useful, maybe I may." "Well, Lambert," said Lord Ballindine, across the table, to the stingy gentleman with the squint, "are you going to ride hard to-day?"
After considerable efforts, Biddy succeeded in awaking her master sufficiently to make him understand that Lord Ballindine, and Doctor Colligan were downstairs, and that Parson Armstrong was just outside the bed-room door.
Her uncle could not have believed it himself: he had basely pretended to believe it, that he might widen the breach which he had made. Fanny was alone, in the drawing-room for her cousin had left it as soon as her father began to talk about Lord Ballindine, and she sat there glowering through her tears for a long time.
Now, you see, your cousin has a hundred thousand pounds; in fact something more than that." "What? Fanny! Poor Ballindine! So that's the way with him is it! When I was contradicting the rumour of his marriage with Fanny, I little thought that I was to be his rival! At any rate, I shall have to shoot him first."
The Reverend Joseph Armstrong was rector of Ballindine, and Mrs O'Kelly was his parishioner, and the only Protestant one he had; and, as Mr Armstrong did not like to see his church quite deserted, and as Mrs O'Kelly was, as she flattered herself, a very fervent Protestant, they were all in all to each other.
"Not in the least, Lord Cashel; very far from it. Though Lord Ballindine may not be may not hitherto have been, free from the follies of his age, he has had quite sense enough to appreciate your lordship's conduct." "I endeavoured, at any rate, that it should be such as to render me liable to no just imputation of fickleness or cruelty." "No one would for a moment accuse your lordship of either.
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