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So he took the stick, and instead of thanking Bashville, handed him five shillings. Bashville smiled and shook his head. "Oh, no, sir," he said, "thank you all the same! Those are not my views." "The more fool you," said Parker, pocketing the coins, and turning away. Bashville's countenance changed.

Drop your shoulder well into him, and, if he pulls you over, make play with the back of your head. If he's altogether too big for you, put your knee on his throat as if by accident. But, on no account, stand and do nothing. It's flying in the face of Providence." Cashel emphasized these counsels by taps of his forefinger on one of Bashville's buttons.

All I want is fair play. If I passed myself off on Miss Carew as a gentleman, I should deserve to be exposed as a cheat; and when he tries to take advantages that don't belong to him, I think I have a right to expose him." "Quite right, quite right," said Lucian, who cared nothing for Bashville's motives. "I suppose this Byron is a dangerous man to have any personal unpleasantness with."

"Yes, madam, it was," said Bashville, with some bitterness. "I recognized Lord Worthington and plenty more noblemen and gentlemen there." Lydia was about to reply sharply; but she checked herself; and her usual tranquil manner came back as she said, "That is no reason why you should have been there." Bashville's color began to waver, and his voice to need increased control.

To restore her nerves, she walked for an hour every day in the neighborhood, and drove out in a pony carriage, in the evening. Bashville's duties were now fulfilled by the butler and Phoebe, Lydia being determined to admit no more young footmen to her service. One afternoon, returning from one of her daily walks, she found a stranger on the castle terrace, in conversation with the butler.