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And, as I am still living, I fear the later marriage " She smiled blandly and shrugged her shoulders again. "Poor girl!" she said with covert insolence. "Sylvia does not need your pity," cried Beecot, stung by the insinuation. "Indeed, sir," said Mrs. Krill, sadly, and with the look of a treacherous cat, "I fear she needs the pity of all right-thinking people.
But there his common sense left him and he made a valedictory speech. "I know that Mr. Krill left the money to Sylvia." "Oh, no," said the widow, "to his daughter, as I understand the wording of the will runs. In that case this nameless girl has nothing." "Pash!" cried Beecot, turning despairingly to the little solicitor. The old man shook his head and sucked in his cheeks. "I am sorry, Mr.
The dog-cart episode Paul remembered very well. Mr. Beecot, in his amiable way, had no patience with his wife's nerves, and never lost an opportunity of placing her in unpleasant positions, whereby she might be, what he called, hardened. Paul sighed to think of his mother's position as he folded up the letter. She had a bad time with the truculent husband she had married.
Miss Qian took the copy of the certificate and departed, grumbling at the amount of work she had to do to earn her share of the reward. Hurd, on his part, took the underground train to Liverpool Street Station, and then travelled to Jubileetown. He arrived there at twelve o'clock and was greeted by Paul. "I've been watching for you all the morning," said Beecot, who looked flushed and eager.
There is no need to pawn it as you say. I never want to see the brooch again. But regarding your health, etc., etc." So Mrs. Beecot wrote in her verbose style, and with some errors of grammar. Paul saw in her simple tale fresh evidence of his father's tyranny, since he made his wife wear gems she detested and was superstitiously set against possessing them.
Beecot had made many inquiries about Sylvia's goodness and beauty, and hoped that he had chosen wisely, and hinted that no girl living was worthy of her son, after the fashion of mothers. Paul had replied to this letter setting forth his own unworthiness and Sylvia's perfections, and Mrs. Beecot had accepted the good news with joy.
The recital proved too much for Mrs. Beecot, who retired as usual to bed and fortified herself with sal volatile; but Paul and his respected parent sat up till late discussing the matter. "And now, sir," said Beecot senior, grasping the stem of his wine glass, as though he intended to hurl it at his son, "let us gather up the threads of this infamous case.
"Have you read it?" Beecot nodded. "By Colonel Meadows Taylor. A very interesting book, but rather a bloodthirsty one for you, dearest." "Debby got it," confessed Miss Norman, "along with some other books from a literary customer who could not pay his bill. It is very strange, Paul, that The Confessions of a Thug should be amongst the books."
It was written in a low-spirited sort of way, characteristic of Mrs. Beecot, but with a true motherly heart. After two pages of lamentation over his absence, and a description of how the head of the household managed to bear up against the affliction of his son's absence, Mrs. Beecot proceeded to explain about the brooch. "Why do you ask me about the opal brooch, my dear boy?" wrote Mrs.
Beecot ain't got money, but his looks is takin', and his 'eart is all that an angel can want. My pretty's chice," added the maiden, shaking an admonitory finger, "and my pretty's happiness, so don't you go a-spilin' of it." "I have nothing to say, save to regret that a young lady in possession of five thousand a year should make a hasty contract like this," said Mr.
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