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"A motto, Miss Bloxam," said Cottrell, "the meaning of which he doth not comprehend." "Well, I flatter myself I do," replied Beauchamp; "but no matter;" and he extended his hand for the case. "One minute.
Montague would, I fancy, have beaten me if he hadn't tried to cut me down; over double the distance I have no doubt I should always beat him." "It might have made a difference," returned Jim; "but I should back you all the same if it were to be run over again." "By the way, Bloxam," observed Mr.
Unluckily for Mary Bloxam, I thought Sir Charles equally suitable for Jessie, and well, in short, we won." "Ah, now I understand; and I suppose you have never been friends since. Lady Mary told me that she saw very little of you in London now." "That is not quite the case. I think we meet as often as formerly. Friends we never were, but acquaintances we have been for some years.
She was a good deal startled by the discovery; for had she asked herself the question previous to seeing him stretched, as she thought, badly hurt, or perhaps even killed, on the grass at that polo match, she would have answered, as she believed truthfully, that she liked Captain Bloxam very much: he was a very pleasant acquaintance; but as to his being anything more to her, she would have scouted the idea.
"I have known you bet yourself, mamma," rejoined Blanche; "and I think she was perhaps carried away by the excitement of the occasion. I wonder what it is that she has given him?" It was curious, that although Miss Bloxam was as uncomfortable concerning that gift as her mother, she still took Sylla's part regarding it.
Her mother was, of course, ignorant of how matters stood, and could therefore be no guide for her in this affair. Captain Bloxam, arriving at his quarters to dress for mess after a hard afternoon's racquets, finds Mrs. Wriothesley's note lying on his table. "Will I dine on Wednesday, go to the play, and come back to supper afterwards? Will I not?" ejaculates Jim.
She had made him a very good wife, although as she grew older she unfortunately, as some of us do, grew considerably heavier; and when no longer able to expend her superfluous energies in the hunting-field, she developed into a somewhat ambitious and pushing woman. In this latter rôle I do not think she pleased Cedric Bloxam quite so well. She insisted upon his standing for the county.
"Good Heavens! there are four of them down!" exclaimed Lionel Beauchamp. "Don't be alarmed, Miss Bloxam: falls are not often serious at polo; see, there are two of them getting up already."
If Blanche Bloxam was showing herself somewhat childish and unreasonable for there could be no doubt that the young lady had turned away from Lionel more or less in a huff it must be remembered that she was very much in earnest in her love affair, that she was jealous of Sylla Chipchase, and that though she believed Lionel Beauchamp loved her, he had not as yet declared himself.
This little conspiracy was crowned with success; and when the carriage was announced, Lionel Beauchamp was nowhere to be seen. "It's nonsense waiting for him, Lady Mary," said Mr. Cottrell. "As Miss Bloxam is not dancing, you had better be off at once; I will come with you, and Beauchamp can take my place in the break. What has become of him and Sylla Chipchase, goodness only knows!"
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