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Certainly I would. 'Then, Mrs. Malory, as it is awkward to discuss these intimate matters with me, might I suggest that you should have an interview with Mrs. Brown-Smith herself? I assure you that you can trust her, and I happen to know that her view of the man about whom we are talking is exactly your own.
And I am doing my worst to make her hate me. Oh, I can't go on! Here Mrs. Brown-Smith very greatly surprised her hostess by bursting into tears. 'You must not desert us now, said the elder lady. 'The better you think of poor Matilda and she is a good girl the more you ought to help her.
Malory and her daughter shopped, it was the Vidame who took Mrs. Brown-Smith to inspect the ruins of the Abbey. The county neighbours had left in the morning, a new set arrived, and while Matilda had to entertain them, it was Mrs Brown-Smith whom the Vidame entertained. This kind of thing went on; when Matilda was visiting her cottagers it was the Vidame and Mrs.
'I have heard of his bragging, the monster. He has talked about me. And I remember how he treated Violet Lebas. At this moment the Vidame de la Lain, a tall, fair young man, vastly too elegant, appeared, and claimed Mrs. Brown-Smith for a dance. With a look at Merton, and a sound which, from less perfect lips, might have been described as a suppressed giggle, Mrs.
It was the 8th of August, no other visitors were at the house, a shooting party was expected to arrive on the 11th. Mrs. Brown-Smith dried her tears. 'It must be done, she said, 'though it makes me sick to think of it. Next day she met the Vidame in the park, and afterwards held a long conversation with Mrs. Malory.
Brown-Smith taken in vain, and that in a matter nearly affecting her Matilda's happiness. On the other side, Merton had given the lady a valuable testimonial to character. Moreover, the Vidame would be at her party, and Mrs. Malory told herself that she could study the ground. Above all, the girls were so anxious to go: they seldom had such a chance.
More I could say as to her reasons and motives, but we entirely decline to touch on the past or to offer any opinion about the characters of our patients the persons about whose engagements we are consulted. He might have murdered his grandmother or robbed a church, but my lips would be sealed. 'Do you not think that Mrs. Brown-Smith would be very much surprised if I consulted her?
Solid, imposing, facing the Avenue at a corner that represents land value that is computed by the square inch, is the structure of Brown-Smith. In some cases the passer-by will search in vain for any indication of the name the information being deemed wholly superfluous.
'9.17 P.M., 9.50 P.M. read Mrs. Brown-Smith aloud; 'it gives plenty of time in case of delays. Oh, this is too delicious! You are sure that these trains won't be altered. It might be awkward. 'I consulted Anson, said Merton. Anson was famous for his mastery of time-tables, and his prescience as to railway arrangements. 'Of course it depends on the widow, said Mrs.
Brown-Smith, in an ulster and a veil, insisted on perambulating the platform, buying the whole of Mr. Hall Caine's works as far as they exist in sixpenny editions. Bells rang, porters stationed themselves in a line, like fielders, a train arrived, the 9.17 from Liverpool, twenty minutes late. A short stout gentleman emerged from a smoking carriage, Mrs.
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