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Hannah, do you know I never before believed that this would be! I always thought that to be acknowledged as the wife of Herman Brudenell placed at the head of his establishment, settled in that magnificent house, with superb furniture and splendid dresses, and costly jewels, and carriages, and horses, and servants to attend me, and to be called Mrs.
"I knew that they lived on the outskirts of the Brudenell estate; but I did not know you were personally acquainted with them, sir; for I thought that you had resided generally in Europe." "Not all the time; I was at Brudenell Hall when you were born and your mother went to heaven, Ishmael."
And I despise you! There! take yourself out of my sight!" Mr. Brudenell stamped impatiently and said: "Hannah, you speak angrily, and therefore, foolishly. What good could accrue to me, or to him, by my claiming Ishmael as my son, unless I could prove a marriage with his mother? It would only unearth the old, cruel, unmerited scandal now forgotten!
O' Monday we went over to a place called de Burrow, and dined long of one Marse Commodore Burghe; and o' Tuesday we went and dined at Brudenell Hall with young Mr. Herman Brudenell." At this name Hannah started and turned pale; but almost immediately recovered her composure. Sam continued: "And o' Wednesday, that is yesterday morning airly, we started for home.
The very question you ask does wrong to your to Herman Brudenell, who with all his faults is still the soul of honor," murmured Hannah soothingly. "Yes, I know he is; and yet but there is some stupid mistake," sighed Nora, dropping her head upon her sister's lap. Straight through this low, loving talk went the words of Mrs.
Here the great situation of the third act is brought about by a chain of coincidences which would be utterly unthinkable in the author's maturer work. Leslie Brudenell, the heroine, is the ward of Mr. Cheal, a solicitor. She is to be married to Dunstan Renshaw; and, as she has no home, the bridal party meets at Mr. Cheal's office before proceeding to the registrar's.
It is a comparatively recent purchase of her ladyship, I believe," said Ishmael, rising to accompany the Jew from the room. As they went out they rang the bell, to warn the waiter that they had evacuated the apartment. In the hall Isaacs bade him good- afternoon, and Ishmael turned into the sitting room occupied in common by himself and Mr. Brudenell. He found the table laid for dinner and Mr.
He also had noticed Ishmael's condition, and attributed it to overwork, and to the want of rest, with change of air. He was preparing to leave Washington for Brudenell Hall. He was going a few days in advance of Judge Merlin and the Middletons, and he intended to invite Ishmael to accompany him, or to come after him, and make a visit to Brudenell.
"Myself!" moaned Nora, closing her eyes as if to shut out all light and life, while a spasm drew back the corners of her mouth and convulsed her face. "Enough of this, Berenice! You forget the girls!" said Mrs. Brudenell, putting her hand to the bell and ringing again.
He had scarcely left the scene when the door opened and the truant, Herman Brudenell, entered. "You are a pretty fellow to back your friends. Here we have been overwhelmed with business and beset with adventures, and you gone!" exclaimed the judge, whose spirits were much elated with the successes of the day. "Give an account of yourself, sir!" he added. "Well," said Mr.
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