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A man to whom he had lent twenty pounds the day before yesterday, and who had not contributed so much as a bottle of champagne! "We're to dine at four, and now it's half-past three," said Mrs Greenow, addressing herself to the multitude. "And to begin to dance at six," said an eager young lady. "Maria, hold your tongue," said the young lady's mother. "Yes, we'll dine at four," said Mr Cheesacre.
And now I must tell you a little about myself; or rather, I am inclined to spin a yarn, and tell you a great deal. I have got such a lover! But I did describe him before. Of course it's Mr Cheesacre. If I were to say he hasn't declared himself, I should hardly give you a fair idea of my success. And yet he has not declared himself, and, which is worse, is very anxious to marry a rival.
And look here, Mr Cheesacre, if it should ever come to pass that you are making love to a lady in earnest " "I couldn't be more in earnest," said he. "That you are making love to a lady in earnest, talk to her a little more about your passion and a little less about your purse. Now, good night." "But we are friends." "Oh yes; as good friends as ever."
Funds were low with the Captain, as he did not scruple to tell his friend Cheesacre, and he accepted the invitation. "I'll mount you with the harriers, old fellow," Cheesacre had said; "and give you a little shooting. Only I won't have you go out when I'm not with you."
There was a little contest for supremacy between them, invisible to the eyes of the multitude; but Mr Cheesacre in such a matter had not a chance against Mrs Greenow. I am disposed to think that she would have reigned even though she had not contributed to the eatables; but with that point in her favour, she was able to make herself supreme.
"His name is Cheesacre. But pray don't trouble yourself to talk about him." "If he wants to marry you, and has plenty of money, why shouldn't you take him?" "Good heavens, George! In the first place he does not want to marry me. In the next place all his heart is in his farmyard." "And a very good place to have it," said George. "Undoubtedly.
"If you'd known Greenow, Mr Cheesacre " "I've no doubt he was a very good sort of man." "If you'd known him, you would not have addressed me in this way." "What difference would that make? My idea is that care killed a cat, as I said before. I never knew what was the good of being unhappy. If I find early mangels don't do on a bit of land, then I sow late turnips; and never cry after spilt milk.
Nobody knows that as well as I do, or could have thought over the whole matter so often. I know very well what my mission is in life. The mistress of your house, Mr Cheesacre, should not be any man's widow." "She wouldn't be a widow then, you know." "A virgin heart should be yours; and a virgin heart may be yours, if you choose to accept it." "Oh, bother!"
How ardently did he now wish that he had sailed nearer to the truth in giving in the schedule of his debts to Mrs Greenow. "That man's wanted by the police," said Cheesacre, speaking while the gig was still in motion. "He's wanted by the police, Mrs Greenow," and in his ardour he stood up in the gig and pointed at Bellfield.
Oileymead would always be open to Captain and Mrs Bellfield. "We all know your hospitality," said she; "it is not to-day nor to-morrow that I or my husband, that is to be, will have to learn that. He always declares that you are the very beau ideal of an English country gentleman." "Merely a poor Norfolk farmer," said Cheesacre. "I never want to put myself beyond my own place.
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