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In a little while he would have to let Mannering for who would buy an estate in such a pickle? sell his collections, and go and live in a flat in West Kensington. Then he hoped his enemies Chicksands in particular would be satisfied. But these, to do him justice, were not the chief thoughts, not the considerations in his mind that smarted most.
So that when Aubrey applied for a commission, the Squire, mainly to relieve his own general irritation, had quarrelled with him for some months, and was only outwardly reconciled when his son came home invalided in 1915. During the summer of 1917, Aubrey, after spending three days' leave at Mannering, had gone on to stay at Chetworth with the Chicksands for a week.
A cotton-mill stands on the ruins of Marli; and the Osbornes have ceased to dwell under the ancient roof of Chicksands. But of that information, for the sake of which alone it is worth while to study remote events, we find so much in the love letters which Mr.
Beside Chicksands, who was of middle height, solidly built, and moderately stout, with mental and physical competence written all over him, the Squire of Mannering seemed but the snippet of a man. He was singularly thin, with a slender neck, and a small head covered with thick hair, prematurely white, which tumbled over his forehead and eyes.
The journey had been one long and bitter endurance. And now Desmond was here his son Desmond lying for a few days in that white bed under the old roof. And afterwards a fresh grave in Fallerton churchyard a flood of letters which would be burnt unread and a world without Desmond. Meanwhile, in a corner of the hall, Chicksands and Pamela were sitting together hand in hand.
As she does not mention his death to Temple, we may take it that he was, though her brother, practically a stranger to her, living away from Chicksands, and rarely visiting her. General Monk's brother, to whom Dorothy refers, was Mr. Nicholas Monk, vicar of Kelkhampton, in Cornwall. General Monk's misfortune is no less a calamity than his marriage.
But now, it seemed, he was moving heaven and earth to get back to France and the front. Chicksands did not think he would achieve it. He was invaluable where he was, and his superiors, to Mannering's indignation, were inclined to regard him as a man who was physically fit rather for home service than the front. When they reached the Buckingham Palace end of the Walk, Mannering paused.
Well, what about your ploughed-up grass-lands, Chicksands? I hear they are full of wire-worms, and the crops a very poor show. 'Ah, it was an enemy said that, laughed Sir Henry, submitting with a good grace to some more remarks of the same kind, and escaping from them as soon as he could. 'I heard of your haul of ash, he said. 'A man in the Air Board told me. Magnificent!
I'm told to do things I don't want to do, which affect my personal freedom, and other people's, because of a war I don't believe in, never asked for, and don't approve of. Here's Levasseur now, a clever fellow, cleverer than either you or me, Chicksands, and he's no more patriotic than I am. You talk to him! 'Thank you, I'm too busy, said Sir Henry sharply, his face stiffening.
'Good-day, Sir Henry, said the farmer, laying a hand on Chicksands' bridle, 'I wanted a word with you, sir. I give you fair warning, you and your Committee, you'll not turn me out without a fight! I was never given no proper notice and there are plenty as 'll stand by me. The voice was thick and angry, and the hand shook. Sir Henry drew his horse away, and the man's hold dropped.
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