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"Have I no redress for the outrage upon me, nor for the loss of the letter by reason of that outrage?" "I'm afraid you'll find the wheels of justice very slow-moving when they have to do with affairs diplomatic." "But the letter, sir?" "You must remember, Mrs. Clephane, that I found the letter in an abandoned cab." "And now that you know to whom it belongs," she flashed, "you will not return it?"
He had seen his mistake in time, if it was a mistake, but that did not blind him to Madeline Spencer's fascinating manner and beautiful person, and to the fact that she cared for him. However, neither might he let pass the charge she had just made against Mrs. Clephane.
"That, sir, remains to be proven." "And I like your idea of the child in arms provided it's my arms," he whispered. Her reply was a reproving glance from her brown eyes and a shake of the head. "I'm delighted to meet you, Mrs. Clephane," Mrs. Spencer greeted, before Harleston could say a word. She made place on the divan and drew Mrs. Clephane down beside her.
The Forester's Guide and Profitable Planter, reviewed in the Quarterly, Oct. 1827. See also "On Planting Waste Lands," in Misc. Prose Works, vol. xxi. pp. 1-76. Daughter of Mrs. Maclean Clephane, and afterwards Marchioness of Northampton. Scott's indorsation of this letter is characteristic "Prodigious, bold request, Tom Thumb."
"Careful, Mr. Harleston!" she reminded. He put her in the taxi; bowed and turned back into the hotel wondering why he had ever fancied Madeline Spencer. Mrs. Clephane gave her orders to the chauffeur, ending with the injunction to drive slowly. As they swung into Sixteenth Street, a taxi standing before St. John's Episcopal Church followed them; and Mrs.
Furthermore, it does not estop me from fighting the Spencer gang." "You have made a wise decision," Harleston commented. "Tell the Ambassador, and be quit of the affair and don't fight the Spencer gang, Mrs. Clephane; it is not worth while." She arose, and he went with her down the corridor and up the steps to the entrance.
"Divorce!" he answered in a tragic voice. "Clephane, the fellow says she was divorced in India, and that it was that it was her fault!" He turned away his face. It was in a flame. "And you are going to thrash Quinby for saying that?" "If he sticks to it, I most certainly am," said Bob, the fire settling in his blue eyes. "I should think twice about it, Bob, if I were you."
Meanwhile the Secretary, still holding her hand, was saying: "Let me present the Fifth Assistant Secretary of State, Mr. Carpenter; " and Carpenter received a smile only a little less dazzling than that bestowed on his chief "I believe you have met Mrs. Clephane," he ended, and only then did he release her hand. "Yes, I have met Mrs.
Clephane," she replied indifferently, and without so much as a glance her way. It was to be a battle, so why delay it? "Your Excellency," said she, "when this appointment was made, some days ago, I thought that it was merely to enable an insignificant woman to say that she had met a great dignitary and famous man. I think so no longer. It has assumed an international significance.
"Might not our friends the enemy have bribed someone to suppress Madame Durrand's letter or wire?" Mrs. Clephane asked. "Very possibly. It is entirely likely that they wouldn't be apt to stop with the accident." "You think they were responsible for Madame Durrand's fall?" she exclaimed. "Have you forgotten the man who jostled Madame Durrand?" the Marquis reminded. "To be sure!
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