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'In the breast of a true woman, said Amelia authoritatively, as a fishmonger might speak of fish, 'is no room for blame. 'True woman be damned! Miss Clomber saw that for to-day the cause was lost. At this point Miss Amelia uttered a piercing yell.
'Young families are more in my line than old 'uns. She blushed unbecomingly, and hastily got on to the lorry. Reddin went in search of Hazel, while Mr. James began to read the names. 'Mr. Thomas. Mr. James. Mrs. Marston. Mr. James He handed the pile of shillings to Miss Clomber, who presented them with the usual fatuous remarks.
Hazel had been sweet in the conquering; so many women were not. And she was a little, wild, frail thing. He was sorry for her. He reflected that if he sold the cob he could pay a first-rate doctor to attend her and two nurses. 'I'll sell the cob, he decided. 'I can easily walk more. It'll do me good. 'Good morning, Mr. Reddin! cried Miss Clomber as sweetly as she could.
When she ran she seemed a fugitive, fleeing across the world with no city or refuge to flee into. Miss Clomber's approach made her start. 'A word with you! said Miss Clomber in her brisk, unsympathetic voice. 'I saw you with Mr. Reddin twice. I just wanted to say in a sisterly and Christian spirit' she lowered her voice to a hollow whisper 'that he is not a good man.
Hazel went off into peals of laughter, and Miss Amelia hated her more than before. Vessons, in the kitchen, shook his head. 'I never heerd the like of the noise there's been since that gel come. Never did I! he said. 'Leave him! said Miss Clomber to Hazel on the doorstep. She was going to add 'for my sake, but substituted 'his. 'You are causing him to sin, she added.
'Ah! He's minister. 'You mean the chapel. So that's your persuasion. Now Mr. Reddin is such a sta'nch Charchman. Reddin looked exceedingly discomfited. 'And when did this happy event take place? A cat with a mouse was nothing to Miss Clomber with a sinner. At this point Reddin saw, as he put it, what she was driving at.
'May your shadow never grow less! he replied jocosely, as he cantered by with a great laugh. 'If she'd only die when she has the child! thought Miss Clomber fiercely. Up on the Mountain Edward and Hazel were studying a map to decide in which part of the county they would live. Round the fire sat Foxy, the one-eyed cat, and the rabbit in a basket.
'I hear, said the eldest Miss Clomber, who had read Bordello and was very clever, 'that young Lochinvar has taken to himself a bride. This was quite up to her usual standard, for not only had it the true literary flavour, but it was ironic, for she knew who Hazel was. ''Er? queried Reddin, shaking hands in his rather race-course manner. 'Introduce me, Mr. Reddin! simpered Amelia Clomber.
James. He began to get in a panic. His bow was cursory. He pocketed the money furtively and read his name in a low, apologetic tone. But this would never do! He must pull himself together. He tried bravado. 'Mr. Vessons. Mr. James. Vessons stood immovable within arm's reach of Miss Clomber.
But they sat tight. They had, as Miss Clomber said afterwards, a soul to save. They both realized how pleasant might be the earthly lot of one engaged in this heavenly occupation. 'Hah! You call a spade a spade, Mr. Reddin, said Miss Clomber, with a frosty glance at Hazel; 'you are not, as our dear Browning has it, "mealy mouthed".
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