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He sat by you when we first saw the shawl. Mr. Hepworth Closs." Matthew Stacy sprang to his feet, perfectly aghast. "And you have told him?" "Not yet; but I mean to!" "You mean to " "Yes, I do!" "That is it that is it the self-same cretur that left the print of her fingers on my cheek, and of herself on my heart. It is her who wishes to cast me to the earth, and have me stamped on by the law.
But to the sins of youth much should be forgiven, which, in the mature man, justice might utterly condemn. Hepworth Closs arose from that fainting fit humbled and grateful. That moment his resolve was taken. He would not share the benefits which might come to him through his sister's marriage, nor in anything partake of a reward for the evil he had, in mercy, been saved from.
She wondered what had made the world all at once so gloriously beautiful, and why it was so difficult for her to keep the tears out of her eyes when the soft purple evening came down, and divided the day which had been spent with him, from the night, when she could only hope to see him in shadowy dreams. Rachael Closs saw all this, and it filled her with bitter rejoicing.
She had thirsted for greatness, and it was hers. She had pined for the old love, and it had come back to her. No wonder the carriage of this woman was lofty, and her voice full of music. No wonder that the rich coloring of her youth returned, and her eyes took back their velvety softness. At this period Rachael Closs was at the pinnacle of her hopes.
From me Clara will inherit nothing; from her grandmother worse than nothing if she dies offended with us. I am told that she is relenting that she has been heard to speak kindly of Clara. Can you ask me to insult her over again, knowing all the wrong I have done her, all the ruin it would bring on my child?" "What can I do?" exclaimed Closs, who felt the reason of this appeal.
"I think it must be open defiance, or separation at any rate, for a time." Clara's face clouded. She loved her father, and was a little afraid of him as well; but that was nothing to the passionate attachment she felt for Hepworth Closs. She would have defied the whole world rather than give him up; but open disobedience was a terrible thing to her. All at once she brightened.
My father has all at once taken to adoring her. No wonder! Happiness has made her so grandly beautiful, so dashingly brilliant in all she says and does. The new duke, who has just come down, is so taken with her that he scarcely leaves her side." "I am glad of that," exclaimed Closs. "If ever a woman was born to control society, it is Rachael. Does she know I am here?" "I have not told her yet.
There was nothing left to me but your child and this one brother. How could I part with either of them? That was to be utterly alone!" Lord Hope checked this pathetic plea. It shook his resolution, and that with a vigor she could not understand. He looked her steadily in the face. "Rachael Closs, could you have given up my child to that man?"
Lord Hope had received his brother-in-law with gentlemanly ease. How could he help it, not being master at Houghton? Besides, he was disposed to cast off all responsibility with regard to his daughter's choice of a husband, and leave everything to the judgment and pride of the old countess, who happened to like Closs, and was not aware how much of that evening he spent with her grandchild.
I think it would offend my dear old fairy-grandmother if I took them, and I know you will approve what I am doing." Closs read the letter with a smile of pleasure; but when he took up the bonds again, his face clouded. "Can I never wash my hands of that poor lady's money," he said. "Do what I can, it will come back to me."
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