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Trevanion had gone at once to London from the University; his reputation and his talk dazzled his connections, not unjustly. They made an effort, they got him into Parliament; he had spoken, he had succeeded. He came to Compton in the flush of his virgin fame.
She left off and blushed, directly he saw her. He blushed too, and touched his cap to her, with an air half manly, half sheepish, but did not speak to her. This was the last ball of the over, and, as the ball was now to be delivered from the other wicket, Compton took the place of long-leg.
Lady Alwyne Compton was very musical, and rehearsals were held in the stone-vaulted crypt beneath the Deanery, a place of splendid acoustic properties, which intensified the sound without coarsening it, and brought the voice back to the singer in a way unknown on the usual platform, decorated with screens, curtains, and flags, and obstructed by floral impedimenta.
Venning took a deep breath and stared at his friend. "I saw him this very morning," said Compton, quietly. "And " "He said you were too young! Eh? Go on go on!" "And I told him I thought I could find a friend who would join me." "You mean to say that he agreed to take you?" cried Venning, jumping up. Compton nodded. "Oh, splendid! And you will take me to him? You're a brick. What is he like, eh?
That is the way I'd have it, if I could make things." Mr. Compton shook his head and said many things were very hard to understand, and even his mamma sometimes could not make out all the things. "Nor mine neither; I puzzle her dreadful. I can't help that; things shouldn't come and puzzle me, and then I shouldn't puzzle her.
The grateful husband wrote to Bassett, and now acknowledged his obligation. A civil, mock-modest reply from Richard Bassett. From this things went on step by step, till at last Compton and Ruperta, at eighteen years of age, were formally betrothed. Thus the children's love wore out the father's hate.
Torrance," he said, "that I consider the services of an expert absolutely unnecessary, but if Mr. Compton wishes to experiment I will interfere in no way and I shall help you all I can, but I sincerely hope that you, on your part, will refrain from interfering with my activities.
And, as you see, they are building it." He stared gloomily down into the valley; while Venning and Compton made singular grimaces in the effort to keep becomingly grave. "It is a great honour," said Compton, presently. "And two of them!" said Venning. "I don't know, I'm sure. I'm no lawyer, but I rather think that you, as an Englishman, would not be allowed to take two.
Why not treat her like any other acquaintance?" Next Sunday afternoon she came to church alone. In spite of his resolution, Mr. Compton tried her a second time. Horror! she was all monosyllables and blushes again. Compton began to find it too up-hill. At last, when they reached Highmore gate, he lost his patience, and said, "I see how it is. I have lost my sweet playmate forever.
"I can't help it: now you are out, it is rather insipid. There, you see I can pay compliments as well as you." Then she made a graceful inclination and moved away. Compton felt his heart ache at parting. He took a thought and ran quickly to a certain part of the field. Ruperta and her attendant walked very slowly homeward. Compton caught them just at their own gate.
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