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Updated: May 11, 2025
But if he had been with me, it would have been death to both of us: I could never have got him over the ground. Mr and Mrs Forest received their visitors with the greatest cordiality, and invited them to spend a day or two with them, to which, after some deliberation, Mr Coningham agreed.
'As you please, he returned, with, I fancied, a shadow of disappointment, if not of displeasure, on his countenance. 'I should have been more gratified if you had accepted a friendly office; but I will do my best for you, notwithstanding. 'I had no intention of being unfriendly, Mr Coningham, I said.
He informed me that Sir Geoffrey Brotherton had been doing all he could to get even temporary possession of the park, as we called it; and, although I said nothing of it to Mr Coningham, my suspicion is that, had he succeeded, he would, at the risk of a law-suit, in which he would certainly have been cast, have ploughed it up.
It was not so dark but that I saw her bosom heave and a flush overspread her countenance. 'You wished to see me, Miss Coningham, I said. 'I am at your service. 'What is wrong, Mr Cumbermede? You never used to speak to me in such a tone. 'There is nothing wrong if you are not more able than I to tell what it is. 'Why did you come if you were going to treat me so? 'Because you requested it.
Notwithstanding her speed, however, when I reached the mouth of the lane, there was Mr Coningham half across the first field, with his coat-tails flying out behind him. I would not allow myself to be left in such a discourteous fashion, and gave chase. Before he had measured the other half of the field, I was up with him.
Then I wrote to Mr Coningham, saying I was sorry I had spoken to him as I did, and begging him to let by-gones be by-gones; assuring him that, if ever I moved in the matter of our difference, he should be the first to whom I applied for assistance. He returned me no answer. And now came a dreary time of re-action. There seemed nothing left for me to do, and I felt listless and weary.
'Get up there. 'You have grown, though, after all, said Clara. 'I thought it might be only the petticoats that made you look so tall. I got on the horse which the guide, a half-witted fellow from the next valley, was holding for me, and we set out. The guide walked beside my horse, and Mr Coningham beside Clara's.
Just a touch of familiarity was the sole indication that we were not grown men. Boys are especially grateful for respect from their superiors, for it helps them to respect themselves; but Charley sat silent and gloomy. As he would not ride back, and Mr Coningham preferred walking too, I got into the saddle and rode by Clara's side.
It is rare, indeed, that any speaker in the House secures the marked attention or catches the eye of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. To Collier succeeded Coningham, member for Brighton.
The moment we reached the road, Mr Coningham announced that his way was in the opposite direction to mine, said his good morning, shook hands with me, and jogged slowly away. I knew that was not the nearest way to Squire Strode's. I could not help laughing he had so much the look of a dog with his tail between his legs, or a beast of prey that had made his spring and missed his game.
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