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I referred to the circumstances of that night, thinking they might help you to remember the room; but it is of no consequence; I shall find it for myself. Miss Coningham will, I hope, help me in the search. She knows the house better than I do. 'I must attend to my own business first, if you please, sir, said Clara. 'Mrs Wilson, I am ordered out of my room by Mr Cumbermede.
Again, before long, the rude weather has driven him Southward; the spring finds him in his former haunts; doubtful as ever what to decide upon for the future; but tending evidently towards a new change of residence for household and self: To W. Coningham, Esq. "Penzance, April 19th, 1841.
He was never a man of the world. 'You are right there, Mr Coningham. It is the last epithet any one would give my uncle. 'And the first any one would give me, you imply, Mr Cumbermede. 'I had no such intention, I answered. 'That would have been rude. 'Not in the least. I should have taken it as a compliment.
I was sitting, one hot noon, almost in despair over a certain little point concerning which I could find no definite information, when Mr Coningham called.
'He should not have it if he offered the Moldwarp estate in exchange, I cried indignantly; and the thought flashed across me that this temptation was what my uncle had feared from the acquaintance of Mr Coningham. 'Your sincerity will not be put to so great a test as that, he returned, laughing quite merrily. 'But I am glad you have such a respect for real property.
I was by her side in an instant: her laugh had dissolved the spell that bound me. But she spoke first. 'Well, Mr Cumbermede? she said, with a slow interrogation. 'Well, Miss Coningham? I rejoined, but bitterly, I suppose. 'What's the matter? she retorted sharply, looking up at me, full in the face, whether in real or feigned anger I could not tell.
The fire was burning brightly, and my reading lamp was on the table, ready to be lighted. But I sat down first in my grandmother's chair and mused for I know not how long. At length my wandering thoughts rehearsed again the excursion with Mr Coningham.
'He would never leave me alone about it, I replied; 'and positively I shall take no measures at present. Some day I hope to punish him for deserting me as he did. For I had told him how Mr Coningham had behaved. 'Revenge, Mr Cumbermede? 'Not a serious one. All the punishment I hope to give him is but to show him the fact of the case, and leave him to feel as he may about it.
'There is not an obstacle in the way. I will set the thing in motion the instant I get home. It will be a victory worth achieving, he added, rubbing his hands. 'Mr Coningham, I have not the slightest intention of moving in the matter, I said. His face fell. 'You do not mean when you hold them in your very hands to throw away every advantage of birth and fortune, and be a nobody in the world?
In consequence of this delay, just as I set off at full speed from the door, Mr Coningham rode round the corner of the house. 'What a devil of a hurry you are in, Mr Cumbermede! he cried. 'I was just coming to see you. Can't you spare me a word? I was forced to pull up, and reply as civilly as might be. 'I am only going for a ride, I said, 'and will go part of your way with you if you like.
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