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"If it is a secret, and you are a gentleman, you will hold your tongue," interposed Elinor, sharply. "Papa," said Marian: "I became engaged yesterday to Mr. Conolly. I told Mr. Douglas this in order to save him from making me a proposal. That is the reason he has forgotten himself. I had not intended to tell you so suddenly; but this misunderstanding has forced me to." "Engaged to Mr.
George presented himself, and was conducted to the laboratory, where he found Conolly, with his coat off, surrounded by apparatus. The glowing fire, comfortable chairs, and preparations for an evening meal, gladdened him more than the presence of his brother-in-law, with whom he never felt quite at ease. "You wont mind my fiddling with these machines while I talk," said Conolly.
"Here, Marmaduke," she said, offering him her hand. "Good-bye. You are in one of your outrageous humors this afternoon." "What am I doing?" he replied. "I am behaving myself perfectly. Let us settle about the party before we go." "Good evening, Mr. Lind," said Conolly, coming up to them with the umbrellas. "This is yours, I think, Mrs. Leith Fairfax." "Good evening," said Marmaduke, subsiding.
When she recovered her self-possession they were standing together in the less thronged space near a bust of the Queen; and Conolly was saying: "I have been here half an hour; and I have not seen a single picture." "Nor I," she said timidly, looking down at her catalogue. "Shall we try to see some now?"
Conolly is not like other men. I got discontented because I had nothing to desire. And now, about the lodgings, Mrs. Crawford. Do not think I am changing the subject from reticence. It is the question of money that makes me anxious. All my resources would be swallowed up at the hotel in less than a week." "Lodgings? You mean rooms, I guess. People here mostly go to boarding-houses.
Conolly stared rather at this question, and then shook his head. "I dont know anything about that," he said; "I am only a workman. Perhaps Lord Carbury can tell you: he has read a good deal about it." Marian looked incredulously at him. "I am sure you are joking," she said. "Lord Carbury says you know ever so much more than he does. I suppose I asked a stupid question.
The C Company of the Mallows had lost all military order, and was pushing back in spite of the haggard officers, who cursed, and shoved, and prayed in the vain attempt to hold them. The captain and the subs. were elbowed and jostled, while the men crowded towards Private Conolly for their orders.
Therefore, he impudently pretends to pity me for being his gull in the matter. But I will stop that." "Conolly is a particular friend of mine, Douglas, Let us drop the subject, if you dont mind." "If he is your friend, of course I have nothing more to say. I think I will turn in here and dine. Good-evening."
Conolly had something to say about most of the pictures: generally an unanswerable objection to some historical or technical inaccuracy, which sometimes convinced her, and always impressed her with a confiding sense of ignorance in herself and infallible judgment in him. "I think we have done enough for one day," she said at last. "The watercolors and the sculpture must wait until next time."
On the 5th the North-West Company's people arrived, and Mr. Conolly furnished us with a canoe and five Canadians. They were engaged to attend us till Mr. Franklin should think fit to discharge them, and bound under the usual penalties in case of disobedience, or other improper conduct. These poor people entertained such dread of a ship of war, that they stipulated not to be embarked in Lieutenant Parry's vessels, if we should find them on the coast; a condition with which they would gladly have dispensed had that desirable event taken place. As we required a Canadian foreman and steersman for the other canoe, we were compelled to wait for the appearance of the Isle
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