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Silent and cast down, he sat dangling his handkerchief between his knees and leaning forward on his elbows toward the fire. "You must excuse me if I see my way straight through to the end. I daresay you would rather realize it gradually, inevitable as it is," added Conolly, looking down with some pity at his drooping figure. "I cannot help my habit of mind.
A few minutes later she went to bed, leaving the couple alone together. Conolly looked at his wife for a moment with an amused expression; but she closed her lips irresponsively, and went to the table for a book which she wanted to bring upstairs. She would have gone without a word had he not spoken to her. "Marian: Douglas is in love with you."
Then she understood too, and looked solemnly at Susanna. Susanna, observing her, stared insolently in return, and Marian averted her head like a guilty person and hurried on. Conolly saw it all, and did not speak until they rejoined Mrs. Fairfax and Douglas in Piccadilly. "How do you propose to go home?" said Douglas. "Walk to St.
Conolly shewed Miss McQuinch his opinion of this unhappy remark by a whimsical glance, which she repudiated by turning sharply away from him, and speaking as affectionately as she could to Marian. After dinner they returned to the drawing-room, which ran from the front to the back of the house.
As a matter of fact, most of the intrigues carried on were with or against Spain; but in the fall of 1788 an abortive effort was made by a British agent to arouse the Kentuckians against both the Spaniards and the National Government, in the interest of Great Britain. This agent was Conolly, the unsavory hero of Lord Dunmore's war.
The main column closing up continued to advance; the enemy did not make a very determined resistance, yet a chance shot killed poor Edward Conolly, brother to the victim of the ruffian king of Bokhara.
And I must tell you, Mr. Conolly, that it will be my duty to enlighten my poor child as to the effect a union with you must have on her social position. You have made the most of your celebrity and your prospects. She may be dazzled for the moment; but her good sense will come to the rescue yet, I am convinced." "I have certainly spared no pains to persuade her.
The other couple had gone into the drawing-room. "Hallo!" said Jasper, "where is Conolly? I want to say a word to him before he goes." "He has just gone," said Marian, pointing across the lawn. Jasper immediately ran out in the direction indicated, and left the two cousins alone together.
Why do you not go down, Mr. Conolly?" "I am too busy. Besides, it will do Marian good to be rid of me for a while." "Absurd, Mr. Conolly! You should not leave her there by herself." "By herself! Why, is not the place full?" "Yes; but I do not mean that. There is nobody belonging to her there." "You forget. Miss McQuinch is her bosom friend.
"On the electro-motor the Conolly electro-motor. I went down to the City on Wednesday, and saw it working. It is most wonderful, and very interesting. Mr. Conolly explained it to me himself. I was able to follow every step that his mind has made in inventing it. I remember him as a common workman. He fitted the electric bell in my study four years ago with his own hands.
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