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"I may say with Dryden," added the gallant old gentleman: "'Old as I am, for ladies' love unfit, The power of beauty I remember yet." Lady Lundie looked unaffectedly shocked. Mr. Delamayn went a step farther. He interfered on the spot with the air of a man who feels himself imperatively called upon to perform a public duty. "Dryden never said that," he remarked, "I'll answer for it."
You ask me to decide on the facts with which you have supplied me whether your friend is, according to the law of Scotland, married or not?" Geoffrey nodded. "That's it!" he said, eagerly. "My experience, Mr. Delamayn, is that any single man, in Scotland, may marry any single woman, at any time, and under any circumstances.
A very strange impression appeared to have been produced on this reckless and headstrong man. He got up quietly; he spoke with perfect outward composure of face and manner when he said his next words. "Have you given up the case?" "As things are at present, Mr. Delamayn, there is no case." "And no hope of my getting divorced from her?" "Wait a moment. Have your wife and Mr.
The clergy in Ireland of other religious denominations have been relieved from this law. But it still remains in force so far as the Roman Catholic priesthood is concerned." "Is such a state of things possible in the age we live in!" exclaimed Mr. Kendrew. Mr. Delamayn smiled. He had outgrown the customary illusions as to the age we live in.
Geoffrey Delamayn reappeared at the house alone; went straight to the smoking-room; and calling for another supply of the old ale, settled himself in an arm-chair with the newspaper, and began to smoke. He soon tired of reading, and fell into thinking of what had happened during the latter part of his walk.
I must ask you to take your memory back to a day which we have both bitter reason to regret the day when Geoffrey Delamayn sent you to see me at the inn at Craig Fernie. "You may possibly not remember it unhappily produced no impression on you at the time that I felt, and expressed, more than once on that occasion, a very great dislike to your passing me off on the people of the inn as your wife.
There is a case which a scoundrel might set up and with some appearance of truth too in a court of justice!" "Surely, the law wouldn't allow him to do that?" "The law will argue any thing, with any body who will pay the law for the use of its brains and its time. Let that view of the matter alone now. Delamayn can set the case going, if he likes, without applying to any lawyer to help him.
"Relating to his second son?" "What is the object in the way of his executing it?" "The lady whom you have just mentioned to me." "Anne Silvester!" Geoffrey Delamayn. I can only explain the thing very imperfectly. There are certain painful circumstances associated in his lordship's memory with this lady, or with some member of her family.
I saw you lead the way in, while I was at work on Lady Lundie's odious dinner-invitations." "Oh! you call that being at work, do you? I wonder whether there was ever a woman yet who could give the whole of her mind to any earthly thing that she had to do?" "Never mind the women! What subject in common could you and Mr. Delamayn possibly have to talk about?
Held the House, where men of higher abilities "bored" it. The chiefs of his party said openly, "We must do something for Delamayn," The opportunity offered, and the chiefs kept their word. Their Solicitor-General was advanced a step, and they put Delamayn in his place. There was an outcry on the part of the older members of the Bar.
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