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"I really believe there's a lot of good in him," he stammered; "but, of course, I know very little, and from what he tells me he's had a very curious life. I shouldn't like " "Where was he educated?" inquired Mrs. Dennant. "They have no public schools in France, so I 've been told; but, of course, he can't help that, poor young fellow! Oh, and, Dick, there 's one thing has he relations?
"Yes," the Connoisseur said, sipping at his sherry, "I 'm afraid it's all over with young Foliot." "Such a pity!" murmured Mrs. Dennant, and her kindly face looked quite disturbed. "I've known him ever since he was a boy. Of course, I think he made a great mistake to bring her down here. Not even bein' able to get married makes it doubly awkward. Oh, I think he made a great mistake!"
One has always to be so careful about that. It 's one thing to help a young fellow, but quite another to help his family too. One sees so many cases of that where men marry girls without money, don't you know." "He has told me," answered Shelton, "his only relations are some cousins, and they are rich." Mrs. Dennant took out her handkerchief, and, bending above the rose, removed a tiny insect.
He was glancing at the sky, that every moment threatened to discharge a violent shower of rain, when suddenly he heard his name called from behind, and who should ride up to him on either side but Bill Dennant and Antonia herself!
"If they'd said, now," he remarked jocosely, "that the frost had nipped the partridges, there 'd have been some sense in it; but what can you expect? They've no consideration, dear souls!" Shelton took a breath, and, with averted eyes, he hurriedly began: "It's awfully hard, sir, to " Mr. Dennant switched his cane against his shin.
Dennant singled themselves out; he could see their faces as they talked their faces with a peculiar and uneasy look on them; and he could hear their voices, still decisive, but a little acid, as if they had been quarrelling: "He 's made a donkey of himself!" "Ah! it's too distressin'!" They, too, thought him unsound, and did n't want him; but to save the situation they would be glad to keep him.
Dennant's voice; "they're splendid for buildin's, but buildin's are so disappointin'. The thing is to get human interest, isn't it?" and her glance wandered absently past Shelton in search of human interest. "You haven't put down what you've taken, mother." From a little leather bag Mrs. Dennant took a little leather book.
The lady with the mirror continued looking in the glass; and, though he could not see her face, he could see its image-pale, with greenish eyes, and a smile like scorn itself. Then, by a swift transition, he was walking in the garden talking to Mrs. Dennant. It was from this talk that he awoke with laughter. "But," she had been saying, "Dick, I've always been accustomed to believe what I was told.
Now, I want you to promise me you won't talk to Antonia about those sort of things." Shelton raised his eyebrows. "Oh, you know what I mean!" He saw that to press Mrs. Dennant to say what she meant by "things" would really hurt her sense of form; it would be cruel to force her thus below the surface! He therefore said, "Quite so!"
"Ideals, that sort of thing! You've been diving down below the line of 'practical politics, that's about the size of it, my boy"; and, stooping suddenly, he picked up the last ball. "There is the Mater!" Shelton saw Mrs. Dennant coming down the lawn with her second daughter, Sybil. By the time they reached the holm oak the three girls had departed towards the house, walking arm in arm, and Mrs.
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