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As she glanced across the table, she caught a momentary shade of embarrassment in Helbeck's face. "No, thank you," he said. "I am provided." His provision seemed to be coffee and bread and butter. She raised her eyebrows involuntarily, but said nothing, and he presently busied himself in bringing her vegetables and wine, Mrs. Denton having left the room.
Forbes was the first to recover his voice. The girl's appearance and the petition had made them both dumb for a minute. "It can't be done, Miss Marvin," he said, curtly. "It would be establishing a precedent; isn't it so, Mr. Denton?" "But surely, Mr. Forbes, such a precedent would do no harm!" cried Faith quickly. "Poor Mary is the first clerk who has died in the store, you know.
"It does seem strange not to have dear Jane Denton here," said Rosamund; "but she seems to be still so delicate that she won't come back to school this term. Now, shall I help you to unpack, Irene? And shall I help you to put on a pretty frock for supper? I want you to look as nice as possible. All the girls are just dying to see you." At that moment there came a knock at Rosamund's door.
And always the hope had failed, and the promise ended in smoke. She gave him sympathy in her turn, and said she would not raise his expectations unkindly, but she believed she could really help him to get a start. She would speak to Lord Denton about it. He was always ready to do a little thing like that for her.
They stowed her away in the bow, under Henderson's care, and threatened the children with dire punishment if they moved from under her shadow. Then the launch sped out into the bay and away toward Dunkirk. Three days had brought many changes to the hospital ship Arabella. Of the original batch of patients only Lieutenant Elbl, the German, and Andrew Denton now remained.
Denton had no means, so Elizabeth borrowed money on the securities that her father Mwres held in trust for her until she was one-and-twenty. The rate of interest she paid was of course high, because of the uncertainty of her security, and the arithmetic of lovers is often sketchy and optimistic. Yet they had very glorious times after that return.
It would be quite easy. A little opening of long fastened windows; a lighting of chill grates; a little mending of moth-eaten curtains, a sweeping away of long-gathered dust and cobwebs. Mrs. Denton knew just the right people. They might be induced to bring their sons and daughters it might be their grandchildren, youth being there to welcome them. For Joan, of course, would play her part.
Mason was a great friend of his mother, who died. They hate me like poison. However " The priest interposed. "Mrs. Mason is a very violent, a most unseemly woman," he said, in his mincing voice. "And the father the old man who is now dead, was concerned in the rioting near the bridge " "When Alan was struck? Mrs. Denton told me! How abominable!"
If he had been like Tom Brown, or Joe Denton, or any of those careless fellows, it would have been a different thing. Arrived at the library, both the boys were soon interested in looking over the books, and the time flew rapidly. "I'll just glance at these," thought Charlie, taking out two more with very attractive titles, "and then I must be off to the post."
"I'm not to blame if you took me for a fool! Why, even Mag Brady could see through your sly actions!" Faith looked at her in astonishment, her veins throbbing with indignation. "She understood your little game that day of the fire, when you and Jim Denton were talking together! He's rich, Jim Denton is, and he's mighty susceptible!
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