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On every occasion the sentiment was uttered with that fresh conviction in tone which made it appear to be born again. It seemed to have especially pregnant force one evening after Janet had been consulting Barbara on the mysteries of the garment in which she was to be married to Druce Stephens, part owner of Booldal Station.
Bracing up after removing the moisture from his forehead, he took on an expostulatory tone. "See here, Druce, hang it all, don't shove a man into a corner. Suppose I asked you to go to Mrs. Ed. and tell her not to fret about trifles, do you suppose she wouldn't, just because you wanted her not to? Come now!" Druce's silence encouraged the General to take it for assent. "Very well, then.
If it had not been for you, the new gloves would have been wasted on the desert air; but now we can console ourselves that our trouble was of some use, after all, since at least half the party had the benefit. Were you also despatched straight upstairs?" "I was. Afterwards, Druce and I had tea in the billiard-room, and went on to join you in the library.
The very servants about the place spoke of him as "the young master," and the local tradesfolk lost no opportunity of begging his patronage in the future. Surely, surely he might be done with doubts, and allow himself the joy of speaking out all that was in his heart! "A penny for your thoughts, Mr Druce," cried Margot gaily. "You have not been listening to me for the last ten minutes.
Oh, I wish more than ever that Uncle Bernard had left me something, so that I might help you! It does seem hard, doesn't it, that Victor Druce should get it all?" Jack hesitated a moment, tugging at his moustache with his unoccupied hand. "I didn't say that, you know. I never told you that he did." "Jack!"
The children and I can undertake the weeding, and when that is done the dear old herbaceous borders will look charming! The lawn is not big, but there is delightful shade beneath the beech-trees, and we can draw the piano up to the drawing-room window, and get a few people to sing for us Maud Bailey and Mrs Reed; and I believe Mr Druce has a fine voice.
At length the case reached the Court of Appeal in December, 1899, when Mrs. Druce made no appearance to support the faculty she had obtained, and the appeal was dismissed with costs against her. In the course of the proceedings the statements of two or three persons who knew Mr. Druce were published in the Press. Mrs.
"If you could see me, speak to me, help me in any way! Believe me, I do not wish to force my personality on you. I do not want you to give me any material thing. I only beg of you to aid me in asserting my claim on life by telling how I may win bread. "I should be deeply grateful for a word from you. In any case, pardon this intrusion. Yours, etc., Morgan Druce."
The drive across the park, with the great north front of the house lying grey and chill in the distance; the south terrace flooded with sunshine; the gardens sloping to the level of the lake; and beyond them the open stretch of country. And in all probability Druce was to be the master of it all.
He did not appear at luncheon, however, and there was something darkly mysterious about James's manner when he came into the dining-room when the meal was nearly over to announce that his master wished to see the young ladies, with Mr Druce and Mr Melland, in the library at five o'clock. "And me surely he wishes to see me also!" Mrs Wolff cried, in an injured tone.
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