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In reason, therefore and polite good breeding enforced the demand he should have viewed Mr. Dunborough's conquest with easy indifference, and complimented him with a jest founded on the prowess of Mars and the smiles of Venus. But the girl's rare beauty had caught Sir George's fancy; the scene in which he had taken part with her had captivated an imagination not easily inveigled.
Unluckily for himself and others, in the version which he chose he was careful to include all matters likely to arouse Dunborough's resentment; in particular he laid malicious stress upon the attorney's scornful words about a marriage. This, however and perhaps the care he took to repeat it had an unlooked-for result. Mr.
'I? said Sir George, reverting to the easy, half-insolent tone she hated. And he tapped his Paris snuff-box and spoke with tantalising slowness. 'Well, if that be the case, I should advise you to see that Mr. Dunborough's surplice covers a parson. She sat still and silent for a full half-minute after he had spoken.
'The truth is the girl proved so good a nurse in the case of my noble friend who was injured the other day my lord Viscount Dunborough's son, a most valuable life that since she absented herself, he has not made the same progress. And as I am responsible for him 'She should never have attended him! the attorney answered with unexpected sharpness. 'Indeed!
True, the risk, apart from that of Mr. Dunborough's vengeance, might be small; no one of the three had had act or part in the abduction of the girl.
But at this appearance of a happy issue, Lady Dunborough's rage and chagrin, which had been rising higher and higher with each word of the dialogue, could no longer be restrained.
Dunborough's arm only to be shaken off; now he grovelled on the floor; now he was plucked up again, now an ill-directed cut marked his cheek. Twice the landlord, in pity and fear for the man's life, tried to catch Mr. Dunborough's arm and stay the punishment; once William did the same for ten seconds of this had filled the hall with staring servants. But Mr.
'Oh fie, Sir George, have you been hunting already? Fie! Fie! And all London to choose from! But Sir George simply repeated, 'And her father not buried, man? 'Yes, Mr. Thomasson answered with simplicity. 'He was buried this morning. Oh, that is all right. 'This morning? And the girl went from that to Dunborough's bedside? Sir George exclaimed in indignation.
'So that is your tone, is it? he said slowly; and he reached for the tankard of ale that had been brought to him, and that now stood on a chest at the foot of the stairs. But Mr. Pomeroy's hand was on the pot first; in a second its contents were in Dunborough's face and dripping from his cravat.
'A fig for the lie, mistress! cried the old harridan; and added, as was too much the fashion in those days, a word we cannot print. The Duchess of Northumberland had the greater name for coarseness; but Lady Dunborough's tongue was known in town. 'Ay, that smartens you, does it? 'she continued with cruel delight; for the girl had winced as from a blow.
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