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And until we met Mr. Dunborough, and Sir George got the truth from him I had no certainty. More shame to me! She bit her lips to keep back the confession that rose to them, and for a little while was silent. Then, to his astonishment, 'Will he ever forgive me? she cried, her voice tremulous. 'How shall I tell him? I was mad I must have been mad.
'You villain! Soane cried, all the misery, all the labour, all the fears of the night turning his blood to fire, 'you shall pay me now! Let a man stir, and I will spit you like the dog you are! Where is she? Where is she? For, by Heaven, if you do not give her up, I will kill you with my own hand! Mr. Dunborough, his eyes on the other's face, laughed.
'I ask because well, I don't like to speak ill of the quality, or of those by whom one lives, Sir George; but he has not got the best name in the county; and there have been wild doings at Bastwick of late, and writs and bailiffs and worse. So I did not up and tell him all I knew. On a sudden Dunborough spoke. 'He was at College, at Pembroke, he said. 'Doyley knows him.
Fresh horses could not be ready in a minute, even in those times, when day and night post-horses stood harnessed in the stalls. Even Mr. Dunborough could not be served in a moment.
Thomasson did not doubt that her ladyship was right. But he spoke with indifferent spirit. He had had a bad night, had lain anywhere, and dressed nowhere, and was chilly and unkempt. Apart from the awe in which he stood of her ladyship, he would have returned to Oxford by the first coach that morning. 'Dear me! Lady Dunborough announced presently. 'I declare he is leaving her!
But here, not only had he reason to think himself distasteful to the young lady whose elevation was in prospect, but he retained too vivid a recollection of Lady Dunborough to hope that that lady would forget or forgive him! Moreover, at the present moment he was much straitened for money; difficulties of long standing were coming to a climax. Venuses and Titian copies have to be paid for.
Yet after a fashion, and as a part of herself, she did love him; which was proved by her first words after the door had closed upon him. 'Lord! she said uneasily. 'I hope he will play no Ferrers tricks, and disgrace us all. He is a black desperate fellow, is Dunborough, when he is roused.
For a moment after entering he could not speak; he had dined largely, and sat long after dinner; and his face was suffused with blood. But then, 'Tommy, who is this fellow? he cried, blurting out the words as if each must be the last. 'Good heavens! cried the tutor, shocked at the low appellation. Mr. Dunborough! Mr. Dunborough! You mistake. My dear sir, my dear friend, you do not understand.
I'll have you looked up on the rolls. I'll have your name taken! 'I would not talk of names if I were you, cried Mr. Fishwick, reddening in his turn with rage. 'Men give a name to what you are doing this morning, and it is not a pleasant one. It is to be hoped, sir, that Mr. Dunborough pays you well for your services!
If he proceeded to his reasons he might convince her; but he would also fix himself with a fore-knowledge of the danger a fore-knowledge which he had not imparted to her, and which must sensibly detract from the merit of the service he had already and undoubtedly performed. This was a risk; and there was a farther consideration. Why give Mr. Dunborough new ground for complaint by discovering him?
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