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Am I cleared? Has Mr. Edmonstone a right to be satisfied? 'Yes, Sir Guy, was Markham's direct answer. 'Mr. Dixon has accounted for your disposal of the thirty pound cheque, and there is an end of the matter. Guy drew a long breath, and the convulsive grasp of his fingers relaxed. 'I cannot thank you enough! said he to his uncle; then to Mr. Edmonstone, 'how is Charles?
She was laid on the sofa, and made comfortable with pillows, in her mother's gentlest way. When Mrs. Edmonstone was called away, Laura held her dress, saying, 'You are kind to me, but you must forgive him. Say you have forgiven him, mamma, dearest! 'My dear, in the grave all things are forgiven.
'Of course, Maurice told a story of a lady who had a cigar case hanging at her chatelaine, and always took one to refresh her after a ball. Guy was interrupted by the announcement of his horse, and rode off at once to Mr. Lascelles. On his return he went straight to the drawing-room, where Mrs. Edmonstone was reading to Charles, and abruptly exclaimed, 'I told you wrong.
I don't believe it did any harm, and Charlie himself says you saved him from falling down-stairs. Philip had begun to give Laura his version of the accident, as he had already done to her father, when Mrs. Edmonstone came down, looking harassed and anxious. She told her nephew that Charles was very desirous to see him, and sent him up at once.
He told Guy he was sorry to say that his uncle used to be a sad scamp, and he must take care, or it would be his poor father's story over again; and to Mrs. Edmonstone he wrote that it was very odd that everything always did go wrong when he was away. He thought these letters a great achievement, but his wife's perplexity was not materially relieved.
Edmonstone rubbing his hands; Laura lighted the candles, Charlotte asked after Bustle, and was answered that he was at Oxford, and Charles, laying hold of the side of the sofa, pulled himself by it into a sitting posture. 'Shall I help you? said Guy. 'Thank you, but I am not ready yet; besides, I am an actual log now, and am carried as such, so it is of no use to wait for me.
The overthrow of Philip's influence was a great triumph for him, apart from the way in which it affected his friend and his sister. Mr. Edmonstone was disappointed that Guy would not set about fixing the day, in time for him to announce it in a letter to be written in the course of an hour. Guy said he had not begun on the subject with Amy, and it would never do to hurry her.
Edmonstone, coming in, 'I am sorry to prevent your talk, but Amy must not be kept awake. She must keep her strength for to-morrow. 'Good night, then, dear, dear Laura.
Guy's own beloved home! How could she bear it? But she was eagerly asking Markham how Philip should be informed of their arrival, and Markham was looking perplexed, and saying, that to drive under the gateway, into the paved court, would make a thundering sound, that he dreaded for Mr. Morville. Could Mr. Charles Edmonstone cross the court on foot?
She entered her little room, then quietly opened another door, and Mrs. Edmonstone found herself standing by the bed, where that which was mortal lay, with its face bright with the impress of immortality. The shock was great, for he was indeed as a son to her; but her fears for Amabel would not leave room for any other thought. 'Is not he beautiful? said Amy, with a smile like his own.
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