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The lawyer went on to say, that he had conformed to the desire of the testatrix in communicating the existence of the aforesaid will six days subsequent to her death, being the day after her funeral. There had been railing and jeering at the Countess de Saldar, the clever outwitted exposed adventuress, at Elburne House and Beckley Court. What did the crowing cleverer aristocrats think of her now?
'Poor old Tom! said her ladyship, when alone. 'He 's rough at the rind, but sound at the core. She had no idea of the long revenge Old Tom cherished, and had just shaped into a plot to be equal with her for the Bull-dogs. Money was a strong point with the Elburne brood.
How happy will she be who is led hither to reside by you, Mr. Harry! 'Mine? No; there's the bother, he answered, with unfeigned chagrin. 'Beckley isn't Elburne property, you know. It belongs to old Mrs. Bonner, Rose's grandmama. 'Oh! interjected the Countess, indifferently. 'I shall never get it no chance, Harry pursued.
I shall tell them that at their time of life a change of any kind is very unwise and bad for them. Then there is Grandmama Bonner. She can hurt us really, if she pleases. Oh, my dear Evan! if you had only been a curate! Why isn't your name Parsley? Then my Grandmama the Countess of Elburne. Well, we have a Countess on our side, haven't we?
I shall give my advice; but as she has not deceived me, and she is a reasonable being, I shan't interfere. Putting the case at the worst, they will not want money. I have no doubt Tom Cogglesby means what he says, and will do it. So there we will leave the matter till we hear from Elburne House. Sir Franks groaned at the thought. 'How much does he offer to settle on them? he asked.
Lord Elburne is the fourteenth of his line originally simple country squires. They talk of the Roses, but we need not go so very far back as that. I do not quite understand why a Lord's son should condescend to a Baronetcy. Precedence of some sort for his lady, I suppose. I have yet to learn whether she ranks by his birth, or his present title. If so, a young Baronetcy cannot possibly be a gain.
How happy will she be who is led hither to reside by you, Mr. Harry! 'Mine? No; there's the bother, he answered, with unfeigned chagrin. 'Beckley isn't Elburne property, you know. It belongs to old Mrs. Bonner, Rose's grandmama. 'Oh! interjected the Countess, indifferently. 'I shall never get it no chance, Harry pursued.
She conquered the sneers of the world in her soul: but her sensitive skin was yet alive to the pangs of the scorching it had been subjected to when weak, helpless, and betrayed by Evan, she stood with no philosophic parent to cry fair play for her, among the skilful torturers of Elburne House. Sir Franks had risen and walked to the window. 'News? said Lady Jocelyn, wheeling round in her chair.
'Yes, she replied; 'but you are not one to mix oil with your Elburne blood. Let me see oil! That, I conceive, is grocery. So, you are grocers on one side! 'Oh, come! hang it! cried Harry, turning red. 'Am I leaning on the grocer's side, or on the lord's? Harry felt dreadfully taken down. 'One ranks with one's father, he said.
'Yes, she replied; 'but you are not one to mix oil with your Elburne blood. Let me see oil! That, I conceive, is grocery. So, you are grocers on one side! 'Oh, come! hang it! cried Harry, turning red. 'Am I leaning on the grocer's side, or on the lord's? Harry felt dreadfully taken down. 'One ranks with one's father, he said.
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