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"That gentleman speaks not more warmly than justly," said the old man, with some surprise. "He has a countenance which, if physiognomy be a true science, declares his praise to be no common compliment; may I inquire his name?" "Maltravers," replied Cleveland, a little vain of the effect his ex-pupil's name was to produce. The curate for it was he started and changed countenance.
"I am willing to reward you," he said, "for assisting me in my recent undertaking; but I cannot allow you to lead a band of robbers in my dominions." A dark shade of disappointment passed over the ex-pupil's features, and his face lengthened visibly. "It is too bad," he said, "to be thus cut short at the very outset of a brilliant career.
She was in a state of acute indecision. Could she retire from this contest without endangering her authority, without loss of prestige, or must she insist? She had no real wish to hasten to her ex-pupil's bedside. She would be glad to put off doing so, glad to wait. She was conscious of resentment rather than affection.
It was rather a painful experience for Miss Minchin to watch her ex-pupil's fortunes, as she had the daily opportunity to do, and to feel that she had made a serious mistake, from a business point of view. She had even tried to retrieve it by suggesting that Sara's education should be continued under her care, and had gone to the length of making an appeal to the child herself.
"That gentleman speaks not more warmly than justly," said the old man, with some surprise. "He has a countenance which, if physiognomy be a true science, declares his praise to be no common compliment; may I inquire his name?" "Maltravers," replied Cleveland, a little vain of the effect his ex-pupil's name was to produce. The curate for it was he started and changed countenance.
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