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Ward, I take it, never robbed him or any one else. And this eccentric specialty, the Duke, though he was no Solomon, had the wit to discover. In his cups the ex-groom, ex-valet, was not reticent about his sovereign master, and his talk was not altogether of an edifying nature. One sally sticks in my memory. "Ah, yes! He was a grand favourite with the women.
Once more let me warn you to get rid of sinful secrets, and amend your life, if you wish to be at peace. Good-night." So saying, the duke walked rapidly away to make up for the time lost in talking with the ex-valet. It was after eleven o'clock when he reached the Arondelle Arms, yet the little hostel gave no signs of closing.
"Yes, he is in the same boat with us. Go sit down, Frisbie; we don't need you," said Lord Vincent. And the ex-valet retired and crouched in his corner like a repulsed dog. Trouble did not take away the appetite of Mrs. Dugald. It does not ever have that effect upon constitutions in which the animal nature largely preponderates. She ate, drank, and wept, and so got through a very hearty repast.
Good-night," said the duke, as he moved away. "One moment more, oh, my lord duke! for the love of Heaven! One moment to do a piece of justice," pleaded the ex-valet, tottering after the young nobleman. "Well, well, what is it now?" inquired the latter, pausing and turning back. "That poor, misguided girl, Rose Cameron," said the valet.
It took half a dozen policemen to put her into the carriage, and then the handcuffs had to be put on her. As soon as quiet was restored another case was called on. It was that of Frisbie, the ex-valet, charged with the murder of Ailsie Dunbar. Oh, vanity of youthful blood, So by misuse to poison good.
He, Tabs, couldn't very well ask his ex-valet, merely because he was his ex-valet, to desist from loving the same girl. He had no doubt that Braithwaite, in his new incarnation as a General, did dare to love her. He had little doubt that Terry had shown herself at least susceptible to the glamor of his infatuation. How far had the matter gone between them? There lay the guess.
One would have sworn that Carroll was surprised at Barker's flare of anger or else that it had passed unnoticed. "I just figured that you, having been his valet, and knowing a good deal about him, would have knowledge of this." "He wasn't in the habit of discussin' his lady friends with me," growled the ex-valet surlily. "Of course he wasn't; but you know, of course? You guessed?"
He could not bring himself to speak with one whom he could not, in his own mind, clear from suspicion. He passed the valet, walking quickly, and gaining the bridge. Then he heard footsteps rapidly following him, and the voice of the ex-valet excitedly calling after him: "My Lord Arondelle! oh! I beg pardon! Your grace! Your grace! For the love of Heaven, let me speak to you!"
"Certainly, certainly, you can take the silver," said the colonel genially. "Bring me the films." The man was half-way out of the room when he turned round. "No tricks, mind you," he said, "no doing funny business when my back's turned." "I shall not move from the chair, Tom. You don't seem to trust me." The ex-valet made two journeys before he deposited a dozen shallow tin boxes on the desk.
On the other hand, my portier, an ex-valet de place, pumped a softly murmuring stream of enthusiasm; and expressed the freshest delight in the inspection of each object of interest. One still faintly discerns among the vast number of names with which the walls of the ante-cell are bewritten, that of Lamartine.
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