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Girls think more about a man when they see the place which he can offer to them as a home, and Exmundham is an attractive place to girls, picturesque and romantic." "A very good idea," cried Sir Peter, heartily. "And I want also to make the acquaintance of Chillingly Gordon. Give me his address." "Here is his card on the chimney-piece, take it; you will always find him at home till two o'clock.
But weeks passed, the season drew to its close, and of Kenelm Chillingly she saw or heard nothing: he had wholly vanished from the London world. He had but written a line to his servant, ordering him to repair to Exmundham and await him there, and enclosing him a check to pay outstanding bills. We must now follow the devious steps of the strange being who has grown into the hero of this story.
THERE had been great festivities at Exmundham, in celebration of the honour bestowed upon the world by the fact that Kenelm Chillingly had lived twenty-one years in it. The young heir had made a speech to the assembled tenants and other admitted revellers, which had by no means added to the exhilaration of the proceedings.
SIR PETER CHILLINGLY, of Exmundham, Baronet, F.R.S. and F.A.S., was the representative of an ancient family, and a landed proprietor of some importance. He had married young; not from any ardent inclination for the connubial state, but in compliance with the request of his parents.
Kenelm, rouse up and listen to me; whatever we are, whether active or indolent, is not my favourite maxim a just and a true one; namely, 'A good man does good by living'? But, for that, he must be a harmony and not a discord. Kenelm, you lazy dog, we must pack up." Kenelm then refilled his portmanteau, and labelled and directed it to Exmundham, after which he wrote these three notes:
But when at Exmundham he asked me to befriend his choice of another, to reconcile his mother to that choice, evidently not a suitable one, I gave him up. And though that affair is at an end, he seems little likely ever to settle down to practical duties and domestic habits, an idle wanderer over the face of the earth, only heard of in remote places and with strange companions.
That the son of Lady Chillingly should make a mesalliance, however crotchety he might be in other respects, was a thought that it would have so disturbed her to admit that she did not admit it. Such was the condition of things at Exmundham when the lengthy communication of Kenelm reached Sir Peter's hands.
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