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"She doesn't appreciate the political reasons," began Lady Eynesford, with troubled brow and smiling lips; but Coxon, frowning angrily, broke in, "Not the last, I promise you, anyhow, Miss Derosne." "What, you think he's finally beaten then?" "That's not the question. Beaten or not, he is discredited, and no respectable man would act with him."
Smothering his recurrent misgivings, and ignoring the weakness of his theory, he laid the balm to his sore and obliterated all traces of wounded dignity from his response to Lady Eynesford's advance. "My husband tells me," she said, "that I must leave my opinion of your exploits unspoken, Mr. Coxon. Why do you laugh, Sir John?" "At a wife's obedience, Lady Eynesford."
"No," answered Lord Eynesford shortly. "What a damned shame!" grumbled Dick. The Colonel had spoken to the captains of his two companies, Kilshaw and another, and they in their turn had briefly communicated the Governor's orders to their men. Everything was ready, and the Colonel turned a last inquiring glance towards the Governor.
"Her friendly feelings towards you have undergone no change, and if you can forget Ah, here are Alicia and my husband!" and Lady Eynesford, feeling the arrival excellently well timed, broke off the tête-
"Well, I'll just tell her, and then I'll write to Coxon and see what to do." "Do make her understand it's impossible," urged Lady Eynesford. "We've no reason to suppose she's ever thought of it," the Governor reminded his wife. "No, of course not," she said. "I shall leave you alone with her, Willie." Alicia came down at the Governor's summons. "Well, here's another," said the Governor playfully.
"Extraordinary the popularity of the man in Kirton," he observed, in answer to Alicia's eager description of Mr. Medland's triumph. "What has he done for them?" asked Eleanor. "Done? Oh, I don't know. He's done something, I suppose; but it's what he's going to do that they're so keen about." "Is he a Socialist?" inquired Alicia. "I can't tell you," replied Lord Eynesford.
Of course I thought it was Eleanor; you seemed so suited to one another." Coxon, ignoring the natural affinity suggested, remarked, "There's no harm done that I can see, except that I hoped I had you on my side. Perhaps I shall have still." Sympathy had failed. Lady Eynesford, recognising that, felt she had a duty to perform.
At the tone in which Lady Eynesford seemed to hurl his own name in his teeth, Coxon's rosy illusion vanished. He sat in gloomy silence, twisting his hat in his hand and waiting for Lady Eynesford to speak again. "You astonish me!" she said at last. "I made sure it was Eleanor." "Why is it astonishing?" he asked. "Surely Miss Derosne's attractions are sufficient to ?"
Coxon, tall-hatted, frock-coated, and new-gloved, in obedience to cordial invitations, take tea in the verandah of Government House. He was naturally gratified by these attentions, and, being not devoid of ambition, soon began to look upon his position as the starting-point for a greater prize. Lady Eynesford was, here again, with him up to a point. Lady Eynesford took the next step.
"I don't know, my dear. There's some gossip, I believe," said Lord Eynesford discreetly. "Do you know what Mrs. Puttock said to Eleanor? Eleanor ought to have told me at once, but she only did last night. Eleanor asked something about his wife, and Mrs. Puttock said, 'For my part, I don't believe he ever had a wife." Lady Eynesford repeated the all-important sentence with scrupulous accuracy.
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