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I slept as wretchedly as possible, and got up in a mighty bad humour to breakfast by myself the next morning. At ten o'clock I was conducted to Mr. Fairlie's apartments. He was in his usual room, his usual chair, and his usual aggravating state of mind and body.
The utmost that he could be prevailed on to do, in after years mainly at Miss Fairlie's intercession was to restore his sister's name to its former place in his will, but to keep her waiting for her legacy by giving the income of the money to his daughter for life, and the money itself, if her aunt died before her, to her cousin Magdalen.
In the wretched state of my nerves, exertion of any kind is unspeakably disagreeable to me. Yes. Thank you." As a practical commentary on the liberal social theory which he had just favoured me by illustrating, Mr. Fairlie's cool request rather amused me. I put back one drawer and gave him the other, with all possible politeness.
Fairlie's nerves with as strong a protest against hurrying Laura's decision as I could put into words. Sir Percival immediately assured me that he felt the force of my objection, and begged me to believe that the proposal had not been made in consequence of any interference on his part. Mr.
I feel the strongest possible concern and interest in anything that affects Miss Fairlie's happiness or yours." "I am glad to hear you say so. You are the only person in the house, or out of it, who can advise me. Mr. Fairlie, in his state of health and with his horror of difficulties and mysteries of all kinds, is not to be thought of.
I stopped while I spoke then advanced a few steps gently then stopped again and so approached by little and little till I was close to her. If there had been any doubt still left in my mind, it must have been now set at rest. There, speaking affrightedly for itself there was the same face confronting me over Mrs. Fairlie's grave which had first looked into mine on the high-road by night.
Fairlie's selfish affectation and Mr. Fairlie's wretched nerves meant one and the same thing. "So glad. You will find your position here, Mr. Hartright, properly recognised. There is none of the horrid English barbarity of feeling about the social position of an artist in this house. So much of my early life has been passed abroad, that I have quite cast my insular skin in that respect.
Fourthly, and lastly, That no person need think of applying for this situation unless he could furnish the most unexceptionable references to character and abilities. The references were to be sent to Mr. Fairlie's friend in London, who was empowered to conclude all necessary arrangements.
In the meantime, the plain duty for me to perform before I, in my turn, lay down my pen and withdraw from the story is to relate the one remaining event connected with Miss Fairlie's proposed marriage in which I was concerned, namely, the drawing of the settlement.
Fairlie's selfishness, indolence, and habitual want of feeling, it was manifestly impossible to suppose that he was capable of such infamy as secretly recognising and openly disowning his brother's child.
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