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A girl is bound to think of her family, as well as of herself. She is bound to consider " The groom-of-the-chambers opened the door and advanced solemnly across the boudoir to Lord Fallowfeild. "Sir Richard Calmady is in the smoking-room, my lord," he said, "to see you."
Depend upon it there's an immense deal more conscience-money paid every year than ever finds its way into the coffers of the Chancellor of the Exchequer." "So there is though!" said Lord Fallowfeild, with an air of regretful conviction. "Never put it as clearly as that myself, Knott, but must own I am afraid there is." Mr.
But Lady Louisa remained obdurate. "Shotover's conduct is becoming a positive scandal," she said. "Not conduct, my dear no, not conduct, only money," protested Lord Fallowfeild. "If money is not conduct I really don't know what is," retorted his daughter. "I do not pretend to go in for such fine distinctions. In any case Mr. Barking heard the most shocking rumours at his club the other day."
In face of a person so sadly stationary as poor Dick, moreover, his own perfect ability to move freely about appeared to him as little short of discourteous, not to say coarse. He, therefore, tried to keep very still, with the consequence that he developed an inordinate tendency to fidget. Altogether Lord Fallowfeild did not show to advantage in Richard Calmady's company.
Beside her sat a young girl, white-clad, deliciously fresh in appearance, an expression of happy half-shy expectation upon her charming face. Behind them, in the shadow, kindly, handsome, debonnair, stood Lord Fallowfeild. His resemblance to the large and gentle lady declared them brother and sister. Poppy St. John watched the little party with a movement of tenderness.
"I want to see Connie. I want to hear from herself that she" broke out Lord Fallowfeild. His kindly heart yearned over this ewe-lamb of his large flock. But the eldest of the said flock interposed sternly. "No, no," she cried, "pray, papa, not yet. Connie is quite contented and reasonable I believe she is out shopping just now, too.
It is not possible with our small means and establishment. But what little we can do, George is most willing should be done." "Excellent fellow, Winterbotham," Lord Fallowfeild put in soothingly. "Very steady, painstaking man, Winterbotham." His second daughter looked at him reproachfully. "Thank you, papa," she said. "I own I was a little hurt just now by the tone in which you alluded to George."
An unwonted loudness of conversation filled the Chapel-Room. It was filled also by the rose-red light of the sunset streaming in through the curve of the oriel-window. This confused and dazzled Richard slightly, entering upon it from the silence and sober clearness of the stair-head. A shrill note of laughter. Mr. Cathcart's voice saying, "I felt it incumbent upon me to object, Lady Calmady. I spoke very plainly to Fallowfeild." Julius March's delicately refined tones, "I am afraid spirituality is somewhat deficient in that case." Then the high flute-like notes of a child, rising clearly above the general murmur, "Ah! enfin le voil
Don't believe that fox belonged to this side of the country at all. Don't understand his tactics. If it had been in my poor friend Denier's time, I might have suspected him of being a bagman." Lord Fallowfeild chuckled a little. "Ran too straight for a bagman," Shotover remarked. "Well, he gave us a rattling good spin whose-ever fox he was." "Didn't he, though?" said Lord Fallowfeild genially.
"Did you, though?" said Lord Fallowfeild, with an appreciable smoothing of crumples and puckers. "I'm extremely attached to Dickie Calmady. And I did not want to put a spoke in his wheel." "Of course not, my dear boy, of course not. Nasty unpleasant business putting spokes in other men's wheels, specially when they're your friends. I acknowledge that." "I am sure you do," Mr.
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