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Amelius answered, not very willingly, "I met them at Mr. Farnaby's house." Rufus looked up from the list with the air of a man surprised by disagreeable information, and unwilling to receive it too readily. "I met them at Mr. Farnaby's," Amelius repeated. "Did you happen to receive a letter of my writing, dated Dublin?" Rufus asked. "Yes." "Do you set any particular value on my advice?"
Greatly to his surprise, Amelius showed no disposition to grow weary of his quiet life, or to take refuge in perilous amusements from the sober society of his books. He was regular in his inquiries at Mr. Farnaby's house; he took long walks by himself; he never mentioned Sally's name; he lost his interest in going to the theatre, and he never appeared in the smoking-room of the club.
Farnaby's extraordinary interest in her Mrs. Farnaby, whose marriage was childless; whose interest one would have thought should be naturally concentrated on her adopted daughter, her sister's orphan child? In conjectures such as these, I completely lost myself. Let me hear what your ingenuity can make of the puzzle; and let me return to Mr. Farnaby's dinner, waiting on Mr. Farnaby's table.
The respectable servant showed her opinion of Mrs. Sowler plainly in her face. She replied as briefly and as ungraciously as possible: "No." "Man or woman?" was the next question. "Am I to answer this person, ma'am?" said the servant, looking at Mrs. Farnaby. "Answer me instantly," Mrs. Sowler interposed "in Mrs. Farnaby's own interests. Don't you see she can't speak to you herself?"
Farnaby's death having been discussed and disposed of, Mr. Melton next entered on the narrative which the obligations of friendship imperatively demanded from him. To his astonishment and alarm, Mr. Farnaby started up in the bed like a man panic-stricken. "Did you say," he stammered, as soon as he could speak, "you mean to make inquiries about that that girl?"
He made a last effort to recover the ground that he had lost, without betraying Mrs. Farnaby's trust in him. "I am sure you can keep a secret," he said. "I should like to give you one of my secrets to keep only I mustn't take the liberty, I suppose, just yet?" She new perfectly well what he wanted to say. Her heart began to quicken its beat; she was at a loss how to answer.
She was a regular attendant at the church, and something which he had said in that evening's sermon had deeply affected her. Mr. Hethcote spoke with her afterwards on many occasions at home. He felt a sincere interest in her, but he disliked her husband; and, when he gave up his curacy, he ceased to pay visits to the house. As to what Mrs. Farnaby's troubles were, I can tell you nothing. Mr.
There was no doubt of it now the man who was directing the conspiracy in the dark was Jervy! Amelius would unquestionably have been rash enough to reveal this discovery, if Phoebe had not stopped him. His renewed reference to Mrs. Farnaby's letter and his sudden silence after looking at it roused the woman's suspicions.
What would she say, what would she do, if the innocent witness to Farnaby's infamy was presented to her; if Amelius asked the protection for Sally which her own father had refused to her in her infancy; and if he said, as he must say, "Your uncle is the man"?
Farnaby's character would yield, if Amelius could announce that he had the promise of an appointment under Government with the powerful influence of a near relation to accelerate his promotion.
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