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Floyd would lean back in his chair and smile at her with the admiration in his eyes that all men who are not churls feel it a discourtesy to withhold from a pretty woman; and even my mother, with a conscientious wish to do her duty by the young girl, would inquire carefully about every chaperone, every invitation, and would herself direct what time the carriage should be sent to bring her home.
She likes him to study her as he is gravely doing now. She has not posed for him, and yet she thought of him when she came out and settled herself. "I have a favor to ask," he says, presently, and it would sound abrupt if the voice were less finely modulated. "I am in a mood which is either indolent or generous. Try me." Floyd Grandon prefers his request.
Jasper Wilmarth does not care such a great deal for riches, but he would like to put down this aristocratic fellow whom the world is beginning to worship, who has only to hold out his hand and the St. Vincent fortune will drop into it. When the time of settlement actually comes the partnership will be dissolved; he must either sell or buy; buy he cannot. Floyd Grandon pushes him out.
Fledra's voice reached the dreaming man, bending over his desk, and he bounded to answer her call. He found her supporting her brother, white and shivering, with eyes strained by fright. "I told him," gasped Fledra looking up; "but I didn't mean to." "Told him what?" "Pappy Lon," muttered Floyd, "comin' for Flea!" Horace caught the words in dismay.
Secretary Floyd to-night and have the rifles put in preparation so as to have them for use at an early day.... I would wish that my agency in this transaction be kept private until I reach Washington, or indeed till I write to say the arms are on their way to Columbia.... THOS. F. DRAYTON TO GOVERNOR GIST. CHARLESTON, 8th Nov., 1860.
Daphne Floyd and the thought of Daphne Floyd had set his pulses hammering; they challenged in him the aggressive, self-assertive, masculine force. The history of the preceding three weeks was far from simple. He had first paid a determined court to her, conducting it in an orthodox, English, conspicuous way.
A rugged, unhandsome one at the best, it is softened by the last change; the sneer has gone out of it, and an almost grand composure settles in its place. Floyd Grandon studies it intently. A few trifling circumstances roused his distrust, and was it destined beforehand that he should cross Wilmarth at every turn? He has saved his enemy's honor as well as his own, and a great pity moves him.
"I am glad that your daughter has married so well." "Let me congratulate you, Squire Floyd, on this splendid match." "It is not often, Mrs. Floyd, that a mother sees her daughter go forth into the world with such brilliant prospects." "You have all that your heart can desire, so far as Delia is concerned, Mrs. Floyd." "You are the envy of mothers."
He was on the wharf when Maroney arrived, and shook hands with him. He told him he was now at the Exchange; that it was the best house in town, and that Mr. Floyd would be glad to welcome him as a guest. Maroney was pleased to hear this, and told Porter that when his trunks came up to the house he would give him some splendid cigars to try some that he had bought on his trip.
Grandon finally decides to dispose of her claim, and everything is adjusted for the law's inspection, approval, and ultimate signature. Floyd Grandon has redeemed his trust, has obeyed his dead father's wishes, and circumstances have proved that the dying man did not over-estimate the worth of what he was leaving.
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