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One corner of the room Gustavus had made his own, and here might be seen his tasteful what-not and his little library neatly arranged unabridged farthing editions of Drummond's Ascent of Man, Mill's Liberty, Crampton's Origin of Self-Respect, Barlow's A Philosophical Examination into the Art and Practice of Tipping and Receiving Tips, and other volumes suitable for an intellectual footman's reading.
Miss Carew, who knew the value of good servants, appreciated her footman's smartness, and paid him accordingly; but she had no suspicion that she was waited on by a versatile young student of poetry and public affairs, distinguished for his gallantry, his personal prowess, his eloquence, and his influence on local politics.
He was in these said circumstances when he met accidentally with John Morphew, an old companion of his in Ireland, and soon after, as they were talking together, they fell upon one O'Brian in a footman's garb, also their acquaintance in Ireland. He invited them both to go with him to the camp in Hyde Park, and at a sutler's tent there, treated them with as much as they would drink.
Chichester, smiled at Ethel, looked loftily at Alaric, then ran up the stairs and, following the footman's index finger pointing the way, she disappeared from Mrs. Chichester's unhappy gaze. The three tortured people looked at each other in dismay. "Awful!" said Alaric. "Terrible!" agreed Mrs. Chichester. "Dreadful!" nodded Ethel. "It's our unlucky day, mater!" added Alaric.
Meynell walked up to the door, and rang. The sound of the bell echoed through the house behind, but, for a while, no one came. One of the lunette windows under the roof opened overhead; and after another pause the door was slowly opened a few inches by a man in a slovenly footman's jacket. "Very sorry, sir, but Sir Philip is not at home." "When did he leave?"
"There, Miss Halary, I flatter myself that's not a bad signature, nor would be easily forged. One can not be too careful over What's that? a letter, John?" By his extreme eagerness, almost snatching it from his footman's hands, it was one of importance.
"Where's the master's traveling coat?" cried the cook, staring wildly at an unoccupied peg. "And where's his cap to match! Oh Lord, he's off in the post-chaise! and the footman's after him!" Simpleton as she was, the woman had blundered on a very serious discovery.
And whatsoever the sages charge on pride, The angels' fall, and twenty other good faults beside; On earth I'm sure I'm sure something calling Pride saves man, and our sex too, from falling. Here a footman's rap at the door shook the room. Upon which Mrs. Ellison, running to the window, cried out, "Let me die if it is not my lord! what shall I do?
He went; it was noon when he reached the Duke of Hazlewood's mansion. He inquired for the duchess, and was told she had gone to Hampton Court. He repeated the words in surprise. "Hampton Court!" he said. "Are you quite sure?" "Yes, my lord," was the footman's reply. "Her grace has gone there, for I heard her talking about the pictures this morning."
Gumbo had announced the woeful circumstance to a prodigious number of his acquaintances already, chiefly gentlemen of the shoulder-knot and worsted lace. We have seen how he carried the news to Colonel Lambert's and Lord Wrotham's servants: he had proclaimed it at the footman's club to which he belonged, and which was frequented by the gentlemen of some of the first nobility.
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