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This Gervase died before his father; his son died without issue; and thus John Maggott Twining, grandson of the second Gervase through a daughter, came into the baronetcy. This Twining assumed the name of Elwes. "He was the famous miser, and must have had Hawthorne blood in him," says Mr. Hawthorne, "through his grandfather Gervase, whose mother was a Hawthorne."
And smiling coldly, his dark face looking singularly pale and stern in the moonlight, Gervase turned away, and, walking with his usual light, swift, yet leisurely tread, entered the Princess's apartment by the French window which was still open, and from which the sound of sweet music came floating deliciously on the air as he disappeared.
But Gifford, keenly on the alert for a sign of regard, was quick to take the hand and press it impulsively. "You may trust me, Miss Morriston," he murmured. "Thank you," she responded simply, but, he was glad to notice, with a touch of relief. She lightly took his arm and they went back to the ball-room. Next day Gervase Henshaw made his expected reappearance in Branchester.
Gervase Norgate, or being compelled to regard her as a being apart from them. But they did not comprehend the bearing of the common degradation, and they had not returned to their haunt as they might have done. Gervase had declined into such a state of fractiousness and sullenness, that he was very poor company even for illiterate country-bred men like himself.
I think I should go away to-morrow if I had not asked the Princess Ziska to sit to me." "You are going to paint her picture?" exclaimed Courtney. "By Jove! I congratulate you. It will be the masterpiece of the next salon" Gervase bowed. "You flatter me! The Princess is undoubtedly an attractive subject. But, as I said before, this place stifles me.
She loved her future husband with all her heart, and saw no reason why she should feign an indifference which she was so far from feeling. When Gervase arrived in person shortly after lunch, she went flying to meet him, and came back hanging on his arm, her face sparkling with happiness and contentment. "He has come! He has come!
Dean got up and paced the room two or three times, his brows knitted in a heavy frown. Suddenly he stopped in front of Gervase. "Tell me," he said, "have you any recollection of ever having met the Princess Ziska before?" Gervase looked puzzled, then answered slowly: "No, I have no actual recollection of the kind.
No; it was far from depressing it was beautiful, inspiring but, oh, what a responsibility! Gervase might say that he would not willingly shorten her girlhood, but, alas! had he not already done so? To feel that another heart leant on her own, another life depended on her for happiness was this not a reflection to sober the most careless and most light-hearted of natures?
Dean then, addressing Denzil Murray, "that a great celebrity has arrived at this hotel the painter, Armand Gervase." Denzil's face brightened instantly with a pleasant smile. "The dearest friend I have in the world!" he said. "Yes, he is here. I met him outside the door this afternoon. We are very old chums. I have stayed with him in Paris, and he has stayed with me in Scotland. A charming fellow!
So ruminated Gervase Norgate's old servant, Miles, pushing back the tufts of ragged red hair on his long head ruefully, as he sat "promiscuous" in what he was pleased to call his pantry at Ashpound, while he contemplated with the eye of the body his chamois skin for what he proudly denominated his silver, and with the eye of the mind the new régime and its ruling spirit.
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