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"You may drive to the law offices of Tolman & Sharp, at Broadway." Lawyer Tolman looked at him hostilely and inquiringly through his gold-rimmed glasses. "I beg your pardon," said Gillian, cheerfully, "but may I ask you a question? It is not an impertinent one, I hope. Was Miss Hayden left anything by my uncle's will besides the ring and the $10?" "Nothing," said Mr. Tolman.
'Valetta wished it too, and she knew so much Latin to begin with that I thought she would easily get it, and certainly she ought not to get into difficulties. 'After the silken rein and easy amble of Silverfold, the spur and the race have come severely. 'It is, I suppose, the same with Gillian, though there it is not competition. Do you expect her to succeed? 'No.
When the two ladies went home, Constance told her sister that 'dear little Dolores was a remarkable character, sadly misunderstood among those common-place people, the Merrifields, and unjustly used, too, and she should do her best for her! Meantime Gillian, finding herself not wanted, had repaired to the schoolroom. 'Oh, it is of no use, sighed Mysie, disconsolately.
She snatched up the veil, which she wore in compliance with the customs of the house, and hastily descended to the parlour, commanding the attendance of Gillian, who, nevertheless, did not think proper to obey the signal.
"Thither will I then," said the Constable; "and will then see what welcome King Henry of Anjou has for an old servant. You two must accompany me." "My lord," said Gillian, with hesitation, "you know poor folk are little thanked for interference with great men's affairs.
A slave stood on either hand wielding a fan; presently the gaunt figure seemed to collapse into a heap, the eyes closed, and Dom Gillian slept. Again the slow hours dragged along. The sun had already passed the zenith, the barbecue-fires were dying out, on the western sky-line rested a cloud in bigness like to a man's hand and of the blackness of night itself. Would they never come!
Gillian in reprehensible dissipation among disreputable associates the $50,000 is to be paid to Miriam Hayden, ward of the late Mr. Gillian, without delay. Now, Mr. Gillian, Mr. Sharp and I will examine your account in regard to the $1,000. You submit it in writing, I believe. I hope you will repose confidence in our decision." Mr. Tolman reached for the envelope.
'Mysie is in perfect raptures at the notion of having a cousin here exactly of her own age, said Gillian. 'What she would wish is that the two should be so much alike as to be taken for twins. I have been trying to remember Dolores on that dreadful Sunday at the hotel, when Uncle Maurice came to see us, just when papa was setting off for Bombay, but it all seems confusion.
Gillian fidgeted a good deal lest, before her aunt's postprandial repose was over, visitors should come and put a stop to everything, and she looked ready to cut the throat of a poor lady in a mushroom hat, who came up to leave a message for Miss Mohun about a possible situation for one of her class of boys.
"Who's talking about the Antipodes?" suddenly chimed in Lady Arabella. "Home to bed's my next move. Gillian, you come with me the car can take you on to Hampstead after dropping me in Park Lane. And Virginie can drive back with Magda." "Yes, do go with Marraine," said Magda, nodding acquiescence in reply to Gillian's glance of interrogation. "I have to dress yet."
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