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Every morning he cleaned out the grates the first thing, and usually before Mr. North or Mr. Gilmore were up. Again Moxlow paused and glanced over the room. He must have been aware that to his eager audience the connection between Mr. North's and Mr. Gilmore's fireplaces and the McBride murder, was anything but clear. "Did you empty the ashes from the fireplaces in the apartments occupied by Mr.
The other was to warn him of my resolution to take my wife to Limmeridge the next morning, and to have her publicly received and recognised in her uncle's house. I left it to Mr. Kyrle to decide under these circumstances, and in Mr. Gilmore's absence, whether he was or was not bound, as the family solicitor, to be present on that occasion in the family interests. I will say nothing of Mr.
Gilmore or some of Gilmore's friends might come up the stairs at any moment. Langham himself might be of these. Something of all this passed through North's mind as he stood there hesitating. Then he unlocked the door, and standing aside, motioned her to precede him into the room. This room, the largest of several, he occupied, was his parlor.
"I'll bet," said Gilmore's cool voice, "I'll bet you what you like I could put my hand on the man who did the murder!" and as he spoke he reached out and by an apparently accidental gesture, rested his hand on Langham's shoulder. "You wouldn't like to risk any money on that little bet, eh, Marsh?"
His face was very close to hers, and guessing his purpose she snatched away her hand. Then she laughed. As the sound of her merriment fell on Gilmore's startled ears, there swiftly came to him the consciousness that something was wrong. "You and your love-making are very funny, Mr. Gilmore; but there is one thing you don't seem to understand.
"What do you mean by that?" he demanded angrily. "Nothing, I was only thinking of Mrs. Langham's probable attitude in the matter, that was all." "You mean you think she won't want to meet me?" and in spite of himself Gilmore's voice sounded strained and unnatural. "I'm sure she won't," said Langham with cruel candor.
I warn all readers of these lines that Miss Fairlie's inheritance is a very serious part of Miss Fairlie's story, and that Mr. Gilmore's experience, in this particular, must be their experience also, if they wish to understand the narratives which are yet to come.
Meanwhile Gilmore's men had learned of his trouble, but the early appearance of Colonel Whittaker caused them to disperse; thus the last link between Maryland and the Confederacy was carried a prisoner to Winchester, whence he was sent to Fort Warren.
The Squire did not quite admit this, and the parson smiled as he heard the argument; but they both acknowledged that it would be right to let it be considered throughout the parish that Sam was to be regarded as blameless for that night's transaction. Nevertheless, Mr. Gilmore's mind on the subject was not changed. "Have you heard from Loring?" the Squire asked Mrs.
Gilmore's old-fashioned notions, his modesty with Laura, his candour with me, his moderation with Mr. Fairlie all these were the artifices of a mean, cunning, and brutal man, who had dropped his disguise when his practised duplicity had gained its end, and had openly shown himself in the library on that very day.
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