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It was of Nora herself, and of Nora's sisters, that she was thinking, for them that she was plotting, that the one might be rich and splendid, and the others have some path opened for them to riches and splendour. Husband-hunting mothers may be injudicious; but surely they are maternal and unselfish. Mr. Glascock put her into the carriage, and squeezed her hand; and then he squeezed Nora's hand.
Let these things be given, and what girl won't jump into what man's arms? Female reader, is it not thus that the elders of your sex speak of the younger? When old Mrs. Stanbury heard that Nora Rowley had refused Mr. Glascock, the thing was to her unintelligible; and it was now quite unintelligible to Miss Stanbury that Dorothy should prefer a single life to matrimony with Mr. Gibson.
"He does not mean to let us in," whispered Sir Marmaduke. "Can you open this door," said Mr. Glascock, "or shall we go round again?" Trevelyan had stood still contemplating them, but at last came forward and put back the bolt. "That is all right," said Mr. Glascock, entering. "I am sure you will be glad to see Sir Marmaduke."
It must not be imagined that she regretted what she had done. She knew very well that to have acted otherwise than she did when Mr. Glascock came to her at Nuncombe Putney would have proved her to be heartless, selfish, and unwomanly. Long before that time she had determined that it was her duty to marry a rich man, and, if possible, a man in high position.
"Nothing has been settled, and I do not as yet know where she will go to when they leave London. I think she will visit Monkhams when the Glascock people return to England." "What an episode in life, to go and see the place, when it might all now have been hers!" "I suppose I ought to feel dreadfully ashamed of myself for having marred such promotion," said Hugh.
But with such a spirit as Nora's, it might be easier to prevail by silence than by many words. Lady Rowley was quite sure of this, that it would be far better to say nothing further of Hugh Stanbury. Let the cure come, if it might be possible, from absence and from her daughter's good sense. The only question was whether it would be wise to say any word about Mr. Glascock.
"In the same way?" asked Mrs. Trevelyan. "How can I tell about his ways? No; it is not in the same way. There! He went in a very different way." "How was it different, Nora?" "Oh, so different. I can't tell you how. Mr. Glascock will never come back again." "And Mr. Stanbury will?" said the elder sister. Nora made no reply, but after a while nodded her head. "And you want him to come back?"
Glascock was going to make would be detrimental to her intended husband in his own country. There were many in Florence who were saying this besides the wife of the English Minister and Lady Rowley. Of course Caroline Spalding herself was the last to hear it, and to her the idea was brought by Wallachia Petrie.
If the Honourable Glascock meant anything, why did he not speak out his mind plainly? The American Minister in such matters was accustomed to fewer ambages than were common in the circles among which Mr. Glascock had lived. In the meantime Caroline Spalding was suffering. She had allowed herself to think that Mr.
Glascock, it would have been the greatest thing in the world for you, and for all of them." "Would you have me take a man, Emily, that I didn't care one straw for, merely because he was a lord? You can't mean that." "I'm not talking about Mr. Glascock now, Nora." "Yes, you are. And what's the use? He is gone, and there's an end of it." "And is Mr. Stanbury gone?" "Of course."
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