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Glazzard declined; so Denzil replenished his own glass, and went on. He was now tremulous with the excitement of his reminiscences; he fidgeted on the chair, and his narrative became more jerky than ever. "Her letter came, posted in London. She had taken leave of the Becket party, and was supposed to be travelling homewards; but she would keep her word with me.
Any one with more technical knowledge than the hearers would have perceived that he was doing his best. As it was, Lilian frequently turned to Denzil with a look of intense delight. "Glazzard," exclaimed his friend at length, "it puzzles me how such a lazy fellow as you are has managed to do so much in so many directions."
Glazzard was to call at half-past six, and they would go together to dine with Lilian. In his report to her, Quarrier had spoken nothing less than truth. "The lady with whom you chanced to see me the other day was my wife. I have been married for a year and a half a strictly private matter. Be so good as to respect my confidence."
Hammond, the editor, subsequently penned that significant paragraph which next morning attracted all eyes. On returning to supper, Mr. Liversedge found his wife and Denzil in conversation with Eustace Glazzard. With the latter he had a bare acquaintance; from Denzil's report, he was disposed to think of him as a rather effeminate old-young man of metropolitan type.
I agree with his principles. Henceforth I am a Radical." Glazzard laughed mockingly, and Serena joined, but not in the same tone. "I like him," she pursued, with a certain odd persistence. "If I could do it decently, I would canvass for him. He is a manly man and means what he says. I like his wife, too she is very sweet." He glanced at her and pursed his lips.
Think how this secret has already spread what hope is there of finally hushing it up? Glazzard and you would never breathe a syllable; but how, short of manslaughter, could I assure the silence of a blackguard like this Northway? If I let him blackmail me, I am done for: I should be like the fools in plays and novels, throwing half my possessions away, and all in vain."
So-and-so has committed bigamy; making it known that she is merely a counterfeit wife." "Making known to whom?" Glazzard laughed. "Why, to the hundreds of people who will crowd about you. My dear sir, you will be the most important person in the town! You will turn an electicn overthrow the hopes of a party! Don't you want to know the taste of power?
She was not in love with Glazzard; personally, he had never charmed her, and in the progress of their acquaintance she had discovered many points of his character which excited her alarm. Serena, after all, was but a half-educated country girl; even in the whirlwind of rebellious moments she felt afraid of the words that came to her lips.
Take care that you're not late." "Who's coming?" asked the young man, without looking up. "Mr. Eustace Glazzard and Miss Glazzard." "Any one else?" "Mr. Vialls." "Then you don't catch me here! I have an appointment at eight." "I insist upon your dining with us! If you are not at dinner, I will have your allowance stopped! I mean what I say.
William Glazzard took his place not far from the reading-desk, and behind it subsided the lecturer. In these instants Denzil Quarrier was the prey of sudden panic. He had imagined that his fortitude was proof against stage-fright, but between the door and his seat on the platform he suffered horribly.
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