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The next morning, early, Mr Toobad departed. Mr Glowry sighed and groaned all day, and said not a word to any one. Scythrop had quarrelled, as usual, with Marionetta, and was enclosed in his tower, in a fit of morbid sensibility.
He had been seeking Mr Glowry, and had traced him to Scythrop's tower. He stood a few moments in silent surprise, and then addressed himself to Mr Glowry for an explanation. 'The explanation, said Mr Glowry, 'is very satisfactory. The Great Mogul has taken lodgings at Kensington, and the external part of the ear is a cartilaginous funnel. 'Mr Glowry, that is no explanation.
She was finishing her education in a German convent, but Mr Toobad described her as being fully impressed with the truth of his Ahrimanic philosophy, and being altogether as gloomy and antithalian a young lady as Mr Glowry himself could desire for the future mistress of Nightmare Abbey.
Scythrop meanwhile vainly endeavoured to get rid of Mr Glowry and to pacify Stella. The latter attempted to escape from the tower, declaring she would leave the abbey immediately, and he should never see her or hear of her more. Scythrop held her hand and detained her by force, till Mr Hilary reappeared with Mrs Hilary and Marionetta.
"I, say, sir, when you are so shortly to be married to your cousin Marionetta " The bookcase opened in the middle, and the beautiful Stella appeared, exclaiming: "Married! Is he going to be married? The profligate!" "Really, madam," said Mr. Glowry, "I do not know what he is going to do, or what anyone is going to do, for all this is incomprehensible."
'Calm yourself, my dear Scythrop, said Mr Glowry; 'there are yet maidens in England. 'Very true, sir, said Scythrop. 'And the next time, said Mr Glowry, 'have but one string to your bow. 'Very good advice, sir, said Scythrop. 'And, besides, said Mr Glowry, 'the fatal time is past, for it is now almost eight.
Scythrop had dined, and was sipping his Madeira alone, immersed in melancholy musing, when Mr Glowry entered, followed by Raven, who, having placed an additional glass and set a chair for Mr Glowry, withdrew. Mr Glowry sat down opposite Scythrop. After a pause, during which each filled and drank in silence, Mr Glowry said, 'So, sir, you have played your cards well.
'But there is the terrace door: she has escaped by the terrace. 'The terrace, sir, has no other outlet, and the walls are too high for a lady to jump down. 'Well, sir, give me the key. Mr Glowry took the key, searched every nook of the tower, and returned. 'You are a fox, Scythrop; you are an exceedingly cunning fox, with that demure visage of yours.
The good old times were always on his lips; meaning the days when polemic theology was in its prime, and rival prelates beat the drum ecclesiastic with Herculean vigour, till the one wound up his series of syllogisms with the very orthodox conclusion of roasting the other. But the dearest friend of Mr Glowry, and his most welcome guest, was Mr Toobad, the Manichaean Millenarian.
But when Marionetta hinted that she was to leave the Abbey immediately, Scythrop snatched from its repository his ancestor's skull, filled it with Madeira, and presenting himself before Mr Glowry, threatened to drink off the contents if Mr Glowry did not immediately promise that Marionetta should not be taken from the Abbey without her own consent.
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