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Lord Grandison is his grandfather. It is very proper that he should visit his grandfather. I like him to be seen at Grandison. That is all very right. Grandison is a first-rate establishment, where he is certain of meeting persons of his own class, with whom circumstances unhappily, and here Sir Ratcliffe sighed, 'debar him from mixing; and your father, Constance, is a very good sort of man.
Do you want me to come wooing in a Prince Prettyman's dress from the masquerade warehouse, and to pay you compliments like Sir Charles Grandison? Do you want me to make you verses as in the days when we were when we were children? I will if you like, and sell them to Bacon and Bungay afterwards. Shall I feed my pretty princess with bonbons?"
But don't frighten yourselves; her fits, though not less frequent, are weaker and weaker. What we learnt from the honest man who brought the letter is, briefly, as follows: His master is Sir Charles Grandison; a gentleman who has not been long in England. Sir Charles was going to town in his chariot and six when he met our distressed cousin. Sir Hargrave is the villain.
"I would prefer not to meet Miss Grandison herself if it is in any way possible to interview a relative of hers, or a friend," he said. This colorless statement, intended to be reassuring, seemed to have such an alarming effect on the girl that he hastened to add: "I am here with reference to Monsieur Jean de Courtois." His hearer smiled, and her manner changed from fright to friendliness.
With all this there was no deep repentance, and when Grandison came to Montreal for his holidays, her husband was completely forgotten once more. Grandison was invited to stay at the Hazeltons' residence, an invitation which to do him justice he endeavored to decline, but Mr.
Linwood and Edith waited me at home. Their perusal gave me an opportunity to collect my thoughts, and an excuse to talk of them, of Grandison Place, rather than of topics connected with the present. Yet all the time I was reading Mrs. Linwood's expression of trusting affection, I said to myself,
It would be going too far perhaps to say that this type never existed in life, for Richardson seems to have had a model in mind in drawing Grandison; but it hardly survives in letters, unless we include "St. Elmo" and "Under Two Flags" in that denomination. To sum it all up: For most of us Disraeli has become hard reading.
With your charms and virtues I thought that we might be happy. My intentions were as sincere as my belief in our future felicity. Oh! no, dear Katherine, I could not trifle with so pure and gentle a bosom. 'Have I accused you, Ferdinand? 'But you will when you know all. 'I do know all, said Miss Grandison, in a hollow voice. Her hand fell from the weak and trembling grasp of her cousin.
"Where shall we go first?" he suggested outside the door of Number 13, Grandison Square. "Let me see!" she cried. "Tottenham Court Road will be the best." So Mark directed the chauffeur accordingly, and, on getting out of the taxi-cab, Carrissima ominously suggested that it should be dismissed.
Glastonbury one morning that I went to see the picture gallery at Armine. It is the only time I ever saw him. 'Oh! said Miss Grandison again, 'Armine is a beautiful place, is it not? 'Most interesting. 'You know the pleasaunce. 'Yes. 'I did not see you when I was at Armine. 'No; we had just gone to Italy. 'How beautiful you look to-day, Henrietta! said Miss Grandison.
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