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He could understand that, though he had not quite followed all the ins and outs of her little accusations against him. She had flattered him without any intention of flattery on her part. She had spoken of his intelligence and had complained that he had been too sharp to her. Mabel Grex when most sweet to him, when most loving, always made him feel that he was her inferior.
Our friend," he continued, under his breath, "has secured a valuable bodyguard, something very large and exceedingly powerful." Draconmeyer hesitated for a moment. Then he turned to Mr. Grex. "You have perhaps observed," he said, "the young man who is seated at the next table. It may amuse you to hear of a very extraordinary piece of impertinence of which, only this afternoon, he was guilty.
"Tell me again," Hunterleys asked, "at what hour is it to be off the Villa Mimosa?" "At ten o'clock," Frenhofer replied. "A pinnace is to be at the landing-stage of the villa at that time. Mr. Grex, Monsieur Douaille, Herr Selingman, and Mr. Draconmeyer will come on board." "Very good! Now go on your errand to the man Schwann.
"I trust," Hunterleys enquired politely, "that you were not detained upon the yacht for very long?" "We landed at the Villa at twelve o'clock this morning," Draconmeyer replied. "You know, of course, of the little surprise our young American friend had prepared for Mr. Grex?" Hunterleys shook his head. "I have heard nothing definite."
"Then all I can say is," replied Silverbridge, speaking in a low voice, but with considerable energy, "that he can use a freedom with Lady Mabel Grex upon which I cannot venture." "I believe you begrudge me his friendship. If you had no one else belonging to you with whom you could have any sympathy, would not you find comfort in a relation who could be almost as near to you as a brother?"
He had so committed himself that the offer must now be made. He did not specially regret that, though he wished that he had been more reticent. "What a fool a man is to blurt out everything!" he said to himself. A wife would be a good thing for him; and where could he possibly find a better wife than Mabel Grex? In beauty she was no doubt inferior to Miss Boncassen.
If you are sure of your own mind " "I am quite sure of that, sir." "Then I will raise no objection. Lady Mabel Grex! Her father, I fear, is not a worthy man. I hear that he is a gambler." "He is so poor!" "That makes it worse, Silverbridge. A man who gambles because he has money that he can afford to lose is, to my thinking, a fool.
"There is one person who I think would be quite as well pleased to see the back of you." "Here in Monte Carlo?" "Absolutely!" Richard was mystified. "You are not very bright, I am afraid," Hunterleys observed. "What about your friend Mr. Grex?" Richard whistled softly. "Are you serious?" "Of course I am," Hunterleys assured him. "But has he any pull here, this Mr. Grex?"
Silverbridge no doubt had come over to Killancodlem for the sake of making love to Mabel Grex, and instead of doing so he had made love to Isabel Boncassen. And during the watches of the night, and as he had dressed himself in the morning, and while Mrs. Jones had been whispering to him her little bulletin as to the state of the young lady's health, he had not repented himself of the change.
When it is settled, let me know at once." "But if it should never be settled?" "I will ask no questions; but if it be settled, tell me." Then in Palace Yard he was turning to go, but before he did so, he said another word leaning on his son's shoulder. "I do not think that Mabel Grex and Major Tifto would do well together at all." "There shall be an end to that, sir."
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