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When Tregear first came to town with his arm in a sling, and bandages all round him, in order that he might be formally accepted by the Duke, he had himself taken to one other house besides the house in Carlton Terrace. He went to Belgrave Square, to announce his fate to Lady Mabel Grex; but Lady Mabel Grex was not there. The Earl was ill at Brighton, and Lady Mabel had gone down to nurse him.
"You will understand, I am sure, sir," he continued, a little hastily, "that I was in no way to blame for the question which the young man addressed to me. He had the presumption to enquire whether I could procure for him an introduction to the young lady whom he knew as Miss Grex.
Do you think I should have done it if you all had not been there?" Then again she burst into tears. He did not quite know what to make of it. Mabel Grex had declared that she had behaved like an angel. But yet, as he thought of what he had seen, he shuddered with vexation. "I was thinking of the governor," he said. "He shall be told everything." "That you met Tregear?"
If you feel the slightest hesitation about involving yourself " "Shut up!" Richard interrupted. "Whatever trouble you're ready to face, I'm all for it, too. Darned queer thing that we should be going to the Villa Mimosa, though! I am not exactly a popular person with Mr. Grex, I think." Hunterleys smiled. "I saw your sister this afternoon," he remarked. "You are rather a wonderful young man."
In such case there would be no unlimited income, no immediate pleasantness of magnificent life such as he knew would be poured out upon him if he were to marry Mabel Grex. As he thought of this, however, he told himself that he would not sell himself for money and magnificence. He could afford to be independent, and gratify his own taste.
Year after year when the London season was over she would come down to Grex and spend a week or two amidst its desolation. She was now going on to a seat in Scotland belonging to Mrs. Montacute Jones called Killancodlem; but she was in the meanwhile passing a desolate fortnight at Grex in company with Miss Cassewary.
I suppose you know everybody?" he added, warming up as he approached his subject. "On the contrary," Hunterleys answered, "I am almost a stranger here. I have been staying further down the coast." "Happen to know any one of the name of Grex?" Lane asked, with elaborate carelessness. Hunterleys made no immediate reply. He seemed to be considering the name.
"I don't know why she should wait for me," said Silverbridge almost angrily. "I thought that you and she were fast friends." "I suppose we are after a fashion. She might wait for you perhaps." "I think she would, if I could go there." "You are much thicker with her than I ever was. You went to see her at Grex, when nobody else was there." "Is Miss Cassewary nobody?"
But the Earl had neither the money nor the taste. Lord Grex had latterly never gone near the place, nor was his son Lord Percival fond of looking upon the ruin of his property. But Lady Mabel loved it with a fond love. With all her lightness of spirit she was prone to memories, prone to melancholy, prone at times almost to seek the gratification of sorrow.
"I shall speak to every one I meet this afternoon I shall be, in fact, most sociable and sooner or later in our conversation I shall ask every one if they know Mr. Grex and his daughter. When I arrive at some one who does, that will be the first step, won't it?" "I wonder whether we shall see some one soon!" he grumbled, looking around. "Where are all the people to-day!" She laughed softly.
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