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"No," said Greythorpe with a smile, "not so far as I'm acquainted with their views, but we would like the strip of unoccupied territory, and Sedgwick seems alive to its importance." "He'll probably get it for you if you give him a chance, but I imagine he won't stop there. In fact, he may take you much farther than you wish to go.
You have seen her portrait." Greythorpe made a sign of assent. He knew the picture of the woman with the proud, determined face. "And the other side? Was the strain equally virile?" he asked. "You shall judge," said Challoner. "You and Margaret Keith are the only people to whom I have ever spoken freely of these things. I am sure of your discretion and sympathy."
Greythorpe said he would be glad to hear it, and they talked over the subject until they went to bed. The next afternoon was bright and mild, and soon after Mrs. Foster and her party arrived Challoner offered to show them his winter shrubbery. "I have lately planted a number of new specimens which you and Margaret have not seen," he said.
She turned to Mrs. Chudleigh. "You must join us. Have you met Greythorpe? He's down here now and then." It seemed to Mrs. Chudleigh that fortune was favouring her. After a long parliamentary career during which he had been distinguished by his sound sense and the moderation of his views, Greythorpe had been entrusted with an office in connexion with the administration of Colonial affairs.
"But you have no family ties, have you?" "I have some old friends. Now and then I'm vain enough to believe that one of them needs me." As they spoke Mrs. Foster joined them. "Colonel Challoner is eager to see you, Margaret," she interposed. "He excused himself for not coming this evening because Greythorpe is staying with him for a day or two, but he made me promise to bring you over to-morrow."
It requires an effort to force them out of it." She said nothing for a few minutes, though his confession had its significance, since she must sooner or later persuade him to abandon one fixed idea. "After all, none of us find that easy," she remarked. He glanced across the lawn, where Millicent was talking to Greythorpe. "That girl has a very attractive face.
The sense of empty space and gloom, however, had no effect on the two elderly men who sat with a cigar box and decanter in front of them, engaged in quiet, confidential talk. Challoner was white-haired, straight, and spare, with aquiline features and piercing eyes; Greythorpe broad-shouldered and big, with a heavy-jawed, thoughtful face.
Chudleigh would hold him responsible. Next evening Challoner and Greythorpe dined at Foster's with several other guests, and the Colonel was placed next to Mrs. Chudleigh, while Mrs. Keith sat opposite.
"Then I must try to remove a wrong impression and my task is difficult because you know Challoner better than I do. We can, however, agree that he is honest." "Eminently conscientious," Greythorpe remarked. "Then you must allow for a reaction against the injudicious course I took. I urged him to speak for a friend of mine, which was, no doubt, very wrong, and it seems I went too far.
Still, I found the matter difficult to understand, because, so far as I could tell, there was nothing in Blake's character that made such a failure possible. Then it's known that personal courage was always a characteristic of your family." "His mother was my sister. You have seen her portrait." Greythorpe made a sign of assent. He knew the picture of the woman with the proud, determined face.
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