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I cannot dig, to beg I am ashamed. He continued, looking at her with a half-absent fixity, ''Tis a strange thing, certainly, that in my years of fortune I should never taste happiness, and now when I am broke, enjoy so much of it, for was I ever happier than to- day? Was the grass softer, the stream pleasanter in sound, the air milder, the heart more at peace? Why should I not sink?
My friend, my old comrade Crevel, has eighty thousand francs a year; and you, I suppose, did not show such a good hand, for if you had, you, I imagine, would have been preferred." Montes listened with a half-absent, half-smiling expression, which struck them all with terror.
Still he shivered, and after taking the lamp and once more looking into the entry, gave a deep sigh of relief, and in a half-absent manner locked both box and desk and carefully placed the keys in a breast pocket. Leaving the lamp still burning, he went upstairs and found Mr. Dryce alone, sitting at the table with the books open before him. He looked up as his clerk entered.
At times he held forth to them on some topic of interest, suavely, instructively; if he gave in to their ordinary talk, it was with a half-absent smile of condescension. Mrs. Elderfield seeming as little disposed to gossip as himself, a month elapsed before he knew anything of her history; but one evening the reserve on both sides was broken.
"Very well indeed," he answered, in the same half-absent way. "Power of all kinds is a temptation to men. A certain kind of man not necessarily cruel would be fascinated with the thought of bringing about such a terrific end by such slight means." "Not necessarily cruel? Oh, I can't follow you at all. You are not serious." "I have shocked you."
'Nothing of the kind. If I seem to speak exultantly it's only because my intellect enjoys the clear perception of a fact. A little marmalade, Dora; the home-made, please. 'But this is very sad, Jasper, said Mrs Milvain, in her half-absent way. 'I suppose they can't even go for a holiday? 'Quite out of the question. 'Not even if you invited them to come here for a week?
"In outline," said Constance, smiling as one who condescends to a childish understanding. "Oh no, in detail." Miss Bride contented herself with a half-absent "Indeed?" and seemed to resume her meditations. Whereupon, May's eyes flashed, and her head assumed its most magnificent pose. They exchanged not another word on the drive to Rivenoak. May awoke very early next morning.
He continued, looking at her with a half-absent fixity, "'Tis a strange thing, certainly, that in my years of fortune I should never taste happiness, and now when I am broke, enjoy so much of it, for was I ever happier than to-day? Was the grass softer, the stream pleasanter in sound, the air milder, the heart more at peace? Why should I not sink? To dig why, after all, it should be easy.
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