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She was nobly lovely, and the palpable envy of men around cried fool at his delays. Beggar and heiress he said in his heart, to vitalize the three-parts fiction of the point of honour which Cecilia's beauty was fast submerging. When she was leaving he named a day for calling to see her. Colonel Halkett stood by, and she answered, 'Come. Beauchamp kept the appointment. Cecilia was absent.
At present, in the shape of a canvassing candidate, it was hardly honourable to let imagination dwell on him, save compassionately. When he rose to take his leave, Cecilia said, 'Must you go to Itchincope on Wednesday, Nevil? Colonel Halkett added: 'I don't think I would go to Lespel's if I were you.
Austin came to Mount Laurels about the close of the yachting season, shortly after Colonel Halkett had spent his customary days of September shooting at Steynham. Beauchamp's folly was the colonel's theme, for the fellow had dragged Lord Palmet there, and driven his uncle out of patience. Mr. Romfrey's monumental patience had been exhausted by him.
After Captain Baskelett had gone, Colonel Halkett persisted in talking of the letter, and would have impressed on his daughter that the person to whom the letter was addressed must be partly responsible for the contents of it. Cecilia put on the argumentative air of a Court of Equity to discuss the point with him. 'Then you defend that letter? he cried.
But there it is: and we must feed her with the spoon. Colonel Halkett argued stutteringly with the powerful man: 'It's the truth she ought to hear, Romfrey; indeed it is, if you 'll believe me. It 's his life she is fearing for. She knows half. 'She knows positively nothing, colonel. Miss Denham's first letter spoke of the fellow's having headaches, and staggering.
A curious comment on this allegation was furnished by the announcement of the earl's expectations of a son and heir. The earl wrote to Colonel Halkett from Romfrey Castle inviting him to come and spend some time there. 'Now, that's brave news! the colonel exclaimed.
Ask, Beauchamp, why they should not have comfort for pay as well as the big round " Captain Baskelett stopped and laid the letter out for Colonel Halkett to read an unmentionable word, shamelessly marked by Nevil's pencil: " belly-class!" Ask, too, whether the comfort they wish for is not approaching divine compared with the stagnant fleshliness of that fat shopkeeper's Comfort.
The moral of it seems to be that cowardice is even worse for nations than for individual men, though the consequences come on us more slowly. 'You spoke of party sins, Miss Halkett said incredulously. 'I shall think we are the redoubtable party when we admit the charge. 'Are you alluding to the landowners? 'Like the land itself, they have rich veins in heavy matter.
If I heard him once I heard him say half-a-dozen times, that he must have money: "I must have money!" And so he must if he 's to head the Radicals. He wants to start a newspaper! Is he likely to get money from his uncle Romfrey? 'Not for his present plan of campaign. Colonel Halkett enunciated the military word sarcastically. 'Let's hope he won't get money. 'He says he must have it.
'Leaders who cut down expenditure, to create a panic that doubles the outlay! I know them. 'A panic, Nevil. Cecilia threw stress on the memorable word. He would hear no reminder in it. The internal condition of the country was now the point for seriously-minded Englishmen. 'My dear boy, what have you seen of the country? Colonel Halkett inquired.
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