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They behaved pretty well while the solemnity was strange enough to awe them, and one Sunday when Lady Adeline their mother could not accompany him, Mr. Hamilton-Wells ventured to go alone with them.

Hamilton-Wells felt if the parting of his smooth, straight hair was exactly in the middle, patted it on either side, then shook back imaginary ruffles from his long white hands, and interlaced his jewelled fingers on his lap. "You were never in the tropics, I think you told me?" he said to Evadne, with exaggerated preciseness. "Ah! now, I have been, off and on, several times.

Hamilton-Wells frowned upon them they straightened themselves and beamed about blandly. Mr. Hamilton-Wells ordered Diavolo to be thrashed, and Diavolo dashed off for the cane and handed it to his tutor politely, saying at the same time: "Do be quick, Mr. Ellis, I want to get out."

The tutor's strong but careworn face flushed sensitively; but he only answered with a deprecating gesture. "Then how old is Diavolo?" Mr. Kilroy pursued absently. "About the same age," Mr. Hamilton-Wells replied, without moving a muscle of his face. Lady Adeline looked puzzled: "Of course they are the same age," she said, as if the point could be disputed. Mr.

It was something quite in the manner of his youth, and if it had not been for the inopportune arrival of his son-in-law and daughter, the Heavenly Twins would probably have carried out their programme under his distinguished patronage. Dr. Galbraith was all in favour of letting them do it, Lord Dawne was neutral; but Mr. Hamilton-Wells objected.

"I do not doubt it," I maintained; "but it cannot be done." "She is not the kind of person to marry for money," Mr. Hamilton-Wells observed, looking up at the ceiling. "Who? Mrs. Colquhoun?" I asked. "I don't understand you." "Oh," he answered, "it occurred to me that you might be thinking such a consideration would weigh with her in the choice of a second husband." I stared at the man.

Lady Adeline, having seen the children safely and beautifully dressed for the ceremony, Angelica as a bridesmaid, Diavolo as page, left them sitting, with a picture-book between them, like model twins. "Really," she said to Mr. Hamilton-Wells, "I think the occasion is too interesting for them to have anything else in their heads."

Hamilton House, however, was ten miles distant from Morningquest, and they had hitherto been thought of as Hamilton-Wells; but after that year at the Castle, they became identified with the old stock, the alien Hamilton-Wells being dropped out of sight altogether. The duke himself had always been popular.

Hamilton-Wells had a habit of threshing his subject out, even when it was obviously unfortunate, and would not allow himself to be interrupted by anybody. He made his favourite gesture with his hands when he had spoken, which consisted in spreading his long white fingers out as if he wore lace ruffles which were in the way, and was shaking them back a little.

James about the merit of her conduct during the epidemic. It was about this time, that is to say, immediately after the outbreak of small-pox was over, and in the height of the summer, that Mr. and Lady Adeline Hamilton-Wells returned from a prolonged absence abroad, and settled themselves for a few months at Hamilton House.

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