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Updated: June 22, 2025
He had heard of Lord Hampstead's peculiar politics, and was assured that the young lord was only carrying out his peculiar principles in selecting Marion Fay for himself and devoting his sister to George Roden. "Not that I like that kind of thing, if you ask me," said Crocker. "I'm very fond of Hampstead, and I've always found Lady Frances to be a pleasant and affable lady.
But after that she had never of her own accord referred to the probability of Lord Hampstead's death. From day to day there grew upon her a feeling that she had subjected herself to domination, almost to tyranny from Mr. Greenwood. The man whom she had known intimately during her entire married life now appeared to assume different proportions and almost a different character.
"Most absurd," said the Marchioness, feeling herself to be encouraged; "most absurd, and abominable, and wicked. He is quite a revolutionist." "Not that, I think," said his lordship, who knew pretty well the nature of Hampstead's political feelings. "Indeed he is. Why, he encourages his sister! He would not mind her marrying a shoeblack if only he could debase his own family.
"I have done more than endeavour on this occasion. I went down to Hendon Hall, and was shown into the drawing-room. I am sorry for Hampstead's sake, but it was impossible for me not to do so." "Why sorry for his sake?" she asked. "Because he had pledged himself to his father that I should not do so. He clearly had no right to make such a pledge.
It had come to be received as a family doctrine between them that Lord Hampstead's removal to a better world was a thing devoutly to be wished. It is astonishing how quickly, though how gradually, ideas of such a nature will be developed when entertainment has once been given to them. The Devil makes himself at home with great rapidity when the hall door has been opened to him.
Of meditating Lord Hampstead's murder he declared to himself that he had no idea. His conscience was quite clear to him in that respect. What was it to him who might inherit the title and the property of the Traffords? He was simply discussing with a silly woman a circumstance which no words of theirs could do aught either to cause or to prevent.
Of all his looks it was the one that she used to like best. "So you've come back again?" he said. "But I never was away." "I thought you were abroad?" "Who told you that?" "I don't know. I suppose I must have dreamt it." "I think you must. I've been in town for the last six weeks." "In town?" "Yes, if Hampstead's town. I've been staying with the Jewdwines. Didn't he tell you?"
"Hampstead's miles away," she mused. "If I go there we shall hardly ever see each other. At all events I ought to tell him where I shall be living. It won't be a surprise. He thinks I'm a fine lady and it's the fashion for fine ladies to go to Hampstead at this time of the year.
It occurred to him now that while he was in Cumberland he had established quite an intimacy with Lord Hampstead, and he thought that it would be well to use Lord Hampstead's acknowledged good-nature for recovering the ground which he had lost with his brother clerk.
He, however, continued to discuss with her all family matters as though his services were indispensable to her; and she was unable to answer him in such a way as to reject his confidences. The telegram reached the butler as to Hampstead's coming on the Monday, and was, of course, communicated at once to Lord Kingsbury.
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