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The sons of the wealthiest earthenware manufacturers made a point of belonging to it, and, after a period of disdain, their fathers also made a point of belonging to it. It was housed in an old mansion, with extensive grounds and a pond and tennis courts; it had a working agreement with the Golf Club and with the Hillport Cricket Club. But chiefly it was a social affair.
The doctor put on his overcoat, and his cap with the ear-flaps, and after a final glance at the patient and a friendly, reassuring smile at Leonora, he went slowly to the door. Girth and good humour and funny stories had something to do with his great reputation in Bursley and Hillport.
Did anything go wrong? said Rose, when Leonora reached Hillport. 'No, Leonora replied. 'Where is he? 'In the drawing-room. He says he won't have any tea. 'You must remember, my dear, that your father has been through a great deal this last day or two. 'So have all of us, as far as that goes, Rose stated ruthlessly. 'However She turned away, shrugging her shoulders.
But I shouldn't. And she privately resolved that nothing should induce her to assent to this monstrous proposal. Her heart hardened to steel. She felt prepared to suffer any unpleasantness, any indignity, rather than give way. 'It isn't as if Hillport wasn't changing, he went on, politely argumentative. 'It is changing.
Fifteen months after John's death, and the inquest on his body, and the clandestine funeral, Leonora sat alone one evening in the garden of the house at Hillport. She wore a black dress trimmed with jet; a narrow band of white muslin clasped her neck, and from her shoulders hung a long thin antique gold chain, once the ornament of Aunt Hannah.
If he had perchance called, and perchance informed Meshach that he was going on to Hillport, and if he had walked up by the road while she came down by the fields! The idea was too dreadful. 'Has Mr. Twemlow been to see you yet? she demanded, after a long silence, pretending to be interested in the 'Signal. 'No, said Meshach; 'why dost ask? 'I remembered he said he should.
"Them?" exclaimed Mrs Machin. "What else has he bought?" "I expect he's bought all the five this and the four below, as far as Downes's. I expect you'll find that the other four have had notices just like these. You know all this row used to belong to the Wilbrahams. You surely must remember that, mother?" "Is he one of the Wilbrahams of Hillport, then?" "Yes, of course he is."
Thus ended Miss Gardner's long career as an operatic artist and not without pathos, for the ageing woman sobbed as she left the room from which she had been driven by a pitiless child. According to custom Harry Burgess set out from the National School, where the rehearsals were held, with Ethel and Milly for Hillport.
And Denry felt secure because she could not now dispense with his services without losing her security for fifteen pounds. He was now a property owner. Encouraged by this great and solemn fact, he went up one afternoon to the club at Hillport. His entry was magnificent, superficially. No one suspected that he was nervous under the ordeal.
After supper Claude found them all together, very much interested in their first evening at sea, and arguing as to whether the sunset on the water was as fine as those they saw every night in Hillport. They hung together in a quiet, determined way, and if you began to talk to one, you soon found that all the others were there.
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