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"It was a stupid joke. Mrs. Hoskyn had worried Worthington to bring some celebrity to her house; and, in revenge, he took his pugilistic protege." "Hm!" "I do not defend Worthington. But discretion is hardly to be expected from him." "He has discretion enough to understand a case of this kind thoroughly. But let that pass.
"Are you engaged for to-morrow evening?" "Sunday? Oh, no. Besides, I consider all my engagements subject to your convenience." There was a pause, long enough for this assurance to fall perfectly flat. Alice bit her lip. Then Lydia said, "Do you know Mrs. Hoskyn?" "Mrs. Hoskyn who gives Sunday evenings? Shall we go there?" said Alice, eagerly.
"You had better not apologize to my cousin: partly because you would only make matters worse; chiefly because he does not deserve it. But you must make this speech to Mrs. Hoskyn when you are going: 'I am very sorry I forgot myself' " "Sounds like Shakespeare, doesn't it?" observed Cashel. "Ah! the test has found you out; you are only acting after all.
But she cut off his retreat, and confronted him with a steadfast gaze that compelled him to stand and answer for himself. "Who is that gentleman whom you introduced to me? I do not recollect his name." "I am really awfully sorry, Mrs. Hoskyn. It was too bad of Byron. But Webber was excessively nasty." Mrs.
Hoskyn, to claim her promise of an introduction to Madame Szczymplica, which Mrs. Hoskyn had, by way of punishing him for Cashel's misdemeanor, privately determined not to redeem. Cashel began to think he had better go. Lydia was surrounded by men who were speaking to her in German.
"I FEEL that there is a difference," said Mrs. Hoskyn, with dignity. "So do I," said Lydia; "but one can hardly call others to account for one's own subjective ideas." Lydia went away to another part of the room without waiting for a reply. Meanwhile, Cashel stood friendless in the middle of the room, stared at by most of his neighbors, and spoken to by none.
Hoskyn, beginning to wonder whether Cashel could be some well-known eccentric genius. "He is very odd. I hope Mr. Webber is not offended." "He is the less pleased as he was in the wrong," said Lydia. "Intolerant refusal to listen to an opponent is a species of violence that has no business in such a representative nineteenth-century drawing-room as yours, Mrs. Hoskyn.
Hoskyn, and then laughed at his repartee until he became aware of the vicinity of Cashel, whose health he immediately inquired after, shaking his hand warmly and receiving a numbing grip in return. As soon as he saw that Lydia and Cashel were acquainted, he slipped away and left them to entertain one another.
Hoskyn considered obscurity beautiful; and her rooms were but dimly lighted by two curious lanterns of pink glass, within which were vaporous flames.
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