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Updated: May 20, 2025
Is it to be Sir Hugh in perspective, or cousin Howel at once? Netta was still pouting, fidgeting with her parasol, and restlessly pushing her foot through the grass and flowers, when they were startled by a voice crying, 'Is that you, Netta?
His eye caught the words, 'Howel Jenkins, Esq., and Miss Prothero, Glanyravon, and Sir John Simpson. This was quite enough.
Guitard, Earl of Poitiers; Kay, Earl of Angers; Bedver, Earl of Normandy the land then hight Neustne; -of the Mans came the Earl Borel; of Britanny the Earl Howel. Howel the earl was free man, and fair were his weeds. And all the French folk were clothed fair, all well weaponed, and horses they had fat. There were besides fifteen bishops.
I hope you do be well off now, and don't be living so gay as you wos. 'Well, mother, if I could just get a few thousands for a couple of weeks I should be as rich as Croesus, and out of all those difficulties I told you of in another month. Do you know of any one likely to have such a sum to lend? 'Thousands, Howel! why hundreds wasn't plenty with us, let alone thousands.
Gertrude comes daily to see me. But where are Llewelyn and Howel? I have not seen them once. Is my father angry with them still? or have they been punished and forgiven?" "Your brothers are still close prisoners," answered the mother with a sigh.
To my utter astonishment I find it is to be a son of old Jenkins, the miser! I remember the father, but the son was some years my junior. You need not mention this, however, as it may fall to the ground. He wanted to buy the place, but I am too patriotic still to wish to sell. 'Howel Jenkins! little Netta! at Abertewey! exclaimed the trio in concert.
He had no opinion of any man who would fleece another, and he saw that Howel and Mr Deep were preying upon the simple, conceited Mr Simpson, and the careless, lavish Sir Samuel Spendall. As to Mr Deep, he watched his opportunity of outwitting either of the four as it offered. Saturday came and passed, as usual, in visiting and gambling.
Bloomfield turned to an article on America, in the periodical in question, and read from it several disparaging expressions concerning Mr. Howel's native country, one of which was, "The American's first plaything is the rattle-snake's tail." "Now, what do you think of this assertion in particular, Mr. Howel?" she asked, reading the words we have just quoted.
'And then, Howel, you will give up horse-racing and betting and gambling and bad company, and think more of Minette and me your poor unhappy Netta your wife your little cousin that you used to say you loved! oh, Howel! Howel! that you hate so now, and treat so unkindly.
It is in human nature to undervalue the things with which we are familiar, and to form false estimates of those which are remote, either by time, or by distance. But, go into the drawing-room, and, in young Wenham, you will find one who fancies himself a votary of a new school, although his prejudices and mental dependence are scarcely less obvious than those of poor Tom Howel."
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