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The stranger made the best of his way from the doomed premises; while Kenyon who would willingly have seen the tower crumble down before his eyes, on condition of Hilda's safety determined, late as it was, to attempt ascertaining if she were in her dove-cote.
And was it conceivable that she would have been thus enthralled unless some great error how great Kenyon dared not think or some fatal weakness had given this dark adversary a vantage ground? "Hilda," said he abruptly, "who and what is Miriam? Pardon me; but are you sure of her?" "Sure of her!" repeated Hilda, with an angry blush, for her friend's sake.
The winter of 1845-6 was an exceptionally mild one, and she suffered less than usual; and in the spring of 1846 her lover claimed her promise. Throughout the summer she continued to gain strength, being able, not only to drive out, but even to walk short distances, and to visit a few of her special friends such as Mr. Kenyon and Mr. Boyd.
'You told me when you were here last that you wanted all the documents pertaining to the mine, in every instance. A document has come this morning that is rather important. John Kenyon, as you will learn by reading the letter, desires the managership of the mine. I need not say that I think he is the best man in the world for the position, and that everything will be safe in his hands.
Both my feet were finally off the bottom, and I felt the wonderful sensation of the first cousin to flying. While I floundered there my father looked off towards the gray horizon, and saw the visions of Hilda, Miriam, Kenyon, and Donatello which the world of readers was presently to behold through his eyes.
Chambers had given her over when I got the letter announcing her marriage, and found that she was about to cross to France. I never had an idea of her reaching Pisa alive. I saw Mr. Browning once. Many of his friends and mine, William Harness, John Kenyon, and Henry Chorley, speak very highly of him.
Kenyon, the gentlest and most universally complimentary of mortals, had marched into the house and given Arabella Barrett, the sister of the sick woman, his opinion of her father's conduct with a degree of fire and frankness which must have been perfectly amazing in a man of his almost antiquated social delicacy. Mrs.
Unless he could give her all the sympathy, and just the kind of sympathy that the occasion required, Miriam would hate him by and by, and herself still more, if he let her speak. This was what Kenyon said to himself; but his reluctance, after all, and whether he were conscious of it or no, resulted from a suspicion that had crept into his heart and lay there in a dark corner.
Longworth came out of the station on his way home, and was simply dumfounded to see Kenyon in the Longworths' carriage. John passed him without noticing who he was, and just as the coachman was going to start again, Longworth said to him: 'Parker, have you been picking up fares in the street?
'Here you are, Kenyon; here are our places. 'Which is mine? said the voice of Kenyon. 'It doesn't matter, answered Wentworth, and then a thrill of fear went through the gentle heart of Miss Jennie Brewster. She had not thought of the young man not caring which seat he occupied, and she dreaded the possibility of finding herself next to Kenyon rather than Wentworth.
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