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Attended the funeral at Ancrum on the 10th. Mr. Liddell read the English service at the grave. To Brougham on my way back. October 13th. Left London on a visit to the Marochettis at Vaux. 23rd. Visit to the Guizots at Val Richer. 27th, to Caen. 28th, to Angers. 30th, to Saumur. November 1st. Amboise. 2nd, Loches. 4th, Paris. 7th. Home. 8th. Dinner at Lord Granville's. 23rd.
The very same scene was gone through as on the first occasion, and dark came on whilst the wind shifted, and we were still aground. Dinner was served up, but poor Mr. Liddell could eat very little; and bump, bump, grind, grind, went the ship fifteen or sixteen times as we sat at dinner. The slight sea, however, did enable us to bump off.
On the sofa opposite to her sat a lady a large, well-dressed lady with bright black eager eyes, and a high color. She held open on her lap a neat black leather bag, from which she had taken some papers, and was speaking quickly, in loud dictatorial tones, when Katherine came in. "Here is Miss Liddell," said Miss Payne. "Ah!
"Oh," interrupted the lawyer, "if she were alive, she would have her share of the estate, as her marriage was never dissolved." A short pause ensued, and then Newton asked if Miss Liddell would like some money, as he would be happy to draw a check for any sum she required. Then, indeed, Katherine felt that her days of difficulty were over. Mrs.
His remark almost startled her. "Very well," he said. "Come back soon." This interview agitated Katherine more than Mrs. Liddell knew.
After a few more words, George Liddell bid her good-bye. She stood a few minutes in deep thought before going to tell her good news to Miss Payne, reflecting that she must not betray the real motive of his change towards herself; the less she said the better. While she thought, Miss Payne came in looking unusually eager. "Wouldn't he stay and have a bit to eat?" she exclaimed.
For Patty's sake she must control her temper and she did. With an effort that left her white and tremulous she crushed back the hot words and said quietly: "I beg your pardon, Mrs. Liddell. I did not mean to be inattentive. Let me show you some of our new lingerie waists, I think you will like them." But Mrs.
Burnett's drawing-room, Colonel Ormonde would probably be amongst the riders on his powerful chestnut, ready to receive her report. She was quite sure he was very much smitten, and eager to know what her chances with old Liddell might be; and as her mother-in-law had a bad habit of presiding over her own tea-table, it would be more convenient to talk with her gay Lothario in the Park.
What arguments and rambles Katherine enjoyed with him, and what goodly checks she drew to further his numerous undertakings! De Burgh did not fail to carry out his threat of inspecting Sandbourne. He found a valid excuse in a commission from Colonel Ormonde to advise Miss Liddell respecting a pair of ponies she had asked him to buy for her. His visit was not altogether displeasing.
Neither mother nor daughter had breathed a word of their hopes or fears to the pretty widow. Breakfast over, they all dispersed to their usual avocations. Katherine, downstairs, was consulting cook, and Mrs. Liddell was wearily sorting and tearing up papers, when the servant came into the study and said, "Please, 'm, there's a gentleman wanting you. "Where have you put him?" asked Mrs.
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