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Lightowler's undisguised recovery of the feeling of proprietorship in him, and his repeated incitements to pursue his studies with unwearying ardour, only increased Mark's disgust with himself and his future, as he walked along the lanes with his relative towards the little church beyond the village on the last Sunday in November.
Lightowler's conduct. 'It's very silly of both of them, she said; 'and then to drag you into the quarrel, too! You know, old Mr. Humpage is not really my uncle only one of those relations that sound like a prize puzzle when you try to make them out. Dolly always calls him Uncle Anthony he's her godfather. But I wish you hadn't offended him, Mr. Ashburn, I do really.
He was engaged in this manner one Wednesday afternoon in his rooms, when he heard a slow heavy step coming up the stairs, followed by a sharp rap at the door of his bedroom, which adjoined his sitting-room. He shouted to the stranger to come in, and an old gentleman entered presently by the door connecting the two rooms, in whom he recognised Mr. Lightowler's irascible neighbour.
Ashburn would have felt almost inclined, had she known the book was in the house, to order it to be put away from among them like an evil thing, so strong was her prejudice; and her husband, whatever he felt, expressed no interest or curiosity on the subject. So at Mr. Lightowler's question, which was put more as a vent for his own outraged feelings than any real desire for information, Mrs.
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