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The young man sprang from the table, and the girl rose from her chair, a look almost of alarm in her face. He caught her by the arms. "What do you think, Miss Linderham? You know the lady. Don't you think she would refuse to have anything to do with a cad like Billy Heckle, rich as he is, and would prefer a humble, hard-working farmer from the Cape?" The girl did not answer his question.
"Yes, madam," was the reply. "You have in your employ Lord Stansford, I think?" "Yes, madam." "Is he engaged for this afternoon?" "No, madam." "Well, send him to Miss Linderham, No. 2,044, Cromwell Road, South Kensington." The man at the other end wrote the address, and then asked "At what hour, madam?" "I want him from four till six o'clock." "Very well, madam, we shall send him."
As you are well aware, I have duties towards other guests who are not hired, and it is a point of honour with me to earn my money. I wouldn't like a complaint to reach the ears of Spink and Company." Miss Linderham rose and placed her hand within his arm. "Telephone, what number?" she asked. "Telephone 100,803," he answered.
The spotless pinafore which covered this dress had the most fetching little frill around it; all in all, it was doubtful if any studio in London, even one belonging to the most celebrated painter, had in it as pretty a picture as Miss Maggie Linderham was that afternoon.
I am more in demand by the new-rich, like Heckle here, who, with his precious son, does not know how to treat a guest, even when that guest is hired." "But I should think," said Miss Linderham, "that a man like you would go to South Africa or Australia, where there are great things to be done. I imagine, from the insight I have had into your character, you would make a good fighter.
"Oh, it doesn't matter very much," said Stansford, rising; "it's all included in the two guineas, but I'm pleased to think I have some self- respect left, and that I can refuse your lady, and will not become a hired husband at two thousand pounds a year. May I see you back to the house, Miss Linderham?
"Oh, how do you do, Miss Linderham?" he said. "Why have you ignored me all the evening?" she asked, looking at him with sparkling eyes. "I haven't ignored you," he replied, with some embarrassment; "I did not know you were here." "Oh, that is worse than ignoring," replied Miss Linderham, with a laugh; "but now that you do know I am here, I wish you to take me into the garden.
It is an astonishing fact to record that Miss Linderham sent out for a French hairdresser, who was a most expensive man, and whom she generally called in only when some very important function was about to take place. "I want you," she said, "to dress my hair in an artistic way, and yet in a manner that it will seem as if no particular trouble had been taken. Do you understand me?"
Don't you think a woman should be equally generous?" "Certainly; but I don't see what you mean." "I mean this, Miss Linderham, that your offer is hitting me when I'm down." "Oh!" exclaimed Miss Linderham, in dismay. "I'm sure I beg your pardon; I did not look at it in that light."
But what I wanted to call your attention to, was the fact that he was standing up when I struck him, and I want also to impress upon you the other fact, that I did not hit him when he was down. Did you notice that?" "Of course, I noticed it. No man would hit another when he was down." "I am very glad, Miss Linderham, that you recognise it as a code of honour with us men, brutes as we are.
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