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In the morning there were two delegates from Rilchester who had to be kept in a good temper till my father was ready for them; then there was father's bag to be packed, and a rush to get him off in time for the morning express to Longstaff.
It is a charity to even invite them. But to have had Dolly Longstaff once is a triumph for life." "Laws!" said Mrs. Boncassen, looking hard at the young man who was dancing. "What has he done?" "He never did anything in his life." "I suppose he's very rich." "I don't know. I should think not.
Dolly sank back again into his seat, remarking in his usual apathetic way that he had intended to obey her behest but had not understood that she was in so great a hurry. "I am always in a hurry," she said. "I like things to be done sharp." And she hit the table a crack. "Please bring me some iced water," this of course was addressed to the waiter. "And a glass for Mr. Longstaff."
She was not more indifferent to the admiration of young men than are other young ladies. But she was not proud of the admiration of Dolly Longstaff. She was here among strangers whose ways were unknown to her, whose rank and standing in the world were vague to her, and wonderful in their dimness.
"Out of work again?" he asked. "Anything gone wrong?" "No sir," replied Hazeldine; "but I came round to ask if you'd seen that circular letter. 'Twas sent me this morning by a mate of mine who's lately gone to Longstaff, and he says that this Pogson is sowing them broadcast among the hands right through all the workshops in the place, and in all England, too, for aught he knows.
"It will be a terrible case of Beauty and the Beast," said Lupton. Lady Chiltern had whispered a suspicion of the same kind, and had expressed a hope that the lover would be worthy of the girl. And Dolly Longstaff had chaffed his friend Popplecourt on the subject, Popplecourt having laid himself open by indiscreet allusions to Dolly's love for Miss Boncassen.
In her more thoughtful moments she told herself that it would not be well. But still the allurement was strong upon her. Park Lane was sweeter than the Fifth Avenue. Lord Silverbridge was nicer than the bank clerk. But Dolly Longstaff was not. She would certainly prefer the bank clerk to Dolly Longstaff.
But on that night they had christened a distant and lofty peak 'Mount Longstaff, in honour of the man whose generosity had alone made the expedition possible, and although they thought that this was the most southerly land to which they would be able to give a name, they were in no mood to turn back because the outlook was unpromising.
He confessed to himself that he was completely "bowled over," "knocked off his pins!" "Is a fellow to have no chance?" he said to Miss Boncassen at Custins. "If I understand what a fellow means, I am afraid not." "No man alive was ever more in earnest than I am." "Well, Mr. Longstaff, I do not suppose that you have been trying to take me in all this time." "I hope you do not think ill of me."
Perhaps it was well that he should inwardly suffer when injured. But it could not be well that he should declare to such men as Nidderdale, and Dolly Longstaff, and Popplecourt that he didn't mean to put up with that sort of thing. He certainly should not have spoken in this strain before Tregear. Of all men living he hated and feared him the most.
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