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Clinging to him with all the pure passion of a woman and all the trust of a child, she felt his kisses on her cheek, and her deep sobs shook her upon his breast. Marsham's being was stirred to its depths.
During the last months of Parliament, Lankester had seen a good deal of Oliver. The story of Diana, and of Marsham's interrupted wooing was by that time public property, probably owing to the indignation of certain persons in Brookshire. As we have seen, it had injured the prestige of the man concerned in and out of Parliament.
But in the more hopeful days of the last week, when the canvassing returns, together with Marsham's astonishing energy and brilliant speaking, had revived the failing heart of the party, it was resolved to hold a final meeting, on the night before the poll, at Hartingfield-on-the-Wold, the largest of the mining villages.
Marsham replied that his fly had been announced. "What'll they offer you?" said Chide, abruptly. "Offer me? It doesn't much matter, does it? on a day like this?" Marsham's tone was equally curt. Then he added: "I shall be here again to-morrow." Chide acquiesced. When Marsham had driven off, and as the sound of the wheels died away, Chide uttered a fierce inarticulate sound.
These hidden thoughts on Lankester's side had been met by a new and tacit friendliness on Marsham's. He had shown an increasing liking for Lankester's company, and had finally asked him to come down and help him in his constituency. By George, if he married that girl, he would pay his penalty to the utmost! Lankester leaned out of window again, his eyes sweeping the dreary park.
They do not hesitate to magnify the false or to bring to ruin what they find most profitably assailable. They have respect for neither genius nor labor, but juggle with the efforts of both in a fierce game for gold. As the gong struck on the Philadelphia Exchange next morning, a well known operator associated with Marsham's firm threw five thousand shares of Consolidated on the market.
This time it was hardly possible to put these symptoms down to Marsham's account. He chafed under the thought that he should be no longer there in case a league, offensive and defensive, had in the end to be made with Mrs. Colwood for the handling of cousins. It was quite clear that Miss Fanny was a vulgar little minx, and that Beechcote would have no peace till it was rid of her.
Oliver, I have had a charming letter from Mr. Heath." Mr. Heath had been for some months Marsham's local correspondent on the subject of the new Liberal hall in the county town. Lady Lucy had recently sent a check to the Committee, which had set all their building anxieties at rest. Oliver looked down rather moodily upon her. "It's pretty easy to write charming letters when people send you money.
Diana, with a laugh, repeated Marsham's proposal for a six weeks' engagement. That was absurd! But, after all, it could not be very long. She hoped Oliver would be content to keep Beechcote. They could, of course, always spend a good deal of time with Lady Lucy.
In reality they had before them Marsham's aspect at the declaration of the poll head and face thrown back defiantly, hollow eyes of bitterness and fatigue; and the scene outside in front, a booing crowd and beside the new member, Alicia's angry and insolent look. The election represented a set-back in a man's career, in spite of the bare victory. And Lankester did not think it would be retrieved.
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