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"Oh, yes; and perhaps James. Tell me, why should she love James, who is a mere gardener, and hate me?" "James tends the flowers, and the flowers are Jane Merrick's very life. Isn't that the explanation?" "I don't know." "The girls need not worry you, Kenneth. It will be easy for you to keep out of their way." "When will they come?" "Next week, I believe."
Her head dropped on the table. She was crying, and, I think, praying. "You saw Houston Simms killed by two men, one of whom, the negro Thad, you knew. The white man's face was covered. You did not recognize him. But he knew you, and the surest way to compel you to silence. She did not reply. "My dear Miss Waring, you need have no fear on Colonel Merrick's account.
Montrose had her own automobile, but the party divided, the four young girls being driven by Mr. Merrick's chauffeur in his machine, while Uncle John, Arthur and Louise rode with Mrs. Montrose. It did not take the young people long to become acquainted, and the air of restraint that naturally obtained in the first moments gradually wore away.
All the past was in his way of looking and sitting, and I wanted to stay near him, and felt that he wanted me to stay; but the devil of it was that neither of us knew what to talk about. It was this difficulty which caused me, after a while, since I could not follow Merrick's talk, to follow his eyes in their roaming circuit of the room.
I wish you now to bear witness that I refuse to-day or at any future time to marry Paul Merrick, and that no argument or persuasion will induce me to do so. And I wish, raising her hand, to keep silence 'I wish to say publicly that it is no fault or ill doing of Colonel Merrick's that has driven me to this resolve.
She would be as eager to go as he was to have her, and when he had paid for the telegram he dismissed the matter from further thought. Next morning Patsy reminded him that instead of going down town he must personally notify Louise Merrick of the proposed trip; so he took a cross-town line and arrived at the Merrick's home at nine o'clock. Mrs.
The second name in the list of John Merrick's nieces was that of Elizabeth De Graf. She lived at a good private hotel located in an exclusive residence district. It was true that Elizabeth or "Beth," as she was more familiarly called was not a permanent guest at this hotel. When in New York she was accustomed to live with one or the other of her cousins, who welcomed her eagerly.
Then it will he turned over to you to do as you please with." "Can I give it away, if I want to?" "Certainly. It is now yours without recourse, and although you cannot dispose of it until you are of legal age, there will be nothing then to prevent your transfering it to whomsoever you please. I called Miss Merrick's attention to this fact when you refused to accept the legacy."
Or, if I did not mind the walk, her brother-in-law would take charge of me at any moment with pleasure. Certainly Mr. Falkirk outdid himself in scowling, at this point. 'Well I must get home somehow, she said with another glance, 'and the coach would never do, and the phaeton was tabooed. But I knew Mrs. Merrick's sister was Mrs.
Marshall's work with that of Anthony Trollope is as inevitable as it is to the former's disadvantage. This volume shows honest, sincere craftsmanship, and never rises nor falls below an average level of mediocrity. These two volumes of the collected edition of Mr. Merrick's novels and stories are of somewhat uneven value.
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