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P.S. I am under great concern at the uneasiness you must all suffer at our unsuccessful attack off Algeziras; but this will, I hope, soon remove it. Messrs. Le Mesurier, jointly with Mr. Tucker, Lord St. Vincent's secretary, are appointed agents.
The repose of it for her. 'Ah, here you are! The robustious voice of Captain Le Mesurier sounded from the hall. 'Look here, to Fielding, 'we are going to take you back with us. Drake won't come. He's tired so we don't miss him. Fielding protested vainly that he would crowd the waggonette. Besides, he had business matters to discuss with Drake before he left for London.
What we have to complain of as business men is a matter which perhaps you will say does not concern us, though on that point we must respectfully differ from you. Mr. Mesurier, you have recently published a book." Henry drew himself up haughtily. Surely that was nothing to be ashamed of. "It is quite a pretty little book," continued Mr. Lingard, with one of his grim smiles.
"I am very glad to hear you say so, mademoiselle," he said. "That makes it the more pleasant that your excellent mother gives me one quarter of an hour's respite from bridge that we may have a little conversation. Have you ever been in my country, Miss Le Mesurier?" "I have only travelled through it," Jeanne answered; "but I am afraid that you did not understand what I meant just now.
It was a massive country face, a little heavy, a little slow, but exceptionally gentle and refined. "Good-morning, Mr. Lingard." "Good-morning, Mr. Flower. This is our representative, Mr. Mesurier, of whom I have already spoken to you. I'm sure you will get on well together; and I'm sure he will give you as little trouble as possible." Henry and Mr.
'Did you ask him to the house? he asked Clarice abruptly. 'I asked Mr. Mallinson to bring him, she replied; and then, with all the appearance of a penitent anxiety, 'Why? Oughtn't I to have done so? she asked. Mr. Le Mesurier cast a suspicious glance at his daughter. 'I am so sorry, she said; 'I didn't know that 'Oh well, interrupted Mr.
The conversation was interrupted, to Drake's relief, by Captain Le Mesurier. He rose from the corner of the table to propose the health of the guest of the evening. He said that he was proud to be represented in Parliament by a man of Stephen Drake's calibre. If there was anything of which he was prouder, it was the way in which the election had been fought at Bentbridge.
To-day I sit down to bridge opposite a man with a well-filled purse, and my one idea is to lighten it. Nothing, I am convinced, but the fear of being found out, keeps us reasonably moral." "If we go on talking like this," Lord Ronald remarked, "we shall make Miss Le Mesurier nervous. She will feel that we, and the whole of the rest of the world, have our eyes upon her moneybags."
Then the organ would strike up a triumphant peal, and, to the accompaniment of its music and the mellow plashing of the water, the sister or brother would be plunged beneath the symbolic wave. Great was the excitement, needless to say, in the Mesurier pew, as little Dot at last came forth from the vestry, and, stealing down into the water, took the minister's out-stretched hands. "There she is!
The company was to come out early in May; there would be few shares open to the public, and the revolution had not taken place. Why should he wait till July after all? Drake felt inclined to argue the question one Sunday afternoon in London's lilac time, as he walked across the green park towards Beaufort Gardens. He found Miss Le Mesurier alone and in a melancholy mood.
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