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Updated: June 26, 2025
It was widely rumored in the town that something had gone wrong at Major Milroy's with the new governess, and that Mr. Armadale was mixed up in it. I paid no heed to this, believing it to be one of the many trumpery pieces of scandal perpetually set going here, and as necessary as the air they breathe to the comfort of the inhabitants of this highly respectable place.
I kept harping on this string till I set his tongue going, and made him amuse me as a gentleman is bound to do when he has the honor of escorting a lady on a long railway journey. "What little mind he has was full, of course, of his own affairs and Miss Milroy's.
Allan, who knew nothing whatever of woman's natures, and who told the truth right and left in all mortal emergencies, answered as if he had been under examination in a court of justice. "It's a name in three syllables," he said. Miss Milroy's downcast eyes flashed up at him like lightning. "Three!" she repeated in the blankest astonishment.
The actual position of Milroy's brigade was not definitely known, and Governor Peirpoint of West Virginia had asked to have it sent to Clarksburg.
Milroy's illness; he began to think regretfully of his deserted yacht. The next day the twentieth brought some news with it from the outer world. A message was delivered from Mr. Pedgift, announcing that his clerk, Mr. Bashwood, would personally present himself at Thorpe Ambrose on the following day; and a letter in answer to Midwinter was received from Mr. Brock.
Major Milroy dismisses the report as unworthy of credit, because it is impossible for him to believe in such an act of 'cold-blooded treachery, as the scandal would imply, if the scandal were true. He simply writes to warn Armadale that, if he is not more careful in his actions for the future, he must resign all pretensions to Miss Milroy's hand.
"I was sorry to hear from Miss Milroy that Mrs. Milroy is an invalid. Perhaps my being here unexpectedly; perhaps the sight of a strange face " "I understand your hesitation, Mr. Armadale," said the major; "but it is quite unnecessary. Mrs. Milroy's illness keeps her entirely confined to her own room.
The next day General W. E. Jones marched with a brigade into the Valley, attacked and routed two regiments of General Milroy's cavalry, and, with slight loss from his command, escaped with about two hundred prisoners.
Can it be really possible that Love has made Mr. Bashwood man enough to be angry with me? "Wednesday. My experience of Miss Milroy's habits suggested a suspicion to me last night which I thought it desirable to clear up this morning. "It was always her way, when I was at the cottage, to take a walk early in the morning before breakfast.
A vague doubt beset him whether it was the governess, after all. He roused himself, and, advancing a few paces, mentioned his name. "May I ask," he added, "if I have the pleasure ?" The lady met him easily and gracefully half-way. "Major Milroy's governess," she said. "Miss Gwilt." All was quiet at Thorpe Ambrose. The hall was solitary, the rooms were dark.
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