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"I'm keeping my dancing for to-morrow," he said. "The best man always has more than enough of that." Tommy made a gloomy sound that was like a groan and began to descend the steps by his side. They walked several paces along the dim road in silence; then quite suddenly he burst into impulsive speech. "I'll tell you what it is, Monck!" "I shouldn't," said Monck.
And in consequence and for all time the youngest subaltern in the mess had become Monck's devoted adherent. They stood together for a moment at the top of the steps while Monck, his dark, lean face wholly unresponsive and inscrutable, took out a cigar. The night was a wonderland of deep spaces and glittering stars.
"But of course not!" she made answer. "How could it be? Won't you sit down?" He led her to a chair; but he did not sit down himself. He stood before her with something of the air of a man making a confession. "Mrs. Monck," he said, "I think I ought to tell you that it was by my advice that your husband resigned his commission." Her brows drew together a little as if at a momentary dart of pain.
Monck in 1713. Each succeeding set of overseers has added to the decoration of the box or given it a new case, and many of these are beautifully engraved; on the inside of the original lid Hogarth engraved on a silver plate the bust of the Duke of Cumberland of Culloden celebrity, and the whole set is now of great value and is quite unique.
"Hope I'm not awfully late. They wasted such a confounded time over toasts at mess to-night. Yours was one of 'em, and I had to reply. I hadn't a notion what to say. Captain Monck thinks I made an awful hash of it though he is too considerate to say so." "On the contrary I said 'Hear, hear! to every stutter," said Monck, bowing slightly as he took the hand she offered.
Outwardly, unchangeable; inwardly, mutable. Take, for example, the title of Albemarle. It sounds eternal. Yet it has been through six different families Odo, Mandeville, Bethune, Plantagenet, Beauchamp, Monck. Under the title of Leicester five different names have been merged Beaumont, Breose, Dudley, Sydney, Coke. Under Lincoln, six; under Pembroke, seven.
It came from Monck's room. That meant that meant what did it mean? That Monck had returned at that unusual hour? Or that there really was a native intruder who had found the window unfastened and entered? Again the impulse to retreat and call Peter to deal with the situation came upon her, but almost angrily she shook it off. She would see for herself first.
There's nothing wrong in that. He's a horrid man. It isn't wrong, is it, Captain Monck? But if he shot my Daddy?" She went swiftly to Monck with the words and leaned ingratiatingly against him. "You'd kill a man yourself that did a thing like that, wouldn't you?" "Very likely," said Monck. She gazed at him admiringly. "I expect you've killed lots and lots of men, haven't you?" she said.
Mrs. Burton smiled out of her slitty eyes. "I should scarcely imagine Captain Monck to be one of them," she said. "He is obviously here as a matter of form to-night. The best man must be civil to the bride whatever his feelings." Lady Harriet's face cleared a little, although her estimate of Mrs. Burton's opinion was not a very high one.
That was six years ago or more; and I was thankful to be rid of her. I regarded her death as one of the biggest slices of luck I'd ever had. And now curse her!" he ended savagely "she has come to life again!" He glanced at Monck with the words, almost as if seeking sympathy; but Monck's face was masklike in its unresponsiveness. He said nothing whatever. In a moment Dacre took up the tale.
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