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Updated: May 31, 2025
Try and forget the events of this morning; nor let your uncle discover by look, word or gesture, that you are in possession of his secret. He is deeply offended with his son, not on account of his base conduct to this poor orphan girl, but because it is likely to hinder his marriage with Miss Moncton, which has been for years the idol wish of his heart.
Nay, I am really sorry for the death of poor Lady Moncton, and should despise her husband if he could forget her for one like me. "'Fool! idiot! exclaimed Dinah, in a tone of exasperation. 'You have ever stood in the way of your own fortune. Had you not been so over squeamish you might have changed the children, and made your own son the heir of the Moncton.
Moncton but to submit, which he did, and with a wonderful good grace. It would be no easy matter to describe the surprise and indignation of Theophilus Moncton, when he discovered that the despised and insulted Geoffrey had become a person of some consequence during his absence.
Do you see that thar pint?" and Captain Corbet waved his arm towards a high, well-wooded promontory that jutted out into the river. "Yes." "Wal, I'm goin in behind that, and I'll wait thar till the tide turns. We'll get up to Moncton some time before evenin." In a few minutes the Antelope was heading towards the promontory; and soon she passed it, and advanced towards the shore.
"Who is he?" "Mr. Moncton's nephew," was the short man's reply to the eager questioners. "Is he sent here to be a spy?" "To learn the profession." "That babe! Is the man mad. It will kill the child to chain him to the desk all day." "Poor fellow; he is the orphan son of his brother," said another. "I have seen him at church with Mrs. Moncton." "Well, Robert Moncton is a hard man," said a third.
The Intercolonial railway train had gone to Shediac; it had gone also on its roundabout Moncton, Missaquat River, Truro, Stewiack, and Shubenacadie way to Halifax; the boat had gone to Digby Gut and Annapolis to catch the train that way for Halifax; the boat had gone up the river to Frederick, the capital. We could go to none of these places till the next day.
My intention of watching all their movements was completely frustrated by Mr. Moncton, who, advancing with cautious steps to my bed-side, held up the light in such a manner as not only to reveal my face, but the attitude in which I lay. "Is he sleeping?" he whispered to his companion. "He breathes like one in a profound slumber," was the reply. "'Tis a fine lad.
I returned for answer, "That I should not quit the occupation of the room that had been allotted to my use by his father, until I received positive orders from him to that effect. But I should only require it a few days longer, and then he could do as he pleased." This insolent demand was not seconded by Mr. Moncton, and I took no further notice of it.
"Margaret Moncton, outwardly, was less gifted than Alice Mornington, but she far surpassed her foster-sister in mental endowments. Her stature was small, almost diminutive. Her features neither regular nor handsome except the dark eyes, the beauty of which I think I never saw surpassed. "Her complexion was pure but very pale, and her lofty, thoughtful brow wore a serious expression from infancy.
But are you sure the news is true?" "My landlady is sister to Mr. Moncton's housekeeper. I had my information from her. She tells me that the father and son are on very bad terms." "I have seldom heard Mr. Moncton mention him of late. I wonder we have not seen him in the office. He generally pays us an early visit to show off his fine clothes, and to insult me."
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