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But, when they come, the Lords did insist upon my Lord Mordaunt's having leave to sit upon a stool uncovered within their burr, and that he should have counsel, which the Commons would not suffer, but desired leave to report their Lordships' resolution to the House of Commons; and so parted for this day, which troubled me, I having by this means lost the whole day. Here I hear from Mr.
The gloom and loneliness, however, in which Mordaunt's days were spent, were far from partaking of that selfishness so common, almost so necessarily common, to recluses. Wherever he had gone in his travels through Italy, he had left light and rejoicing behind him. In his residence at , while unknown to the great and gay, he was familiar with the outcast and the destitute.
I was thinking of this practice, and of the points that distinguished our own habits from those of the people of this part of the colony, when sleigh-bells sounded quite near me, and turning my head, I saw Herman Mordaunt's bays galloping close to us, as if wishing to get alongside. At the next moment the object was effected, and Guert pulled up.
The cigarette between Mordaunt's fingers slowly doubled and crumpled into shapelessness, but the steely eyes never altered. They barred the way inflexibly to the man's inmost soul. He uttered neither question nor answer. But Jack was not to be silenced. "I tell you, she is ill," he said. "I saw her myself yesterday. She was simply broken down. I never saw such a change in anyone.
Exploits which brought the Prince no nearer to his object, however glorious they might be in the estimation of the vulgar, were in his judgment boyish vanities, and no part of the real business of life. He determined to reject Mordaunt's advice; and there can be no doubt that the determination was wise.
Live while ye may, yet happy pair; enjoy Short pleasures, for long woes are to succeed. The autumn and the winter passed away; Mordaunt's relation continued implacable.
"You mean I might fill the post and Bernard provide the money?" Mordaunt suggested. "Bernard, however, does not seem to see the advantage of the plan." Herries gave him a keen glance. Mordaunt's face was calm; but the other imagined he had felt some disappointment. "Then we must fall back on Langrigg. The new owner is your relation. What do you think about our asking him?"
I asked, a little doubtingly; for I had actually given up all who had been in Herman Mordaunt's sleigh for lost. "Yes, thank God! all but the sleigh and horses. But where are Guert Ten Eyck and Miss Wallace?" "Gone ashore on the other side of the river; we parted, and they took that direction, while we came hither."
On the very next morning I mounted my horse, and set out for the house in the mountain, anxious to ascertain who the "old friends" were, to whom he alluded. In an hour I had come within sight of Mordaunt's mansion.
"I suppose you will have to see it," he said then reluctantly. "That is as you like." But though the words were emotionless, Mordaunt's eyes searched his face, and in answer to them Jack held out the paper. "I am sorry," he said. "In no danger. Keep Trevor away," was the message it contained. "As I thought," Mordaunt observed, and handed it back without further comment.
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