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Also the girl was crying, and her tears made Dr Pendle fear that he was exercising his superiority in a brutal manner. Fortunately the conversation was brought abruptly to an end, for while the bishop was casting about how to resume it, the door opened softly and Mr Mosk presented himself. 'Father! cried Bell, in anything but pleased tones.
The bishop groaned and sat down helplessly in his chair. 'It is incredible, he said. 'How can you, with your refined tastes and up-bringing, love this this ? Well, I shall not call her names. No doubt Miss Mosk is well enough in her way, but she is not a proper wife for my son. 'Our hearts are not always under control, father. 'They should be, Gabriel.
'Well, said Baltic, getting ready to write, 'confession is a sign that your heart is softening. 'It ain't your religion as is doing it, then, sneered Mosk. 'Now then, fire away, old cove.
His principal object in seeing Mrs Mosk was to discover what she knew about the man called Jentham. He was lodging at The Derby Winner, as Cargrim ascertained by later inquiry, and it was probable that the inmates of the hotel knew something as to the reasons of his stay in Beorminster. Mr Mosk, being as obstinate as a mule, was not likely to tell Cargrim anything he desired to learn.
He had promised faithfully, on the previous night, to come round and see Mrs Mosk, but, to Bell's anger, had failed to put in an appearance the first time he had done such a thing. As Miss Mosk's object was always to have an ostensible reason for seeing Gabriel in order to protect her character, she was not at all pleased that he had not turned her excuse for calling on him into an actual fact.
I spoke with her daughter, however. 'I trust you were not molested by that ruffian Jentham, who stays at The Derby Winner, said Cargrim, with hypocritical anxiety. 'Oh, no! he is away on Southberry Heath with his gipsy friends, I believe at least, Miss Mosk told me so. Good-night, Mr Cargrim, she added, evidently not anxious to prolong the conversation.
It was by no means a scene into which the fastidious Cargrim would have ventured of his own free will, but his desire to pump Jentham was greater than his sense of disgust, and he walked briskly into the hotel, to where Mr Mosk and Bell were dispensing drinks as fast as they were able.
'This is a pot of calf's-foot jelly for your mother, Miss Mosk, she said. 'Mr Cargrim came to luncheon at my house to-day, and he told me how ill your mother is. I was informed that she was asleep, so, not wishing to disturb her, I waited until you returned. 'It is very kind of you to take so much trouble, Miss Whichello, said Bell, gratefully receiving the jelly.
He was glad that Mrs Pansey, to foster her own vanity, had put this complexion on his visit to the hotel, as it did away with any need of a true but uncomfortable explanation. Also he had carried home with him the packet tossed on the table by Mosk, therefore, so far as actual proof was concerned, his secret was still his own.
Jarper, who took a paternal interest in the curate, and did not like Miss Mosk over much, since she stinted him of his full measure of beer when he patronised her father's hotel, replied in surly tones that Mr Pendle was tired and would see no one. 'But I must see him, persisted Bell, who was as obstinate as a mule. 'My mother is very ill. 'Then why don't ye stay t'ome and look arter her?
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