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She had listened so eagerly to his conversation on art and kindred topics; it was so evident that she was enjoying a temporary release from a mode of life which chilled all her warmer instincts. Yet she now made it her entreaty that he would continue Mutimer's work. Beginning timidly, she grew to an earnestness which it was impossible to think feigned.
She had heard this story from her brother, but it came more impressively from Mutimer's own lips. A sort of heroism was involved in it, the championship of a cause regardless of self. She remained thoughtful with troublous colours on her face. Mrs. Waltham was more obviously uneasy. There are certain things to which in good society one does not refer, first and foremost humiliating antecedents.
She put in no plea for delay, and her mother, though affecting a little consternation at Mutimer's haste, could not seriously object. Wanley, discussing the matter at its Sunday tea-tables, declared with unanimity that such expedition was indecent. By this time the disapproval of the village had attached itself exclusively to Mrs.
'They had better have lunch without us, he said. He rang and bade the servant ask Mr. and Mrs. Rodman to lunch alone. Then he returned to an earlier point of the discussion. 'You say it was thick with dust? 'It was. I believe the lower cupboard has never been open since Mr. Mutimer's death. 'Why should he take a will to church with him? Adela shook her head.
But things happen in a way you could never think. I half wish myself the money had never come. It's making us all miserable. Emma listened, expecting from phrase to phrase some word which would be to her a terrible enlightenment But Alice had ceased, and the word still unspoken. 'You say he sent me a message? She did not ask directly the cause of Mrs. Mutimer's anger.
Then he changed the subject. 'I ventured to put at Miss Mutimer's disposal certain tickets I hold professionally for the Regent's Theatre to-night the dress circle. I have five seats in all. May I have the pleasure of your company, Mr. Mutimer? 'I'm only in town for a night, Richard replied; 'and I can't very well spare the time. 'To be sure, to be sure; I was inconsiderate.
Mutimer's affectionate solicitude was honourable to him, and might veil much that was disagreeable in Alice. But the intimacy between Adela and Mrs. Westlake was not yet of the kind which permits a free disclosure of troubles to which, rightly or wrongly, there attaches a sense of shame.
So don't talk about it, Emma. The girl was still musing on Mrs. Mutimer's remark; she merely shook her head. 'You didn't think you were going to marry a man with his thousands and be a lady? Well, I shall have more to say in a day or two. But at present my idea is that mother and the rest of them shall go into a larger house, and that you and Kate and Jane shall take our place.
Her likeness to Richard was noteworthy; beyond question she understood the charm of her presence, and one felt that the consciousness might, in her case, constitute rather a safeguard than otherwise. She stood with one hand on the door, surveying the table. When the direction of Mrs. Mutimer's eyes at length caused Richard and Daniel to turn their heads, Alice nodded to each. 'What noisy people!
'My brother won't hear of such regrets, she continued with a little embarrassment 'He insists on the good that will be done by the change. 'From such a proprietor as I should have been to a man of Mr. Mutimer's activity. To be sure, that is one point of view. Adela blushed. 'That is not my meaning, Mr. Eldon, as you know. I was speaking of the change without regard to who brings it about.
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