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The family plate, sir, is not the first object in my mind, replied Lord Colambre; 'family honour Nay, Miss Nugent, I must speak, continued his lordship, perceiving; by her countenance, that she was alarmed. 'Never fear, Miss Nugent dear, said Sir Terence; 'I'm as cool as a cucumber.
"Anybody in my place would have suspected him of concealing the truth." So far the answer was conclusive. "And how came you to find out what the truth really was?" I asked next. "I guessed at it," she replied, "from something he said in referring to his brother. You know that I took a fanciful dislike to Nugent Dubourg before he came to Dimchurch?" "Yes."
"It's a good story," said Captain Hardy, "but to my mind it doesn't come up to the one about Humpty-Dumpty. Good-night." If anything was wanted to convince Captain Nugent that his action had been foolish and his language intemperate it was borne in upon him by the subsequent behaviour of Master Hardy. Generosity is seldom an attribute of youth, while egotism, on the other hand, is seldom absent.
We did not wish to be annoyed with stipendiary magistrates." Said Hon. N. Nugent "We wished to let ourselves down in the easiest manner possible; therefore we chose immediate freedom in preference to the apprenticeship." "Emancipation was preferred to apprenticeship, because of the inevitable and endless perplexities connected with the latter system."
"Don't let 'em let any body in, for your life, Colambre; under any pretence," cried Lord Clonbrony, calling from the head of the stairs: then running to the window, "By all that's good, it's Mordicai himself! and the people with him." "Lean your head on me, my dear aunt," said Miss Nugent: Lady Clonbrony leant back, trembling, and ready to faint.
I had just arrived at that startling conclusion; I had shed some bitter tears when I remembered how hardly I had judged poor Oscar on more than one occasion; I had decided that my favorite Nugent was the most hateful villain living, and that I would leave nothing undone that the craft of a woman could compass to drive him out of the place when I was forced back to present necessities by the sound of Zillah's voice calling to me from the house.
I pulled it open and found myself face to face with Nugent Dubourg, standing by the table, with his letter from Liverpool in his hand! He must have certainly heard Lucilla cast my own words back in my teeth if he had heard no more. I stopped short; looking at him in silent surprise. He smiled, and held out the open letter to me. Before we could speak, we heard the door of the room closed.
Then he stopped and glanced sharply at his daughter. "Were you here when he called?" he demanded. "Yes," was the reply. "And you you spoke to him?" roared the captain. "I had to be civil," said Miss Nugent, calmly; "I'm not a sea-captain." Her father walked up and down the room again. Mrs. Kingdom, terrified at the storm she had evoked, gazed helplessly at her niece.
Spyers was endeavouring to bind people together in a guild; how a violent gust of temperance orators had come down upon the place, and altogether fascinated and carried away Gerard Godfrey. There was his name at last, and Nuttie was rather gratified to feel herself blushing as she asked, 'Ah! poor Gerard how is he? 'As good and sincere as ever, said Miss Nugent, 'but not much wiser.
My lady is gone down, and Mrs. Broadhurst and my Lady Pococke's come, and the Honourable Mrs. Trembleham; and signor, the Italian singing gentleman, has been walking up and down the apartments there by himself, disconsolate, this half hour. Oh, merciful! Miss Nugent, if you could stand still for one single particle of a second.
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