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Down the hall he raced, his son beside him, and Mr. Saunderson following more slowly. Out into the garden he went and over the lawn towards the shrubbery. The orchid-houses lay in dense shadow; but the doctor almost threw himself against the door. "Strike a match!" he panted. Then "Never mind I have it!" The door flew open with a bang. A sickly perfume swept out to them.
"Thank you," said Lady Jane, with a slight contraction of her thin lips. This October morning, so pleasant for Rorie, was rather a bitter day for his mother. She had been reigning sovereign at Briarwood hitherto; henceforth she could only live there on sufferance. The house was Rorie's. Even the orchid-houses were his.
Again the lake was admired, the house admired. Admiration was evoked for great orchid-houses 'over yonder, soon to be set up. Off we go to the kitchen-garden. There the admiration is genial, practical.
The orchid-houses were an irresistible attraction, and by this friendly arrangement Lady Mallow would profit by the alterations and improvements her cousin had made for her gratification, when he believed she was to be his wife.
Some people said he had speculated unfortunately in railways, others that he was being bled by one of the most insatiable members of her profession; and to every report of threatened insolvency Beaufort replied by a fresh extravagance: the building of a new row of orchid-houses, the purchase of a new string of race-horses, or the addition of a new Meissonnier or Cabanel to his picture-gallery.
Again the lake was admired, the house admired. Admiration was evoked for great orchid-houses 'over yonder, soon to be set up. Off we go to the kitchen-garden. There the admiration is genial, practical.
"What's the meaning of this, Sir," he roared as Dam, cool, smiling, friendly ever, entered the Sanctum. "What the Devil d'ye mean by it, eh? Wreckin' my orchid-houses, assaultin' my servants, waking me up, annoying ME! Seven days C.B. and bread and water, on each count. What d'ye mean by it, ye young hound? Eh? Answer me before I have ye flogged to death to teach ye better manners!
Then Aunt Charlotte had to promise that she would honour the Court with a visit too; whereupon Austin launched out into a most glowing and picturesque description of the orchid-houses, and the pool of water-lilies, and the tapestry in the Banqueting Hall, being extremely curious to know whether his prosaic relative would experience any of those queer sensations that had so greatly impressed himself.
"I was standing at the door of my cottage smoking a pipe before turning in, when I saw a faint light moving over by the orchid-houses " "Reflection of the moon," muttered Saunderson. "I am sorry. Go on, Crombie!" "I knew that some of the orchids were very valuable, and I thought there would not be time to call you; also I did not want to worry you, knowing you had worry enough already.
This volume deals with the appurtenances of my Bungalow, as one may say the orchid-houses. But a man who has almost forgotten what little knowledge he gathered in youth about English plants does not readily turn to that higher branch of horticulture. More ignorant even than others, he will cherish all the superstitions and illusions which environ the orchid family.
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