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Bear with me a little, sir, I can't believe it yet." "I shall help you to believe it when I tell you more," said Mr. Pendril "you will understand me better when I take you back to the time of Mr. Vanstone's early life. I won't ask for your attention just yet. Let us wait a little, until you recover yourself." They waited a few minutes.
Surely, his own knowledge of the shocking circumstances under which he has become possessed of this money will plead with him, if nothing else does?" "I will try to think as you do, Mr. Pendril I will try to hope for the best. Shall we be left long in suspense before the decision reaches us?" "I trust not.
In half an hour more the familiar fall of the iron latch in the socket reached their ears from the fence beyond the shrubbery. Mr. Pendril and Mr. Clare advanced into view along the garden-path, walking arm-in-arm through the rain, sheltered by the same umbrella. The lawyer bowed as they passed the windows; Mr. Clare walked straight on, deep in his own thoughts noticing nothing.
At the second reading the request which the lawyer now addressed to her, and the farewell words which had escaped Mr. Clare's lips the day before, connected themselves vaguely in her mind. There was some other serious interest in suspense, known to Mr. Pendril and known to Mr. Clare, besides the first and foremost interest of Mrs. Vanstone's recovery. Whom did it affect? The children?
They bowed to each other with a formal politeness, which betrayed on either side an uneasy sense of restraint. Mr. Pendril was one of the many men who appear superficially to the worst advantage, under the influence of strong mental agitation which it is necessary for them to control.
Vanstone's life, the secret of the marriage was hers, not mine; and every consideration of delicacy forbade me to disclose it." "You did right, sir," said Miss Garth; "I understand your motives, and respect them." "My last attempt to provide for the daughters," continued Mr. Pendril, "was, as you know, rendered unavailing by the dangerous nature of Mrs. Vanstone's illness. Vanstone's fortune.
"May I ask one more favor," she said, "before you enter on your business arrangements?" Mr. Pendril replied ceremoniously by a gesture of assent. Magdalen's resolution to possess herself of the Instructions did not appear to have produced a favorable impression on the lawyer's mind. "You mentioned what you were so kind as to do, in our interests, when you first wrote to Mr.
"DEAR MR. PENDRIL I write, as you kindly requested, to report how Norah is going on, and to tell you what changes I see for the better in the state of her mind on the subject of her sister. "I cannot say that she is becoming resigned to Magdalen's continued silence I know her faithful nature too well to say it.
Noel Vanstone. It will be forwarded to its destination by the same means which I successfully adopted to mystify Mr. Pendril; and it will reach Vauxhall Walk, Lambeth, by the afternoon of to-morrow at the latest. The letter is short, and to the purpose. It warns Mr.
The one obstacle which now stood in the way of immediate action on the housekeeper's part was the obstacle of Miss Bygrave's present seclusion within the limits of her own room. The question of gaining personal access to her was a question which must be decided before any communication could be opened with Mr. Pendril. Mrs.
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