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"I will not affect to misunderstand you, brother," she said, recovering herself; "but you are mistaken, if you suppose that Mr. Pownal has ever has ever spoken to me in a manner different from the way in which he is in the habit of conversing with other ladies." "Heaven be praised for that," said her brother. "But I ought to have known you never would permit it."
Pownal thought this a good opportunity to commend his friend to the favorable consideration of the housekeeper, and said "That I am well, I probably owe to the kindness of this gentleman, who will remain with us during my stay in town," at the same time, introducing Holden to the lady. "Your friends, Mr. Thomas," said Mrs. Corning, courtesying to Holden, "will always be welcome in this house.
It may be all very well for a man to praise that hard-hearted Wampum-head, and make poor Leelinau pine away for his precious sake, but, I do not believe she was so silly as to care much about him." "If the truth were known," said Pownal, "I have no doubt that the girl rejected him, because she liked some one else better."
Pownal had not communicated to him before their departure the liberal conduct of the noble merchant they had just left, but now, in a conversation one day, in which they reviewed the past, and, notwithstanding the Solitary's faith in the speedy coming of a mighty change, speculated on the future, he disclosed the last evidence of the affection of his preserver.
Thomas Pownal was comparatively a stranger in the neighborhood, only two or three months having elapsed since he had been sent by the mercantile firm of Bloodgood, Pownal, & Co., of New York, to take charge of a branch of their business at Hillsdale.
"But that is not like a merchant," exclaimed Mr. Pownal smiling, "to accept of a contract without looking at it. Read it, Thomas, and see if you wish to suggest any change." "I am willing to trust my interests, my life, to you, sir, and it is unnecessary. But it is your command and I obey you."
Pownal, "with your situation at Hillsdale?" "Perfectly," replied the young man. "My time has passed very happily there." "I meant it," continued Mr. Pownal, "only as an interlude.
Pownal informed the Judge of his intended departure, and, as usual, received from him and Mrs. Bernard some commissions to execute on their account. That of the former was for some books, while his wife's, we are compelled to say, however undignified it may sound, was for nothing more important than the last fashionable French bonnet. "My husband," she said, "Mr.
The packet, after some delay, occasioned by the occupation of her berth by a casual trader, was finally able, by advancing one vessel, and pushing another back, and shoving a third on one side, to approach the wharf at the foot of Courtlandt street, and land her passengers. A coach was presently procured, and Holden, who had been invited by Pownal, accompanied his young friend.
When Holden and Pownal entered the house, the front part of which was used as a shop, they were received with great civility by a woman who was officiating at the counter, and, upon their desire to speak with her husband, were shown by her into a back room, used as a parlor, and requested to be seated.
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