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The Captain's social position was all that could be desired; he was evidently in easy pecuniary circumstances; he admired Catherine and Catherine's child. If he only proved to be a single man, Mrs. Presty's prophetic soul, without waiting an instant to reflect, perceived a dazzling future. Captain Bennydeck approached to take leave.
He used to blame Mr. Norman for letting me see his telegrams. But Mr. Presty's nature had all the poetry in which Mr. Norman's nature was deficient. He saw the angelic side of women and thought telegrams and business, and all that sort of thing, unworthy of our mission. I don't exactly understand what our mission is " "Mamma! mamma! is Herbert hurt?" "Stuff and nonsense!
Presty's manner suggested to me that she would be glad to see the poor girl sent out of the house." "I am going to speak to her, Randal, on that very subject. Is she still in the drawing-room?" "Yes." "Did she say anything more to you?" "I didn't give her the chance; I don't like Mrs. Presty. You look worn and worried, Herbert. Is there anything wrong?"
Her husband and Sydney Westerfield together in the shrubbery and Sydney crying. Had Mrs. Presty's abominable suspicion of them reached their ears? or? No! that second possibility might be estimated at its right value by any other woman; not by Herbert Linley's wife. She snatched up the newspaper, and fixed her eyes on it in the hope of fixing her mind on it next.
I have no more to say." Among Mrs. Presty's merits, it is only just to reckon a capacity for making up her mind rapidly, under stress of circumstances. Before Linley had opened the door, on his way out, he was called back. "I am shocked to trouble you again," Mrs. Presty said, "but I don't propose to interfere with my night's rest by thinking about you.
He was enveloped in clouds of tobacco-smoke the only clouds which we can trust never to prove unworthy of our confidence in them when Mrs. Presty's letter caught his attention. If the month had been January instead of July, he would have thrown it into the fire. Under present circumstances, he took it up and read it:
She asked him if he had any message for his brother. Randal instantly looked at the clock. "Has Catherine not sent to the farm, yet?" he asked in astonishment. Mrs. Presty's mind seemed to be absorbed in her daughter. "Ah, poor Catherine! Worn out with anxiety and watching at Kitty's bedside. Night after night without any sleep; night after night tortured by suspense.
"The first thing I shall do, ma'am, is to telegraph to my agent in Edinburgh. He will arrange for the speediest possible hearing of our case in the Court of Session. Make your mind easy so far." Mrs. Presty's mind was by this time equally inaccessible to information and advice. "I want to know what is to be done with those two men who are watching the gate," was all she said in the way of reply.
It roused her to the exercise of self-control as nothing had roused her yet. She ignored Mrs. Presty's irony with a composure worthy of Mrs. Presty herself. "Where is the woman," she said, "who would not wish to be as beautiful as Mrs. Linley and as good?" "Thank you, my dear, for a compliment to my daughter: a sincere compliment, no doubt. It comes in very neatly and nicely," Mrs.
Presty's vigorous intellect discovered an improbability here. "Then how came you to feel interested in him?" she objected. Even Randal's patience gave way. "I can't account for it," he said sharply. "I only know I took a liking to Captain Bennydeck." He left Mrs. Presty and sat down by his brother. "You know I feel for you," he said, taking Linley's hand. "Try to hope."
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