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Updated: June 7, 2025
It seemed, in those imperfectly lucid intervals, as if the reason only returned to guide her to destroy, only to animate the broken mechanism into the beast of prey. Years have now passed since her entrance within those walls. He who placed her there never had returned. He had given a false name, no clew to him was obtained; the gold he had left was but the quarter's pay.
Now, on his son's coming home and requiring an outdoor life, he had given a quarter's notice to the butcher-grazier to whom he had sub-let his innings, had bought fifty head of sheep, and joined the Farmers' Club which he knew would be a practical step to his advantage, as it brought certain privileges in the way of marketing and hiring.
The farmers all over the country paid their quarter's rents on the first of January, or should do so, but there was often difficulty in collecting, and the money would not really get to Macomer's hands much before February.
Should this dear object be born to an inheritance of debt, of poverty? Never. He began to act as if he was even now a father. He entreated Rosa not to trouble or vex herself; he would look into their finances, and set all straight. He paid all the bills, and put by a quarter's rent and taxes. Then there remained of his little capital just ten pounds.
Whatever money the schoolmaster possessed, and he had received his quarter's pay but a day or two before, he must have had about his person at the time of his disappearance. The mysterious event caused much speculation at the church on the following Sunday. Knots of gazers and gossips were collected in the churchyard, at the bridge, and at the spot where the hat and pumpkin had been found.
Father Luke, whose judgment on all things relating to continental life was unimpeachable, had told her that anything like the reputation of being well off or connected with wealthy people would lead a young man into ruin in the Austrian service; that with a sum of 3000 francs per annum about £120 he would be in possession of something like the double of his pay, or rather more, and that with this he would be enabled to have all the necessaries and many of the comforts of his station, and still not be a mark for that high play and reckless style of living that certain young Hungarians of family and large fortune affected; and so far the priest was correct, for the young Gorman was wasteful and extravagant from disposition, and his quarter's allowance disappeared almost when it came.
Ayrton to let him know if he could be of any use in town there were details ghastly; but he would take care that there was no inquest. Phyllis went up to town with poor Ella, and remained by her side in that darkened house through all the terrible days that followed. Mr. Linton's death had an appreciable influence upon the quarter's revenue of the country.
His replies, however, were reassuring. The house was still to let. It was not quite the quarter yet, but I could enter into possession. I must sign an agreement to take it for one year, and it was usual to pay a quarter's rent in advance. I don't know whether I turned colour a little. "In advance!" I said, as carelessly as I could. "It is usual." "Or references?"
As for us elderly folks, we watch the babies at their sport, and the young people pulling at the branches: and instead of finding bonbons or sweeties in the packets which WE pluck off the boughs, we find enclosed Mr. Carnifex's review of the quarter's meat; Mr.
"I beg your pardon, monsieur le ministre," said D'Artagnan, "but my time is short; I have to go to the office of the intendant, to have an explanation with Monsieur Colbert, and to receive my quarter's pension." "But, monsieur," said Fouquet, "there is money here." D'Artagnan looked at the superintendent with astonishment.
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