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Jim Greatorex, alert and in violent possession of all his faculties, dashed down the stairs and out into the yard. Rowcliffe followed into the darkness where his horse and trap stood waiting for him. He was lighting his lamps when Jim Greatorex appeared beside him with a lantern. "Dr. Rawcliffe, will yo joost coom an' taak a look at lil maare?" Jim's sullenness was gone.
Well, there's no need for us to discuss this matter; it can have, of course, only one result. To-morrow morning you will oblige me by giving notice to Mrs. Turpin a week's notice. 'Leave the house? exclaimed Rawcliffe. 'On Saturday next or as much sooner as you like. 'Oh! but really 'As you please, said Miss Rodney, looking him sternly in the face.
'I could beat him! she exclaimed more than once within herself, overcome with contemptuous wrath, when she passed Mr. Rawcliffe. And, indeed, had it been possible to settle the matter thus simply, no doubt Mr. Rawcliffe's rooms would very soon have been vacant. The crisis upon which Miss Rodney had resolved came about, quite unexpectedly, one Sunday evening. Mrs.
"What d'yo think o' Jimmy, Dr. Rawcliffe?" "He oughtn't to be left alone. Isn't there any sister or anybody who could come to him?" "Naw; 'e's got naw sisters, Jimmy 'assn't." "Well, you must get him to lie down and eat." "Get 'im? Yo can do nowt wi' Jimmy. 'E'll goa 'is own road. 'Is feyther an' 'e they wuss always quar'ling, yo med say.
Blenkiron caught him on the threshold of the surgery. "Will you speak to Miss Cartaret a minute, Dr. Rawcliffe?" "Certainly." Mrs. Blenkiron withdrew. The kitchen door closed on her flight. For the first time in their acquaintance Rowcliffe was alone with Alice Cartaret, and though he was interested he didn't like it. "I thought I heard your voice," said he with reckless geniality.
But he enjoyed a little blustering, and even at breakfast-time on Wednesday his attitude was that of contemptuous defiance. In vain had Mrs. Turpin tried to coax him with maternal suavity; in vain had Mabel and Lily, when serving his meals, whispered abuse of Miss Rodney, and promised to find some way of getting rid of her, so that Rawcliffe might return.
She had never dared to tell her husband of Mr. Rawcliffe's frequent shortcomings in the matter of weekly payments. When the easy-going young man smiled and nodded, and said, 'It'll be all right, you know, Mrs. Turpin; you can trust me, I hope, she could do nothing but acquiesce. And Mr. Rawcliffe was more and more disposed to take advantage of this weakness.
As he watched her he thought, "If I was to touch her I should break her." Then the conversation began. "I was sorry," he said, "to hear yo was so poorly, Miss Cartaret." "I'm all right now. You can see I'm all right." He shook his head. "I saw yo' a moonth ago, and I didn't think then I sud aver see yo' at Oopthorne again." He paused. "'E's a woonderful maan, Dr. Rawcliffe." "He is," said Alice.
"Naw," said Jim Greatorex's kinswoman, "if you want Greatorex to sing for you as bad as all that, Miss Cartaret, you'd better speak to the doctor." Rowcliffe became suddenly grave. He watched the door. "He'd mebbe do it for him. He sats soom store by Dr. Rawcliffe." "But" Ally's voice sounded nearer "he's gone, hasn't he?" "Naw. But he's joost goin'. Shall I catch him?" "You might." Mrs.
There followed a brief conversation, with the result that Miss Rodney graciously consented to remain, on the understanding that Mr. Rawcliffe left the house not later than Wednesday. Enraged at the treatment he was receiving, Rawcliffe loudly declared that he would not budge.
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