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Gentlewomen in mind and manners, they did not repulse her, were even courteously civil; and she graciously accompanied them across the road to the Rectory-gate, and there took a cordial leave, saying she would look in on the morrow. In returning she met Dr. Ashton. He was passing her with nothing but a bow; but he little knew the countess-dowager.
On the next day he would undertake to be at Dimchurch. After pledging himself in those terms, Herr Grosse puffed out his remaining breath in one deep guttural "Hah!" and got briskly on his short legs. At the same moment, Zillah knocked at the door, and announced that the chaise was waiting for the two gentlemen at the rectory-gate. Mr.
It was only when we stopped at the rectory-gate that he referred to what had passed between us and even then, he only touched on the subject in the briefest possible way. "Well?" he said. "Have I won back your old regard for me? Do you believe there is a fine side to be found in the nature of Nugent Dubourg? Man is a compound animal. You are a woman in ten thousand. Give me a kiss."
"Is there a time coming," I asked myself, "when all that I have done to-night must be done over again?" I opened the rectory-gate. Mr. Finch intercepted me before I could get round to our side of the house. He held up before me, in solemn triumph, a manuscript of many pages. "My Letter," he said. "A Letter of Christian remonstrance, to Nugent Dubourg." "Nugent Dubourg has left Dimchurch."
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