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"If Mannering is not for us, I think that I can at least promise that he does no harm on the other side." Lord Redford turned away from the window. He eyed Borrowdean curiously. "It was you," he remarked, "who brought Mannering back into public life. You had a certain reward for it, and you would have had a much greater one if things had gone our way. But I want you to remember this.
An equally spotless skirt, fresh from the laundry, gathered up in one strong pendant hand, gleamed like light against its background of greasy woodwork and greasy wool. The majestic figure of the lady of Redford advanced towards him. Her lord strolled behind her.
"I am very sorry for you, Lawrence," she said. "I am very sorry for myself. Good-bye!" She left him, and Mannering sank back upon the seat. "To be plain with you," Borrowdean remarked, "Mannering's defection would be irremediable. He alone unites Redford, myself, and well, to put it crudely, let us say the Imperialistic Liberal Party with Manningham and the old-fashioned Whigs who prefer the ruts.
Then on Thursday we'll have a conference." "I was scarcely sure," Mannering said, with a slight smile, "whether I should be expected to stay until then. Sir Leslie has told you of my telegrams?" "Yes, yes," Lord Redford said, quickly. "We've postponed the meetings for the present. We'll talk that all out later on. You've had some tea, I hope? No?
And, by the way, that reminds me your good father promised me the cow a fortnight ago. The one we have gives us hardly enough milk for the table; we have had no butter from her for months." "I am so sorry," grieved Mary, as if Redford had failed in its sacred duty of hospitality. "I will tell him about it. The men have all been so busy with the shearing."
"I'll have a beer," Joe said, putting a five dollar bill in front of him. The bartender was about forty. He had a blonde crew cut and a face like a poker chip, Robert Redford run into a door. He set the beer down, made change, and resumed his position. It was oddly as though he hadn't moved at all. "I was in the service with a guy named Shannon. Long time ago. Said he was from around here."
They were of a race unknown at Redford, and she was singularly unlucky in the specimens that fell to her; although some of them could have been made something of by a mistress who knew how to do it. It is only fair to state that they loathed her for a finicking, unreasonable, stuck-up poor woman, who gave herself the airs of a wealthy lady.
In the interval, whilst they waited for luncheon, Mannering contrived to have a word alone with his wife. "I am not responsible," he said, "for this enlargement of our party. The Duchess invited herself." "It does not matter," she declared, listlessly. "What are you doing afterwards?" "Playing golf, I fancy," he answered. "You heard what Redford said about a foursome."
This is my turning." Mannering, when he found himself alone in his study, drew a little sigh of relief. He flung himself into an easy-chair, and sat with his hands pressed against his temples. The events of the day, from the morning at Sandringham to his recent conversation with Lord Redford, were certainly of sufficiently exciting a nature to provide him with food for thought.
I cannot so much as think of a man in all England who would be capable of justifying the existence of the censorship. Is it, then, merely Mr. Redford who is made ridiculous by this ridiculous episode, or is it not, after all, England, which has given us the liberty of the press and withheld from us the liberty of the stage? John Oliver Hobbes, Mrs.
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