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Crawley; and, under such circumstances, he might, at any rate, have abstained from throwing that weakness in her teeth. "Well, sir; I hope my mode of life may not require it; but that is not exactly to the point: what I wish to know is, whether you will speak to Mr. Robarts?" "Certainly I will," said he. "Then I shall be much obliged to you. But, Mr.
"He's a good sort of fellow after all," he said to himself when the gig had passed on. "He wouldn't have talked in that way if he meant to hang back." Mr Toogood Mr Crawley had declared to Mr Robarts, that he would summon no legal aid to his assistance at the coming trial.
It seemed to her at the moment as though the whole difficulty were to be solved by an act of grace on the part of an old friend. "And yet I cannot approve of such a marriage," said Lady Lufton. Mrs. Robarts returned to her seat saying nothing further. "Is not that a cloud on one's horizon?" continued her ladyship.
"Robarts," said he, walking up to his friend and taking the hand that was extended to him, "do you know anything about this man Tozer?" "Tozer what Tozer? I have heard Sowerby speak of such a man." "Of course you have. If I do not mistake you have written to me about him yourself." "Very probably. I remember Sowerby mentioning the man with reference to your affairs. But why do you ask me?"
But Lucy Robarts has to play a forward part in this little drama, and those who care for such matters must be made to understand something of her form and likeness.
Robarts had poured him out tea, and Lucy had surrendered to him a knife and plate, before he knew under what guise to excuse his coming among them. "I hope you will excuse this intrusion," at last he muttered; "but I have a few words of business to which I will request your attention presently." "Certainly," said Robarts, conveying a broiled kidney on to the plate before Mr.
Mr Robarts himself was certain of it, and told himself that he knew it by the evidences which his own education made clear to him. But how was it that the grooms knew it? For my part I think that there are no better judges of the article than the grooms. Thinking still of all which he had heard, Mr Robarts found himself at Mr Crawley's gate at Hogglestock. Mr Robarts on His Embassy
Robarts did not always quite understand, that the latter was afraid sometimes to speak out what came uppermost to her tongue. But now that Lucy was absolutely in tears, and was almost breathless with excitement, she could not remain silent any longer. "Dearest Lucy, pray do not speak in that way; it will all come right. Things always do come right when no one has acted wrongly."
But still he carried on the game himself; and now, on this morning, carriages and horses thronged at his gate, as though he were as substantially rich as his friend the Duke of Omnium. "Robarts, my dear fellow," said Mr.
It was exactly as she had done before. She had never despised Lucy Robarts. She had accorded to the parson's sister the amount of cordiality with which she usually received her acquaintance; and now she could do no more for the peer's wife.
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