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She therefore kept on her Littlebath lodgings, though Mrs Tom said much to her of the wasteful extravagance in doing so. It was at last settled that Mr Rubb should go down to Littlebath and bring Susanna back with him; and this he did, not at all to that young lady's satisfaction.
The conversation was interrupted by Miss Colza, who came and stood opposite to them. "Well, I'm sure," she said; "you two are very confidential." "And why shouldn't we be confidential, Miss Colza?" asked Mr Rubb. "Oh, dear! no reason in life, if you both like it." Miss Mackenzie was not sure that she did like it.
Mrs Thomas Mackenzie, however, declared that she was calumniated, and her husband cruelly injured; and she based her assertions on the fact that "Rubb and Mackenzie" had wholesale dealings, and that they sold their article to the trade, who re-sold it.
"Is it Mr Ball that prevents you?" "Do not ask me questions like that. Indeed, indeed, indeed, I cannot do as you ask me." "You despise me, like enough, because I am only a tradesman?" "What am I myself, that I should despise any man? No, Mr Rubb, I am thankful and grateful to you; but it cannot be."
She seated herself slowly in her own chair near the window, the chair in which she was accustomed to sit for many solitary hours, and asked herself what it all meant. Was she allowing herself to fall in love with Mr Rubb, and if so, was it well that it should be so? This would be bringing to the sternest proof of reality her philosophical theory on social life.
I quite agree with you, Mr Rubb; decorum is a great bore; it prevents our playing cards to-night." "As for cards, I never play cards myself," said Mr Rubb. "Then, when I throw decorum overboard, it sha'n't be in company with you, Mr Rubb." "We were always taught to think that cards were objectionable." "You were told they were the devil's books, I suppose," said Miss Todd.
Mrs Mackenzie could not understand what Mr Rubb had meant by saying that that old maid was soft and pleasant, nor could she understand Susanna's love for her aunt. "I suppose men will put up with anything for the sake of money," she said to herself; "and as for children, the truth is, they'll love anybody who indulges them." "Aunt is so kind," Susanna said. "She's always kind.
As he did so, there came another visitor to Miss Mackenzie, whose ringing at the doorbell had not been noticed by them, and Miss Baker was announced while Mr Rubb was still getting the better of his feelings. Of course he turned round when he heard the lady's name, and of course he was introduced by his hostess. Miss Mackenzie was obliged to make some apology for the gentleman's presence.
As soon as they were left alone Mr Rubb began his work manfully. "Margaret," said he, "I hope you will let me call you so now that you are in trouble?" To this she made no answer. "But perhaps your trouble is over? Perhaps you have found out that it isn't as you told us the other day?" "No, Mr Rubb; I have found nothing of that kind; I believe it is as I told you."
He then went on to say that Samuel Rubb, junior, the son of old Rubb, should run down to Littlebath in the course of next week, in order that the whole thing might be made clear to her.
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