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So, putting his hand into his nether raiment, he pulled out certain slips of paper, and put them into Scapegrace's hand, saying "Take these, and put them into the purse thou bearest with thee; they are called after my name: a fortnight hence thou wilt pay to me a deposit of twenty crowns thereon, but thereafter thou mayst sell them for ten times that sum."
But Lady Scapegrace's face was a perfect study; I never saw a countenance so expressive of scorn intense scorn and yet, as it seemed to me, not so much of him as of herself. "I am glad you amuse yourself, Sir Guy," she said very quietly; but her lip was as white as ashes while she spoke. "I should think this place must suit you exactly. Mr. Jones, we shall be late for the fireworks."
Middleton added: "And now, my young friend, do not let the recollection of that scapegrace's words trouble you in the slightest degree. Let me assure you, that no one who knows you, and whose good opinion is worth having, will ever esteem your personal merits less, upon account of " Mr. Middleton hesitated for a moment, and then said, very softly "your poor, unhappy mother."
"Vinegar and turnip juice," laughed the old witch. "A lord who comes to me to win a wife is ripe for any thing. Let Nefert ask Paaker for the money, and the young scapegrace's debts are paid." "Katuti is proud, and repulsed me severely when I proposed this." "Then she must sue to Paaker herself for the money.
A physiognomist might have marked the traces of strong feelings in her deepened eyes and the lines about her mouth damages done by the hurricane, that years of calm can never repair; but there had been a page or two in Lady Scapegrace's life that, with all his acuteness, would have astonished Lavater himself.
He admitted the visit to Hendon Road, which, he said, was necessitated by a promise to a friend who was going abroad, but he failed to see why the police should inquire into his private affairs. Winter did not press him. There was no need. A scapegrace's record could always be laid bare when occasion served. But one question he was bound to put.
"Vinegar and turnip juice," laughed the old witch. "A lord who comes to me to win a wife is ripe for any thing. Let Nefert ask Paaker for the money, and the young scapegrace's debts are paid." "Katuti is proud, and repulsed me severely when I proposed this." "Then she must sue to Paaker herself for the money.
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