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Scoutbush was to have been with them; but a heavy day's rain in the meanwhile swelled the streams into fishing order, so the little man ordered a car, and started at three in the morning for Bettws with Mr. Bowie, who, however loth to give up the arrangement of plates and the extraction of champagne corks, considered his presence by the river-side a natural necessity.
"Cholera?" said Elsley. "Call him in," said Scoutbush. "He had rather not come in, he says." "What! is it infectious?" "Certainly not, if it be cholera, but " "I fear so." "Oh, my children!" said poor Mrs. Vavasour. "Will five pounds help the poor fellow?" said Scoutbush. "How far off is it?" asked Elsley. "Unpleasantly near. I was going to advise you to move at once."
Next morning, only Claude and Campbell made their appearance at breakfast. Frank came in; found that Valencia was not down: and, too excited to eat, went out to walk till she should appear. Neither did Lord Scoutbush come. Where was he? Mellot and Campbell sat down together to breakfast; but in silence.
"You had better take care then, that the like of it does not happen here." "Here?" "Yes. I'll tell you all presently. Have you heard from head-quarters?" "Yes; all right," said Scoutbush, who did not like to let out the truth before Valencia. Campbell saw it and signed to him to speak out. "A11 right?" asked Valencia. "Then you are not going?" "Ay, but I am!
Scoutbush is standing with Trebooze beyond the bar, upon a little lawn set thick with alders. Trebooze is fussing and fidgetting about, wiping his forehead perpetually; telling everybody to get out of the way, and not to interfere; then catching hold of Scoutbush's button to chatter in his face; then, starting aside to put some part of his dress to rights.
"I want to scold Major Campbell," said Valencia, tripping out on the lawn in her walking dress. "Why has he not been here an hour ago? I will undertake to say that he was up at four this morning." "He waits to be invited, I suppose," said Scoutbush. "I suppose I must do it," said Elsley to himself, sighing. "Just like his primness," said Valencia.
"'How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear charmer away!" broke out Scoutbush. "What a pity it is now, that I should have two such sweet creatures making love to me, and can't marry either of them? Why did ye go and be my father's daughters, mavourneen? I'd have made a peeress of the one of ye, if ye'd had the sense to be anybody else's sisters."
"Oh yes, please!" rose from a dozen little mouths. "You must not be troublesome to his lordship," says Grace. "Oh no, I like it. I'll sing them one more song, and then I want to speak to you, Miss Harvey." Grace curtsied, blushed, and shook all over. What could Lord Scoutbush want to say to her?
And if you let those horrid Russians hurt you, I will hate you as long as I live, and be miserable all my life afterwards." "Why, Valencia, do you know, that sounds very like a bull?" "Am I not a wild Irish girl?" said she, and hurried out, leaving Scoutbush to return to his flies. She bounded into Lucia's room, there to pour out a bursting heart and stopped short.
A circumstance which occurred a few days after altered it still more. Scoutbush had gone forth, as he threatened, and exploded in every direction, with such effect as was to be supposed. Everybody promised his lordship to do everything. But when his lordship's back was turned, everybody did just nothing.
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