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But he said he'd forgotten about the 8 per cent, and had to have the Turkish bath on account of the way the Prov. talked to him. That was yesterday, of course, not to-day." I was glad when I read this that I had made out my cheque for the whole ten pounds. Selby-Harrison will be in a position to pay the other girl back. She may be quite rich, but she will not like being done out of her money.
Selby-Harrison says that perhaps if you wrote to her she would give in; but I don't want you to do this. I hate crawling, especially to Hilda's mother and people like that, but if you like to do it you can. Selby-Harrison says that your mother being an honourable, will make a lot of difference, though I don't see what that has to do with me.
"Perhaps," I said, "I'd better ring and get a housemaid." "What for?" said Lalage. "I thought perhaps that Hilda might prefer to go to a bedroom. I don't matter, of course, but Selby-Harrison may be here at any moment." "Selby-Harrison isn't coming. Turn round, Hilda, and do stand still." A waiter came in just then with the tea, I regret to say that he grinned.
I'll explain our new idea to you later on." "I'm very glad I did," I said. "If another fiver would bring Selby-Harrison by the next steamer Hullo! Here's Hilda back with Miss Battersby. I hardly thought she'd have succeeded in getting her. How do you do, Miss Battersby? I'm delighted to welcome you to Lisbon, and I must do my best for you now you're here. I'm quite at your disposal for the day."
That was the only really rude thing he did to us; but Selby-Harrison sticks to it that he was perfectly awful to him. We don't quite know what will happen next, but both the other two think that we'd better not have the college porters arrested for stealing the magazines. I'd like to, but, of course, they are two to one. Selby-Harrison is looking like a sick turkey and is constantly sighing.
"Miss Pettigrew will talk her over," I said. "It's a great chance for Hilda. She oughtn't to miss it." "And Selby-Harrison has just entered the Divinity School," said Lalage. "He couldn't possibly afford the time." "The long days on the steamer," I said, "would be perfectly invaluable to him. He could read theology from morning to night.
I recollected the telegram I had received just before leaving Lisbon. "I wish," I said, "that I felt sure you had respected my scruples. What about Selby-Harrison's father? Has he been consulted?" "Selby-Harrison isn't coming, only me and Hilda." "Why?" "Well, for one thing he's in the Divinity School now." "That needn't stop him," I said.
"My constituency is full of parsons, priests, and Presbyterian ministers, all rampant. Selby-Harrison will be in good company. But how did he get into the Divinity School? I thought the Provost said he must take up medicine on account of that trouble with the bishops." "Oh, that's all blown over long ago. And being a divinity student wasn't his only reason for not coming.
It was a bargain from the very first that neither she nor my mother should ask to see the manuscript. She cannot know, therefore, whether it will be better or worse than the silver teapot which I expect she has in mind for Miss Battersby's wedding present. Another thing which troubles me is the future of Selby-Harrison.
"And now, Lalage," I said, "you must tell me what brings you to Portugal." "To see you," said Lalage promptly. "It's very nice of you to say that," I said, "and I feel greatly flattered." "Hilda was all for Oberammergau, and Selby-Harrison wanted Normandy. He said there were churches and things there but I think churches are rather rot, don't you?"
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