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It seemed to me likely that there would be paper to show afterward. If Lalage has Selby-Harrison behind her she will go to that interview with an agreement in her pocket ready for signature. "All the same," I said, "I'd like to be there simply out of curiosity." Titherington shrugged his shoulders. "Very well," he said, "but let me do the talking.
"I'll give Selby-Harrison a present of his ticket," I added, "and pay his hotel expenses. It would be a delightful trip." "Brazil," said Miss Pettigrew, "is one of the most interesting countries in the world. I can lend you a book on the natural history." "Hilda's mother wouldn't let her go," said Lalage. "Would she, Hilda?" "I'm afraid not," said Hilda. "She thinks I ought to be more at home."
They spent what they thought right in the management of my estate, in subscriptions and so forth. The accounts which they sent me, very different indeed from the spirited statements of Selby-Harrison, bored me, and I did not realize for some time that I was subscribing handsomely to a large number of local objects in places of which I had never even heard the names.
"It's a hockey eleven and it's called the 3rd A. Miss Beresford told me so and I think we may rely on it that she, at least, speaks the truth. Selby-Harrison sometimes plays halfback and sometimes inside left, but anybody would point him out to you." Titherington took several careful notes in his book.
If I had known Hilda's surname I should have told it to him at once. "It's just possible," I said, "that Selby-Harrison's father might know. He lives down in these parts somewhere. Perhaps you've met him." "There's only one Selby-Harrison here. He's on your committee, a warm supporter of yours." "That's the man.
That is why I'm typing this letter. Please excuse mistakes." There were a good many mistakes but I excused them. "Your copy of the Anti-Tommy-Rot Gazette went to you first thing. Hilda nearly forgot to post it, but didn't quite, which was lucky, for all the rest were seized from us, except nine, which Selby-Harrison gave to a news agent, who sold them but didn't pay us, though he may yet.
"Don't start rambling again," said Lalage. "It isn't in the least funny, and we're both beginning to get sleepy. Nobody wants £300,000." "It takes that," I said, "to run a newspaper." "What we want," said Lalage, "is thirty pounds, guaranteed ten pounds a month for three months. All you have to do is to sign a paper " "Did Selby-Harrison draw up the paper?" "Yes.
It happened that she was getting her holidays just as we had arranged to start, so we took her instead of Selby-Harrison, which satisfied the Archdeacon and Hilda's mother." "I am so glad to hear you call her 'Pussy' now," I said-"I always hoped you would." "She's really not a bad sort," said Lalage, "when you get to know her. She did us very little harm on the steamer.
I expect the best thing will be to repent and apologize at once." "Repent of what?" said Lalage. "That's what I want to find out. Begin at the beginning now and give me the whole story." "We drove over this morning," said Lalage, "to see the Archdeacon. I didn't want to go a bit, for the Archdeacon is particularly horrid when he's nice, as he is just at present. But Selby-Harrison said we ought."
"Selby-Harrison shall be best man," I said. "Oh!" said my mother, "I gathered from Lalage that you were to ask " "I know she doesn't want me to get into touch with Selby-Harrison. I've been trying to make his acquaintance for years and she keeps on concealing him. But this time I'm determined. I'll have Selby-Harrison or no one." "I gathered from Lalage that she'd prefer "
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