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He went to move it; in the act he read the heading: 'This is the last will and testament of me Sir Anthony Cornelius Soane, baronet, of Estcombe Hall, in the county of Wilts. 'Tut-tut! said the tutor. 'That is not Soane's will, that is his grandfather's. And between idleness and curiosity, not unmingled with surprise, he read the will to the end.
A man with two buffaloes is paid about thirty cents. The amount of labour performed by the latter in a day would be the ploughing of a soane, about two-tenths of an acre. The most profitable way of employing labourers is by the task, when, it is said, the natives work well, and are industrious.
Nor to Sir George Soane himself, when he alighted five days later before The George Inn at Wallingford, did the offer seem the light and easy thing, 'Of smiles and tears compact, it had appeared at Marlborough. He recalled old clashes of wit, and here and there a spark struck out between them, that, alighting on the flesh, had burned him.
'I could not learn that you had provided one, sir. 'Oh! Sir George answered, somewhat taken aback, 'this is the gentleman. 'Yes, sir. Soane was in the act of saluting the stranger, when a party of two or three persons came up behind, and had much ado not to jostle them in the gateway. It consisted of Mr.
Friends of Sir George Soane, the landlord hastened to add, 'whom your ladyship probably knows. 'Drat the man! too well! Lady Dunborough answered, making a wry face. For by this time she had heard all about the duel. 'He has nearly cost me dear! But, there if we must, we must.
'Nor I, Sir George said drily. 'Or I should not have betted with March. 'And the old house! the doctor continued, more and more moved. 'I don't know one more comfortable. 'You must buy it, said Soane. 'I have spared the timber, and there is a little of the old wine left. 'Dear, dear! the doctor answered; and his sigh said more than the words.
'Sir George, have you no one to represent you? cried the second again, grown querulous under the burden. His name, it seemed, was Morris. He was a major in the Oxfordshire Militia. Soane answered with impatience. 'I have no second, he said, 'but my surgeon will be a competent witness. 'Ah! to be sure! Major Morris answered, with a sigh of relief. 'That is so.
Yet this, or something like it, Julia, who was far from being the most patient woman in the world, had suffered at Sir George's hands; believing at the time that he was some one else, or, rather, being ignorant then and for just an hour afterwards that such a person as Sir George Soane existed. She hated him, and he would suffer. She hated him with all her heart and strength, and he would suffer.
All around here, as at Roump, is a dead flat, except towards the crest of the ghats which overhang the valley of the Soane, and there the sandstone rock rises by steps into low hills.
'Doctor, Soane answered, returning to his point, 'you know something. 'Well 'You know why my lord sent for me. 'And what if I do? Dr. Addington answered, looking thoughtfully through his wine. 'To tell the truth, I do, Sir George, I do, and I wish I did not; for the news I have is not of the best. There is a claimant to that money come forward.
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