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"Maggie is her name, then?" "Yes, don't you like the name? I do. Her brother was a school-fellow of mine. We were at Eton together, and one time when Mount Rorke was away travelling they asked me to spend my holidays at Southwick. That's how I got to know them. One day Maggie and Sally were at my studio; Sally has a sweetheart " The sentence was cut short by a sudden roar.
Finding her attentive rather than talkative, he soon dared to assure her that he himself loathed tobacco and only took it for his health. "By the doctor's orders, mark you," he said, impressively; "Dr. Southwick, of Hyde Park." She expressed polite surprise at this, and then Pettigrew, believing he had made an impression, told his story as concocted. "My own case," he said, "is one much in point.
The multitude experienced a quick change of feeling and applauded the sentiment. As the judges and officers trudged away with gloomy faces, Provided Southwick descended from the auction-block, and brother and sister went forth into the town free and unharmed.
Without taking any heed, his eyes followed the cricket ball, which was in turn slogged into the horse-pond and cottage gardens. Through long familiarity, the green had faded from his notice, nor did the burnt-up crops on the Downs attract his thoughts, nor yet the sinuous lines of the hills. From the platform one saw the whole of Southwick. The green with its cricket match, Mrs.
'She was here with me yesterday, he said. And he looked down the landscape now wrapped in a white mist. The hills were like giants sleeping, the long distance vanished in mysterious moonlight. He could see Brighton, nearer was Southwick; and further away, past the shadowy shore, was Worthing. He sat down by the blown hawthorn bush that stands by the burgh.
But they had arranged nothing before they arrived at Southwick, and Frank stopped Willy time after time by the footpath, until at last in despair the latter said: "We must make haste; there's another train in twenty minutes." "By Jove! I had not thought of that; we must get on. Well, then, it is all arranged. You must tell her that you thought it your duty.
"I'm sorry to disappoint your wife, Mr. Southwick. It seems that Mrs. Tarbox and Jabez Slocum have been offerin' the child to every family in the village, and I s'pose bime bye they'll have the politeness to offer her to me; but, at any rate, whether they do or not, I propose to keep her myself, and I'd thank you to tell folks so, if they ask you.
He had never been the lover of a lady, and his heart was aflame. Soon after the men parted in the street, and Frank went from them, fearful of his lonely rooms, and longing for his friends at Southwick. He lunched every day at the Gaiety, and he at length succeeded in persuading Lizzie to come to Reading with him. Town was miserably Sunday when he drove up to Paddington at a quarter past eight.
Provided Southwick mounted the block and Butter began to call for bids.
And so pouring their gall out upon the unfortunate Maggie, the tradespeople returned to their homes. The stiletto was so utterly unprecedented, and so complete a reversal of all conception of the chances of life at Southwick, that every one felt puzzled and dissatisfied, even when gossip had brought to light every circumstantial detail of the romantic story.
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