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The landlord was talking to some guest who sat behind a screen; and, probably because Somerset had been seen passing the window, and was known to be sketching at the castle, the conversation turned on Sir William De Stancy.
Before he had quite got to the bottom he saw Miss De Stancy standing in the outer hall. 'When did you come, Mr. Somerset? she gaily said, looking up surprised. 'How industrious you are to be at work so regularly every day! We didn't think you would be here to-day: Paula has gone to a vegetable show at Markton, and I am going to join her there soon. 'O! gone to a vegetable show.
He was in truth somewhat inclined to like De Stancy; for though the captain had said nothing of any value either on war, commerce, science, or art, he had seemed attractive to the younger man. Beyond the natural interest a soldier has for imaginative minds in the civil walks of life, De Stancy's occasional manifestations of taedium vitae were too poetically shaped to be repellent.
Captain De Stancy did not remain thus long. Rising he went softly downstairs. The grey morning had by this time crept into the hotel, rendering a light no longer necessary. The old clock on the landing was within a few minutes of four, and the birds were hopping up and down their cages, and whetting their bills. He tapped at the sitting-room, and she came instantly.
I would not persevere for a moment longer if it were against the wishes of your family. Your uncle says it would give him pleasure to see you accept me. 'Does he say why? she asked thoughtfully. 'Yes; he takes, of course, a practical view of the matter; he thinks it commends itself so to reason and common sense that the owner of Stancy Castle should become a member of the De Stancy family.
Miss De Stancy appeared unable to settle whether this new definition of her dear friend should be accepted as kindly, or disallowed as decidedly sarcastic. 'You would like her if you knew her, she insisted, in half tones of pique; after which she walked on a few steps. 'I think very highly of her, said Somerset.
But I think she has altered her At this moment the noise of the carriage was heard in the ward, and after a few seconds Miss Power came in Somerset being invisible from the door where she stood. 'O Paula, what has brought you back? said Miss De Stancy. 'I have forgotten something. 'Mr. Somerset is here. Will you not speak to him?
A secondary radiance from the same source was reflected upward into their faces by the polished marble pavement, except when interrupted by the shady forms of the officiating priests. When it was over and the people were moving off, De Stancy and his companion went towards the saint, now besieged by numbers of women anxious to claim the respective flower-pots they had lent for the decoration.
He was at the station ten minutes before the train was due; and when it drew up to the platform the first person to jump out was Captain De Stancy in sportsman's attire and with a gun in his hand. Somerset nodded, and De Stancy spoke, informing the architect that he had been ten miles up the line shooting waterfowl. 'That's Miss Power's carriage, I think, he added.
'One minute, or I shall be up such a tree as nobody ever saw the like of. 'Then what did you come here for? burst out De Stancy.
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