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Updated: June 26, 2025
'Then he must have taken the key out of Steadman's pocket, or Steadman must have left it about somewhere, muttered Mrs. Steadman, as if explaining the matter to herself, rather than to Mary. 'My poor husband is not the man he was. And so you met him in the corridor, and he brought you in here. Poor old gentleman! He gets madder and madder every day.
The buxom girl had grown into a bulky matron, but she was a colourless personage, and her existence made hardly any difference in James Steadman's life. She had brought him no children, and their fireside was lonely; but Steadman seemed to be one of those self-contained personages to whom a solitary life is no affliction.
There are times when I am beside myself; moments when I am not much saner than Steadman's lunatic uncle. This is one of my worst days, and you came bouncing in upon me, and tortured my nerves by your breathless torrent of words. Pray forgive me, if I said anything rude.
And how could an uncle of Steadman's come by all that money and those jewels if they were jewels, and not bits of glass which the poor old thing has chopped up, in order to delude himself with an imaginary treasure? 'I do not think they are bits of glass, Molly.
It was at Steadman's order that the carriage waited for her ladyship at an obscure side door, rather than in front of the inn. An east wind was blowing keenly along the mountain road, and the careful Steadman was anxious his mistress should not be exposed to that chilly blast.
She had made up her mind that this crazy old man must be a relation of Steadman's to whom he gave hospitality either with or without her ladyship's consent. All powerful as Lady Maulevrier had ever been in her own house, it was just possible that now, when she was a prisoner in her own rooms, certain small liberties might be taken, even by so faithful a servant as Steadman.
The image of the poor old man was not to be banished from her thoughts, and on that very afternoon, when her letter was dispatched, Mary went on a visit of exploration to the stables, to see if by any chance Mr. Steadman's plans for isolating his unhappy relative might be circumvented.
Mary could not enter upon the question. It was even of less importance than the wedding gown. The gong sounded for luncheon. 'Steadman's dogcart is to take Mr. Hammond to the station at half-past two, said Lady Maulevrier, 'so you had better go and give him his luncheon. Mary needed no second bidding. She flew downstairs, and met her lover in the hall. What a happy luncheon it was!
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