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For I am compelled to reveal to you a secret." He paused, and folding his arms, looked fixedly down upon his clerk. "Mr. Bly, Tappington Brooks, the brother of your sweetheart, was a defaulter and embezzler from this bank!" Herbert sat dumfounded and motionless. "Understand two things," continued Mr. Carstone quickly. "First, that no purer or better women exist than Miss Brooks and her mother.
The stranger turned, walked back to the bed, unfastening his coat and collar as he did so, and laid himself down in the attitude of a moment before. "I will call you in the morning," continued Herbert. "By that time," he hesitated, "by that time your pursuers may have given up their search. One word more. You will be frank with me?" "Go on." "Tappington and you are friends?" "Well yes."
More than that, Herbert was convinced from his manner that he had no intention of making a confidant of Mrs. Brooks, and this convinced him that Dornton's previous relations with Tappington were not only utterly inconsistent with that young man's decorous reputation, but were unsuspected by the family.
The appellation, we are told, was given in compliment to a peerless dame of the family, celebrated for her fine arm. The Specter of Tappington From The Ingoldsby Legends
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