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The Friendship Married Ladies' Cemetery Improvement Sodality was meetin' that afternoon with Mis' Toplady, an' I could cut acrost their pasture " Calliope nodded toward the little Toplady house and the big Toplady barn "an' that's what I done. An' when I got near enough to the house to tell, I see by the light in the parlour that they was still there.
Owing to the advice of Shirley and Toplady, the completion of the purchase was delayed; but at length the Countess wrote: "My heart seems strongly set upon having this temple of folly dedicated to Jehovah-Jesus, the great Head of His Church and people.
Happily, he would learn everything from Lady Toplady. In the little church of Shawe, his eyes wandered as much as his thoughts. Surveying the faces, most of them unknown to him, he noticed that scarcely a person present was paying any attention to the ceremony, or made any attempt to conceal his or her indifference.
It might not always satisfy him; he took no vow of one sole vocation; he had no desire to let his mind rust whilst his hands grew horny. Enough that for the present he had an aim which he saw as a reality. On his return home, he found a London letter awaiting him. It was with a nervous shrug that he saw the writing of Mrs. Toplady.
I want to see you, and we had better arrange the meeting now. Where are you staying in Hollingford? An hotel, isn't it?" She spoke in a low voice. Notwithstanding her decorous gravity, Lashmar saw a ghost of the familiar smile hovering about her lips. He gave his address, and asked at what hour Mrs. Toplady thought of coming. "Let us say half-past five.
Toplady, was a clergyman of the established church. Johnson, himself, was a zealous, uncompromising churchman. None but a marplot like Boswell would have thought, on such an occasion, and in such company, to broach the subject of religious toleration; but, as has been well observed, "it was his perverse inclination to introduce subjects that he hoped would produce difference and debate."
It was asked in a disinterested voice, the speaker's look resting for a moment on Lashmar with unembarrassed directness. "Mrs. Toplady told me about the will." Dyce paused for a moment, then continued, with an obvious effort indeed, but in an even voice. "She came to see me, after the funeral. Mrs.
She knelt down there in the grave, her poor, frowzy head showin, an' she tacked away like we told her to, an' she never said another word. Mis' Toplady an' Mis' Holcomb didn't say nothin', either, only looked at me mother-knowin'. Them two Mis' Toplady more'n anybody in Friendship, acts like bein' useful is bein' alive an' nothin' else is.
In no sense was it a distinguished gathering; mere curiosity accounted for the presence of nearly all who came. Lashmar had paid his respects to Lady Amys, who received him frigidly, and was looking about for faces that he knew, when a familiar voice spoke at his shoulder; he turned, and saw Mrs. Toplady. "Have you come down this morning?" he asked, as they shook hands. "Yesterday.
On the morrow, at luncheon, Lady Ogram mentioned to Constance that May Tomalin would arrive on the following afternoon. She added, presently, that Lord Dymchurch had accepted an invitation to Rivenoak for a day or two in the ensuing week. That morning, the post had brought Constance a letter and a packet. The letter was from Mrs. Toplady, who wrote thus: "Dear Miss Bride,
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