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Van Torp all this? asked Lady Maud anxiously. 'No, Logotheti answered. 'I was keeping the information ready in case it should be needed. A familiar voice spoke behind them. 'Well, it's all right as it is. Much obliged, all the same. All three turned suddenly and saw that Mr.
'Yes, answered Mr. Van Torp. 'It may be, but it isn't always. He walked twice the length of the room before he spoke again. 'Do you think it's really to be war this time? he asked, stopping beside the table. 'Because if it is, I'll see a lawyer before I go to Derbyshire. Lady Maud looked up with a bright smile.
Every Monday morning Torp appears with her slate and account-book, and they must balance to a farthing. I bathe once or twice a day from my cosey little hut at the end of the garden, and in the evening I row about in my little white boat. Everything here is so neat and refined that I am sure your fastidious soul would rejoice to see it.
'The others in the game don't think so, answered Mr. Van Torp. 'No one was ever so good to a woman as you've been to me, said Maud. And all at once the joyful ring had died away from her voice and there was another tone in it that was sweet and low too, but sad and tender and grateful, all at once. 'There's nothing to thank me for, answered Mr. Van Torp. 'I've often told you so.
Bamberger, who had divorced his own wife, delivered these opinions thoughtfully, and, though she had made no defence, he might be supposed to know what he was talking about. Presently he dismissed his visitor with final injunctions to lose no time, and to 'find out' if Lady Maud was interested in any one besides Van Torp, and if not, what was at the root of her eccentric hours. Mr.
Great Heavens, the only difficulty is to know where I'm to stop. But I shall stay here, as I told you before. 'Then you'll be buried in Kensal Green and turn into adipocere with the others, said Torpenhow. 'Are you thinking of commissions in hand? Pay forfeit and go. You've money enough to travel as a king if you please. 'You've the grisliest notions of amusement, Torp.
'Oh, I see! she cried. 'How awfully funny! There was no minor note of sadness or regret in her rippling laughter now. It was so exquisitely true and musical that the great soprano listened to it with keen delight, and wondered whether she herself could produce a sound half so delicious. 'No, my dear, said Lady Maud, as her mirth subsided. 'I never was in love with Mr. Van Torp.
No one but the old woman who came to sweep had visited them since Mr. Van Torp had gone into the country in March, after Lady Maud had been to see him on the evening of his arrival.
The entry was almost quite dark, for it was past six o'clock in the afternoon, late in March, and the sky was overcast; but there was still light enough to see in the large room on the left into which Mr. Van Torp carried his things.
Van Torp had crept up while they were talking, and the expression of his tremendous mouth showed that he had meant to surprise them, and was pleased with his success in doing so. 'Really! exclaimed Lady Maud. 'Goodness gracious! cried the Primadonna. 'By the Dog of Egypt! laughed Logotheti. 'Don't know the breed, answered Van Torp, not understanding, but cheerfully playful.
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