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Transome's house, why, there's no more to be said about it. I'm a bidder." Burton shook his head gravely. "I am sorry," he declared, "but the frontispiece of the catalogue is certainly a little misleading. To tell you the truth, sir, there are very few articles here from Dr. Transome's house at all. The bulk of his effects were distributed among relatives.
I also know that he sold you a property worth £300,000 in the open market for a sum which was grossly inadequate £30,000, was it not?" "£35,000," corrected the colonel. "There's no law against making a bargain," he repeated. "You've been very fortunate with your bargains." Stafford King rose and picked up his hat. "You bought Transome's Hotel from young Mrs.
Transome's protection to the court. The case against Felix looked very black when the prosecution closed. Various respectable witnesses swore to the prisoner's leadership of the mob, to his fatal assault on Tucker, and to his attitude in front of the drawing-room window at the Manor.
They walked home very silently after that. Felix struggling as a firm man struggles with a temptation, Esther struggling as a woman struggles with the yearning for some expression of love. On the day of the election a mob of miners, primed with liquor by an unscrupulous agent of Transome's, came into the town to hoot the Tory voters; and as the disturbance increased, Felix knowing that Mr.
Transome's lawyer Jermyn was fully aware of the claim of the Bycliffes, but knew they were powerless without money to enforce the claim, and that Esther and her step-father alike were ignorant of all the facts.
Transome's mystery, grips the attention from the start and there is pleasure when it is seen to involve Esther, leading her to make a choice which reveals that she has awakened to a truer valuation of life and of Felix. With all these things in its favor, why has appreciation been so scant?
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