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Twemlow had borne great troubles well, and been cheerful even under long suspense; but now a disappointment close at home, and the grief of beholding his last hopes fade, were embittered by mystery and dark suspicions.
All these you insult, and in so many words condemn for neglecting their duty, because you are unable to resist the pleasure of a stray shot at a celebrated man when he comes down here for hospitality." "My dear, you have put the matter in a new light," said the Rev. Joshua Twemlow; "I would be the last man in the world to cast a slur upon any brother clergyman.
In five minutes he was drawing cheques, and simultaneously planning how to get over the disappearance of the old private ledger in case Twemlow should after all, at some future date, ask to see original documents. 'What a chance! The thought ran round and round in his brain. As he left the works by the canal side, he paused under Shawport Bridge and furtively dropped the revolver into the water.
If he had perchance called, and perchance informed Meshach that he was going on to Hillport, and if he had walked up by the road while she came down by the fields! The idea was too dreadful. 'Has Mr. Twemlow been to see you yet? she demanded, after a long silence, pretending to be interested in the 'Signal. 'No, said Meshach; 'why dost ask? 'I remembered he said he should.
Then they could hear John's heavy footsteps overhead. Leonora began nervously to talk about Rose, and Twemlow showed a polite interest in Rose's private trials; Ethel said that she had just visited the patient, who slept.
She sang 'Love is a Plaintive Song, to Ethel's inert accompaniment, and she gave it exactly as though she had been on the stage, with all the dramatic action, all the freedom, all the allurements, which she had lavished on the audience in the Town Hall. 'Very good, said her father. 'I like that. It's very pretty. I didn't hear it the other night. Twemlow merely thanked the artist.
'Bless you, bless you! says Veneering; horribly disappointed, but grasping him by both hands again, in a particularly fervent manner. 'One thing, however, I CAN do for you, says Twemlow; 'and that is, work for you. Veneering blesses him again. 'I'll go, says Twemlow, in a rising hurry of spirits, 'to the club; let us see now; what o'clock is it? 'Twenty minutes to eleven.
"I come from my Lord Twemlow, who is your master's kinsman," the chaplain faltered; "I am bidden to see and speak to him if it be possible, and his lordship much desires that Sir Jeoffry will allow it to be so. My Lord Twemlow " The beautiful youth left his playing with the dog and came forward with all the air of the young master of the house. "My Lord Twemlow sends you?" he said.
And this is what everybody did with one accord, when he was down upon his luck which is far more momentous than his nose to any man in the case of Rector Twemlow. That gentleman now had good reason for being in less than his usual cheer and comfort. Everything around him was uneasy, and everybody seemed to look at him, instead of looking up to him, as the manner used to be.
'Talmage must be a caution.... I suppose you're staying at the Five Towns Hotel? he inquired, with an implication in his voice that there was no other hotel in the district fit for the patronage of a man of the world. Twemlow nodded. 'What! At Knype? Leonora exclaimed. 'Then where did you dine to-day? 'I had dinner at the Tiger, and not a bad dinner either, he said.
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