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Why should I annoy the poor child to no purpose? He'll not appeal to the Urquharts, we know that well, and I'm not going to waste my breath. I'd far rather " "What?" asked Hilary, as she paused. "Oh well, I don't know. Don't you worry about ways and means; something will surely turn up before long." Peggy was an optimist.
I do feel that the Urquharts owe us something, for the sake of the connexion. I shall talk to Lord Evelyn about you. He was very fond of your mother.... I am very sorry about you, Peter. We must think it over sometime, seriously." He got up and began to walk about the room in his nervous, restless way, looking at Peter's things. Peter's room was rather pleasing.
He would not for the world have hurt Hilary's feelings, and vaguely he knew that this splendid, unusual half-brother of his was in some ways a sensitive person. Hilary said, "The Urquharts ought to invite you to stay. The connection is really close. I believe your mother was devoted to that boy as a baby. You'd like to go and stay there, wouldn't you?" Peter looked doubtful. He was nervous.
What she found confirmed her. "I can't," she said; "it's out of the question." "Why, what is happening?" Mabel must know. "It's an Opera night," said Lucy. "The Walküre is happening." "Oh, are they? H'm. Yes, I suppose I can't expect you." Lucy was scornfully clear. "I should think not indeed. Not for a wilderness of Urquharts!"
And somehow, illogically, his anger here was more with the Urquharts than with the Margerisons and most with Lucy. One is, of course, most angry, with those who have most power to hurt. Suddenly feeling rather ill, Peter collapsed into a chair.
"I will do anything I can, naturally. It won't be much, you know." "You will go to the Urquharts to-morrow morning, and appeal to them?" said Hilary. "Yes," said Peter. "I will do that." Hilary breathed a sigh of relief, and flung himself into a chair. "Thanks, Peter. I believe that is the best we can do.
To this end, they gathered their friends together as usual at Christmas. Mr Thornycroft and the Urquharts needed no pressing; they came to see Mary the day she returned home, and showed her the old affection without asking questions. Mr Thornycroft's wedding presents to her were magnificent a complete service of silver plate and house linen of the finest.
She considered this to herself. Mrs. Nugent the Honourable Mrs. Nugent, as it afterwards appeared made herself very amiable. "We both like boys," she said, "which makes everything easy. I hope you liked my Pat you met him, I know. Yours seems to be an unconscious humourist. Jimmy is always chuckling over him. Mine takes after the Urquharts; rather grim, but quite sound when you know them.
First he discovered things that annoyed him in my private affairs, which was extremely disagreeable for all of us, and really he was rather unnecessarily officious about that; in fact, I consider that it was owing largely to the line he took that things reached their final very trying dénouement. And now there has been this unpleasant jar with the Urquharts.
But Polly did not know what impatience meant; her sunny temper, her fixed resolve to make the best of everything was not to be shaken. Well, comforts galore should be hers some day, he hoped. The practice was shaping satisfactorily. His attendance at Dandaloo had proved a key to many doors: folk of the Glendinnings' and Urquharts' standing could make a reputation or mar it as they chose.
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