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And nodding darkly as one who could say much an' she would, the worthy woman ambled away. Scraps of information, such as this talk of Mrs. Spruce's, reached Bainton's ears from time to time in a disjointed and desultory manner and moved him to profound cogitation. He was not quite sure now whether, after all, his liking for Miss Vancourt had not been greatly misplaced.
Cicely watched her lovingly, and every now and again Julian Adderley, waving away the smoke of his own cigar with one hand, studied her face and tried to fathom its expression. She spoke but little, and that chiefly to Lord Charlemont who was on her left-hand side. "And how long are you going to stay in this jolly old place, Miss Vancourt?" he asked.
"Well, at any rate, as I have promised the little singer, I can go up to tea just this once, and have done with it," he decided "I shall then be exonerated from 'rudeness' and I can explain to Miss Vancourt quite kindly and courteously of course that I am not a visiting man, that my habits are rather those of a recluse, and then for the future she will understand."
"Upon my word," he said, to his fidus Achates, Marius Longford, "I am enduring a great deal for the sake of the Vancourt millions! To follow an erratic girl like Maryllia from one Continental resort to another was bad enough,-but to stay here in tame, highly respectable country dullness is a thousand times worse!
Sir Morton snorted contempt; Mr. Longford coughed discreetly. "Miss Vancourt has not yet ripened sufficiently to bear comparison with Lady Wicketts," he said, smoothly "or with Miss Fosby. But I think, Miss Pippitt, there is a great deal in what you say!" Miss Tabitha bowed, and smiled a vinegary smile. "Lady Wicketts has a fine mind very fine! Her husband, Sir Thomas "
English women have been the last, certainly, to adopt it but then, England is always behind every country in everything!" She spoke with a hard flippancy, and she knew it. Walden's eyes darkened into a deeper gravity. "Miss Vancourt, this England of ours was once upon a time not behind, but BEFORE every nation in the whole world for the sweetness, purity and modesty of its women!
Miss Vancourt will be the Duchess before next year!" "Not a bit of it! Next year Miss Vancourt will still be Miss Vancourt!" said Charlemont. emphatically "She's a woman of character, and if she doesn't intend to marry Roxmouth, nothing will make her. She's got a mind of her own, most women's minds are the minds of their favourite men."
Spruce!" said Walden, beginning to shake off the indescribable feeling of annoyance against which he had been fighting for the past few minutes and resuming his usual quiet air of cheerfulness; "Miss Vancourt is not likely to dismiss you unless you offend her.
Naught in any wise partikler. Miss Vancourt 'as come 'ome to her own, an' she's 'ad a few friends from Lunnon stayin' with 'er. That's simple enough, as simple as plantains growin' in a lawn. Then Miss Vancourt's 'usband that is to be, comes down an' stays with old Blusterdash Pippitt at the 'All, in order to be near 'is sweet'art. There ain't nothin' out of the common in that.
"My dear Miss Vancourt," protested Adderley "Pray do not think of such a thing! I would not intrude upon you in this unceremonious way for the world!" "Why not?" said Maryllia, smiling graciously "It will be a pleasure if you will stay to luncheon with us. Cicely has carte blanche here you know genius must have its way!"
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