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Vanderlyn made up his mind to spend the whole of the next day with Pargeter; he must be at the villa, ready to put in his word of advice, even, if need be, of suggestion, when the moment came for him to do so. For the first time for many nights Vanderlyn's sleep was unbroken; and early the next morning he made his way to the Avenue du Bois de Boulogne.
She and Nick had spent the greater part of their few weeks together under Ellie Vanderlyn's roof; but to Ellie, obviously, the fact meant no more than her own escapade, at the same moment, with young Davenant's supplanter the "bounder" whom Strefford had never named. Her one thought for her friend was that Susy should at last secure her prize her incredible prize.
Nothing, I trust, has prevented his bringing back the portrait you left with him. Let me again entreat you to use your influence with him in procuring me a good copy. I received some days since, through the kindness of Mr. John B. Prevost, a miniature, which appears to have been taken from Vanderlyn's portrait. The execution is good, but in expression it is by no means equal to the portrait.
To poor Tom Pargeter, "doing something" always meant parting with money, and Laurence Vanderlyn was, if not rich, then quite well off. Vanderlyn's hand suddenly shook. He dropped the piece of paper he had been holding. "Perhaps you'll let me have Jasper sometimes in the holidays," he said, huskily. "Lord, yes! Of course I will! There's nothing would please poor Peggy more!
He wrote on, forgetful of the passing hours, till the door opened and he heard a step behind him. The next moment two hands were clasped over his eyes, and the air was full of Mrs. Vanderlyn's last new scent. "You dear thing I'm just off, you know," she said. "Susy told me you were working, and I forbade her to call you down.
During the few moments of her absence, a plan began to elaborate itself with insistent clearness in Vanderlyn's mind; he saw, or thought he saw, that here might be an issue out of his terrible dilemma. And yet, even while so seeing the way become clear before him, he felt a deep, instinctive repugnance from the method which would have to be employed....
Vanderlyn's," she slowly answered. "I have come home, my father; have come home to you to stay." He was worried. Could she be satisfied, after what she had been having there at Mrs. Vanderlyn's, with what his small purse had to offer her in this unpleasant tenement?
But now, in the present very peculiar circumstances, I request, nay, I demand, that you should search my rooms. Every possible facility shall be afforded you." Vanderlyn's voice was shaking with undisguised anger, aye, and disgust. The Prefect of Police rose from his chair. "I have no wish to subject you to any indignity," he said earnestly, "I absolutely accept your assurance that Mrs.
To rule this uproarious tribe would be a sterner business than trying to beguile Clarissa Vanderlyn's ladylike leisure; and she would have refused on the spot, as she had refused once before, if the only possible alternatives had not come to seem so much less bearable, and if Junie, called in for advice, and standing there, small, plain and competent, had not said in her quiet grown-up voice: "Oh, yes, I'm sure Mrs.
Pargeter is not in hiding here. I am aware, Mr. Vanderlyn, that Americans do not lie," an ironic smile wavered for a moment over his large mouth. Vanderlyn's face remained impassive. "You, on your side, must forgive my heat," he said, quietly. Then he suddenly determined to play for a high stake. "May I ask you to satisfy my curiosity on one point? What made you first suspect such a thing?
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