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He made Julian stay, for it happened that at that moment his gyp brought up dinner, and Julian, hungry and weary, was tempted to sit down. De Vayne, who only too well divined his reason for borrowing the whip, was delighted at having succeeded in detaining him, for he knew that the only time when Julian would be likely to meet Brogten was immediately after hall.
I have very often heard Julian Home speak of you, and I cannot believe that his chosen friend could be so vile as some reports would make you." "They are false as calumny itself," he said passionately. "Oh, Lady De Vayne, none could have honoured and loved your son more than I did; I cannot explain to you the long story of my exculpation, but I implore you to believe my innocence."
Surely the devil must welcome a human tempter with open arms. Of course Bruce had to proceed with Lord De Vayne in a manner totally different from that which he had applied to Jedediah Hazlet. He felt himself that the task was far more difficult and delicate, especially as it was by no means easy to get access to De Vayne's company at all.
As they come back, the hour for the wedding approaches, and Lillyston says to Owen "How I wish De Vayne were here!" "But he is in Florence, is he not?" says Owen. They have hardly spoken when a carriage with a coronet on the panels dashes up to the Lion Inn; a young man alights, hands out a lady, and enters the inn. "Surely that must be De Vayne himself," says Suton running forward.
"Do, I shall like to see you," said Julian; and De Vayne went away, thinking with some happiness, that if he had won Julian's affection, that would be something towards helping him to win Violet's too.
"What execrable wash," said Brogten, emptying his glass. De Vayne, surprised and disgusted at the rudeness of the remark, turned hastily round, and, while Bruce as hastily withdrew his hand, raised the wine-glass to his lips. "Stop, stop, De Vayne," said Bruce eagerly; "there's a fly in your glass."
At length a slight sound awoke him, and he saw De Vayne standing by him. De Vayne was so gentle in heart and manner, so full of sympathy and kindness, that of all others he was the one whom at that moment Julian could best endure to see. "I am afraid," he said, "that you will think me very foolish, De Vayne.
"A somewhat boyish proceeding, perhaps, but exactly suited to some capacities." Bruce and his friends, seeing that they were beginning to have the worst of it, thought it about time to swagger off, and for the future learnt to confine their remarks to a more exclusive circle. There had been another silent spectator of the scene in the person of Lord De Vayne.
He had meant but to put four or five drops into his glass, but De Vayne had turned round suddenly and startled him in the very act, and in the hurried agitation of the moment, his hand had slipped, and he had poured in all the contents of the bottle, with barely time to hurry it empty into his pocket, or to prevent the consequences of what he had done, when De Vayne lifted the glass to his lips.
Lord De Vayne played well on the piano, and knowing Julian's passion for music, was rewarded for his unselfish efforts by complete success in rousing his attention. He played some of the finest passages of a recent and beautiful oratorio, until Julian almost forgot his troubles, and was ready to talk with more freedom and in a kindlier mood.
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