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A bad case of scarlet fever had been placed under the nurse's care, and the danger of contagion was too serious to be trifled with. The events which had led to Mrs. Vimpany's present employment had not occurred in the customary course.
Well, we shall see. Perhaps by-and-by to-morrow we may be able to take a better photograph. Eh?" Lord Harry followed his movements, watching him closely, but said nothing. His face remained pale and his fingers still trembled. There was now no doubt at all in his mind, not only as to Vimpany's intentions, but as to the crime itself. He dared not speak or move.
"Sir Joshua Reynolds is reported to have sometimes flattered his sitters." Mrs. Vimpany's solemn self-possessed eyes suddenly brightened; the name of the great actress seemed to interest her. On the point, apparently, of speaking, she dropped the subject of Mrs. Siddons as she had dropped the subject of the theatre. Mountjoy was left to answer Iris.
Vimpany's expressive eyes looked up, with saintly resignation, at the dirty ceiling and asked in dumb show what she had done to deserve the injury implied by a doubt. "Mr. Mountjoy," she said sternly, "you insult me by asking the question." "Dear Miss Henley," she continued, turning to Iris, "you will do me justice, I am sure.
Iris called out suspiciously: "Who's there?" The doctor's gross voice answered: "Can I say a word, if you please, to Fanny Mere?" The maid opened the door. Mr. Vimpany's heavy hand laid bold of her arm, pulled her over the threshold, and closed the door behind her. After a brief absence, Fanny returned with news of my lord.
Vimpany's claims to general respect and confidence were carefully presented. He was a member of the English College of Surgeons; he was the friend, as well as the colleague of the famous President of that College, who had introduced him to the chief surgeon of the Hotel Dieu. Other introductions to illustrious medical persons in Paris had naturally followed. Presented under these advantages, Mr.
Her familiar manner, with its vulgar assumption of equality in the presence of a stranger, revealed the London-bred maid-servant of modern times. "Did you say Mrs. Vimpany?" she inquired sharply. "Yes." "There's no such person here." It was Mountjoy's turn to be puzzled. "Is this Mr. Vimpany's house?" he said. "Yes, to be sure it is." "And yet Mrs. Vimpany doesn't live here?" "No Mrs.
The coachman received orders to look out for a signal, which should tell him when he was wanted again. Mr. Vimpany's ears, vigilantly on the watch for suspicious events, detected no sound of carriage wheels and no noisy use of the knocker. Still on his guard, however, a ring at the house-bell disturbed him in his consulting-room.
Is a mere modern murderer beneath my vengeance, by comparison with two classical tyrants who did their murders by deputy? There is my reply! I call it a crusher. "So now my mind is easy. Darling, let me make your mind easy next. "When I left you at the window of Vimpany's house, I was off to the other railroad to find the murderer in his hiding-place by the seaside.
He referred me to the year of his birth, the year of his marriage, the year of this, that, and the other. Who cares about dates? The public likes to be tickled by personal statements. Very well I tickled the public. There you have it in a nutshell." Vimpany's profits. Amount of these last: 3l. 14s. 10d. Mr. Vimpany tore up the account, threw the pieces in the face of Mr.
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