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They set forth to walk to the Walthams'. Exercise in the keen air, together with the sense of novelty in her surroundings, restored Alice's good humour before the house was reached. She gazed with astonishment at the infernal glare over New Wanley. Her brother explained the sight to her with gusto. 'It used to be all fields and gardens over there, he said. 'See what money and energy can do!
His fortunes in detail do not concern us just now; there will be future occasion for returning to the subject. 'Young Eldon has been in Wanley to-day, Mr. Rodman remarked as he sat over his wine after dinner. 'Has he? said Richard, with indifference. 'What's he been after? 'I saw him going up towards the Walthams'. Richard exhibited more interest.
But in men of Richard's stamp that which allures the fancy will, if circumstances give but a little encouragement, soon take hold upon the planning brain. His acquaintance with the Walthams had ripened to intimacy, and custom nourished his self-confidence; moreover, he could not misunderstand the all but direct encouragement which on one or two recent occasions he had received from Mrs. Waltham.
Westlake as you pass through London? Mr. Wyvern next inquired. 'Mrs. Westlake? the other repeated absently. 'Yes, I dare say I shall see her. 'Do, by all means. They began to descend the hill. The Walthams no longer lived in Wanley. A year ago the necessities of Alfred Waltham's affairs had led to a change; he and his wife and their two children, together with Mrs.
Some say there was, and others deny it, as I gather from general conversation. But I suppose it's at an end now, in any case. 'Mrs. Waltham would see to that, you mean? said Mutimer, with a short laugh. 'Probably. Rodman made his glass revolve, his fingers on the stem. 'Take another cigar. I suppose they're not too well off, the Walthams? 'Mrs.
Adela soon became rather a symbol than a living woman; he identified her with the ends to which his life darkly aspired, and all but convinced himself that memory and imagination would henceforth suffice to him. In the autumn he went down to Agworth, and spent a few days with his mother. The temptation to walk over to Wanley and call upon the Walthams proved too strong to be resisted.
Mutimer now seldom went up to town for Sunday; if necessity took him thither, he chose some week-day. On Sunday he always spent a longer or shorter time with the Walthams, frequently having dinner at their house. He hesitated at first to invite the ladies to the Manor; in his uncertainty on social usages he feared lest there might be impropriety in a bachelor giving such an invitation.
His lips were hard set, his eyes wide. And almost immediately he prepared to leave the house. It was early, but he felt that he must go to the Walthams'. He had promised Mrs. Waltham to refrain from visiting the house for a week, but that promise it was impossible to keep. Jane's words were ringing in his ears: he seemed to hear her very voice calling and beseeching.
His former visit, when he was refused at the Walthams' door, had been paid at an impulse; he had come down from London by an early train, and did not even call to see his mother at her new house in Agworth. Nor did ho visit her on his way back; he walked straight to the railway station and took the first train townwards. To-day he came in a more leisurely way.
When he walked down the street the news that he was visible seemed to spread like wildfire; every house had its gazers. Excepting the case of the Walthams, he had not as yet sought to make personal acquaintances, appearing rather to avoid opportunities. On the whole it seemed likely that he would be popular.
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