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Urania Rylance went simpering about the room telling everybody, in the kindest way, who Miss Palliser was, and how she had been an ill-used drudge at a suburban finishing school, before that dear good Miss Wendover took her as a useful companion; but even that crushing phrase, 'useful companion, did not degrade Ida in the eyes of her admirers. 'Palliser's a good name, said one youth.
The Squire was still sitting with his hands on the table, his great brows bent, surveying his guests. 'Oh, of course all the sensible men are dead! he said indifferently. 'But that is a pet saying of mine the Church of England in a nutshell. Robert flushed, and after a moment's hesitation bent forward. 'What do you suppose, he asked quietly, your Archbishop meant, Mr. Wendover, by enthusiasm?
It was only by a great effort that he could turn his thoughts from the Squire, and all that the Squire had meant to him during the past year, and so woo back to himself 'the shy bird Peace. Mr. Wendover watched the door close behind him, and then went back to his work with a gesture of impatience. 'Once a priest, always a priest. What a fool I was to forget it!
Colonel Wendover allowed his children to dine with him from the day they were able to manage their knives and forks. Save on state occasions, the whole brood sat down with their father and mother to the seven o'clock dinner; as the young sprigs of the House of Orleans used to sit round good King Louis Philippe in his tranquil retirement at Claremont.
Wendover knew perfectly well who it was that at the present moment had his will with Elsmere.
Lady Davenant's musings apparently helped her little, if she was looking for an artful approach; for they ended in her saying abruptly, 'I wonder if you know what a capital girl she is. 'Do you mean do you mean ? stammered Mr. Wendover, pausing as if he had given her no right not to allow him to conceive alternatives. 'Yes, I do mean. She's upstairs, in bed.
'If you would let me tell you what I think I would do anything in the world for you! he went on. 'Let me go you persecute me! the girl cried, pulling at the handle. 'You don't do me justice you are too cruel! Mr. Wendover persisted. 'Let me go let me go! she only repeated, with her high, quavering, distracted note; and as he moved a little she got the door open.
Wendover always walked, and both made a sharp impression on the Rector's nerves. In the heart of one of the loneliest commons of the parish Robert, swinging along one November evening through the scattered furze bushes growing ghostly in the darkness, was suddenly conscious of a cloaked figure with slouching shoulders and head bent forward coming toward him.
The world teaches us its last lessons betimes; but then, lest we should have nothing left to acquire from its wisdom, it employs the rest of our life in unlearning all that it first taught. Meanwhile, the time approached when Lord Erpingham was to arrive at Wendover Castle; and at length came the day itself.
Wendover of the Abbey, asserted Miss Rylance. 'Would she? The Earl of Burleigh's wife had been poor, and yet did not enjoy being rich and great, said Bessie. 'It killed her, poor thing. And yet she had married for love, and had no remorse of conscience to weigh her down. 'She was a sensitive little fool, said Ida; 'I have no patience with her.
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