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"They seemed pleased with what I had to say," replied Paul modestly. "When did you hear about it?" "Last night." "The Winwoods are the dearest people in the world," said Paul, walking warily, "but they are prejudiced in my favour." "It wasn't the Winwoods." The beautiful truth flashed upon Paul. "Then it was the Princess Zobraska." The other laughed. "Never mind. I know all about it.
I began to have a suspicion when I learned that this new turn had led him to Stansby, where he procured a position as a sort of clerk to the superintendent, Winwood. After some months, I went out to see him there. In the evening we went to the Winwoods', and I watched closely to discover any signs of a new relation between Silverthorn and the daughter. Mr.
Had England and France each possessed a Barneveld at that epoch, they might well have given in exchange for him a wilderness of Epernons and Sillerys, Bouillons and Conde's; of Winwoods, Lakes, Carrs, and Villierses.
Had England and France each possessed a Barneveld at that epoch, they might well have given in exchange for him a wilderness of Epernons and Sillerys, Bouillons and Conde's; of Winwoods, Lakes, Carrs, and Villierses.
I'll write or telephone." The car rolled away. The Winwoods' carriage drove up. It was a fighting, enthusiastic, hyperbolic speech, glowing with the divine fire of youth. "Can we give you a lift home, Paul?" asked Miss Winwood. "No thanks, dearest lady. There are one or two little things I must do before I go." "Good night." "Good night, Paul," said Colonel Winwood, shaking hands.
It so happened that for a date a few days hence had been fixed the Annual General Meeting of the Forlorn Widows' Fund, when Report and Balance Sheet were presented to the society. The control of this organization Paul had not allowed to pass into the alien hands of Townsend, the Winwoods' new secretary. Had not his Princess, for the most delicious reasons in the world, been made President?
Yes, in the great palace he found himself an honoured guest. His name was known independently of his work for the Winwoods. He was doing good service to his party. The word had gone abroad perhaps Frank Ayres had kindly spoken it that he was the coming man. Lady Chudley said: "I wonder if you remember what we talked about when I first met you."
To the England of Elizabeth, of Walsingham, Raleigh, and the Cecils, had succeeded the Great Britain of James, with his Carrs and Carletons, Nauntons, Lakes, and Winwoods. France, widowed of Henry and waiting for Richelieu, lay in the clutches of Concini's, Epernons, and Bouillons, bound hand and foot to Spain.
They took him for granted, as a guest of the Winwoods. Of course if Paul had seen himself on the way to rival the famous actor whose photograph in the window of the London Stereoscopic Company had inspired him with histrionic ambitions, he would have been at no pains to hide his profession. But between the darling of the London stage and a seedy member of a fit-up company lies a great gulf.
It had been inaugurated some years before he joined the Winwoods. Its objects were the training of the youth, the future electorate of England, in the doctrines of Imperialism, Constitutionalism and sound civicism, as understood by the intellectual Conservatives. Its mechanical aims were to establish lodges throughout the country.
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