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"Mr Cheesacre," she said, "let there be an end to this little farce between us." "Farce!" said he, standing with his hand on his heart, and his legs and knickerbockers well displayed. "It is certainly either a farce or a mistake. If the latter, and I have been at all to blame, I ask your pardon most sincerely." "But you'll be Mrs Cheesacre; won't you?" "No, Mr Cheesacre; no.
That was all. He had been obliged to sell out of the army, because he was unable to live on his pay as a lieutenant. The price of his commission had gone to pay his debts, and now, yes, it was too true, now he was in debt again. He owed ninety pounds to Cheesacre, thirty-two pounds ten to a tailor at Yarmouth, over seventeen pounds at his lodgings in Norwich.
But the offer certainly showed much generosity on the part of Aunt Greenow, inasmuch as Mr Cheesacre's attentions were apparently paid to herself rather than to her niece. Mr Cheesacre was very attentive.
Nevertheless, the widow had contrived to reconcile the two men before she reached the Hall. They had actually shaken hands, and the lamb Cheesacre had agreed to lie down with the wolf Bellfield. Cheesacre, moreover, had contrived to whisper into the widow's ears the true extent of his errand into Westmoreland. This, however, he did not do altogether in Bellfield's hearing.
There had been a pretence of fishing, but no fish had been caught. It was soon found that such an amusement would interfere with the ladies' dresses, and the affairs had become too serious to allow of any trivial interruption. "I really think, Mr Cheesacre," an anxious mother had said, "that you'd better give it up. The water off the nasty cord has got all over Maria's dress, already."
Charlie Fairstairs and Mr Cheesacre were watching her narrowly, and she knew that they were watching her. She was certainly a woman of great genius and of great courage. Bellfield, moved by the eloquence of her words, looked with some interest at the photograph.
"We shall be delighted to have Jeanette," said Mr Cheesacre. "Thank ye, sir," said Jeannette, with a curtsey. "Jeannette, don't you let Mr Cheesacre turn your head; and mind you behave yourself and be useful. Well; let me see; what else is there? Mrs Jones, you might as well give me that ham now. Captain Bellfield, hand it over.
Kate could not take upon herself to say that there would be any harm, but she did not like the idea of having Captain Bellfield as a visitor. "After all, perhaps he mayn't come," said the widow. "I don't see where he is to raise the money for such a journey, now that he has quarrelled with Mr Cheesacre."
When I'm about, on the lands at home, I ain't extravagant, I can tell you." "Extravagance is a great vice." "Oh, I ain't extravagant in that sense; not a bit in the world. But when a man's enamoured, and perhaps looking out for a wife, he does like to be a little free, you know." "And are you looking out for a wife, Mr Cheesacre?" "If I told you I suppose you'd only laugh at me."
"I shall never begin to think about it, till I buy my wedding clothes." "That's nonsense, sheer nonsense. How are you to get wedding clothes if you have never thought about getting a husband? Didn't I see Mr Cheesacre ask you for a dance last night?" "Yes, he did; while you were talking to Captain Bellfield yourself, aunt." "Captain Bellfield can't hurt me, my dear.
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