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Extricating from Clarence the only hand he was able to use, Lord Ulswater raised it to his brow, as if in the effort to clear remembrance; and then, turning to Wardour, seemed to ask the truth of Clarence's claim, at least so the old man interpreted the meaning of his eye, and the faint and scarce intelligible words which broke from his lips.
"I assure you, sir," said Lady Westborough, touched, in spite of herself, with the sincerity and respect of Clarence's bearing, "that Lady Flora will reply to any letter of explanation or proposal: for myself, I will not even see her answer. Where shall it be sent to you?" "I have taken my lodgings at the inn by your park gates. I shall remain there till till "
Jo, and how his stepmother had procured his passage with the Silsbees to California, where he was to meet his cousin. All this with a lack of interest and abstraction that he was miserably conscious told against him, but he was yet helpless to resist. The first man remained thoughtful, and then glanced at Clarence's sunburnt hands. Presently his large, good-humored smile returned.
Little, however, did Clarence, despite his vexation when he learned of the bienveillance of La Meronville, foresee the whole extent of the consequences it would entail upon him: still less did Talbot, who in his seclusion knew not the celebrity of the handsome adventuress, calculate upon the notoriety of her motions or the ill effect her ostentatious attachment would have upon Clarence's prosperity as a lover to Lady Flora.
He raised himself as he saw Charlie approach, and, extending his hand, exclaimed, "How kind! I did not expect you until we reached the shore." For a moment, Charlie could not speak. The shock caused by Clarence's altered appearance was too great, the change was terrible. When he had last seen him, he was vigorous-looking, erect, and healthful; now he was bent and emaciated to a frightful extent.
"I shall probably have to take the leading man's part on the night," she told him. "Oh, I forgot it was you, Tiddy I beg your pardon. Well, Clarence's, then. And until that awful moment, let me be happy in obscurity!" Joy, who had Iolanthe's long, hard part to learn, and was delighted with the idea, fixed her eyes on the opposite wall and tried to remember what she had to say first.
As an authority 'papa' was seldom invoked, except on very serious occasions, such as Griffith's audacity, Clarence's falsehood, or my obstinacy; and then the affair was formidable, he was judicial and awful, and, though he would graciously forgive on signs of repentance, he never was sympathetic.
'I want to see Mr. Clarence's white feather, observed Anne. 'Griff has a white plume in his Yeomanry helmet, replied Martyn; 'Clarence hasn't one. 'Oh, I saw Mr. Griffith's! she answered; 'but Cousin Horace said Mr. Clarence showed the white feather. 'Cousin Horace is an ape! cried Martyn. 'I don't think he is so nice as an ape, said Anne. 'He is more like a monkey.
'Till quite lately I should say they were absolutely unknown in this country. Clarence's face brightened; he felt quite fond of Uncle Lambert, and began to think him a particularly well-informed and entertaining person.
At the top of the hill he rejoined the stage, flushed and panting, but carrying a small branch of the vine in his scratched hands. Handing it to the man on the middle seat, he said, with grave, boyish politeness "Please for the lady." A slight smile passed over the face of Clarence's neighbors.
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