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To such harangues, delivered with a pretty air of mockery and extravagance, which was never allowed to get out of hand, Isoult listened as she had listened to the cheerful prophetics of the Abbess of Gracedieu, with her gentle smile and her locked lips. Maulfry talked by the hour together while she and Isoult sat weaving a tapestry.
I want to know why you consult me in private?" "I am anxious to consult you, sir, on a subject " "On what subject? Any religious difficulty?" "No." "Anything I can do for you in the town?" "Not at all. If you will only allow me " "I am still waiting, sir, to know what it is about." Philip's voice suddenly became an angry voice. "Once for all, Mr. Gracedieu," he said, "will you let me speak?
As usual, good Selina expressed her sentiments without reserve. I had to keep my appointment; and the sooner Helena Gracedieu and I understood each other the better. I knocked at the door. It was loudly unlocked, and violently thrown open. Helena's temper had risen to boiling heat; she stammered with rage when she spoke to me. "I mean to come to the point at once," she said.
Now in the second place though it is very slight, there is a certain something in her hair and her complexion which reminds me of the murderess: there is no other resemblance, I admit. In the third place, the girls' names point to the same conclusion. Mr. Gracedieu is a Protestant and a Dissenter. Would he call a child of his own by the name of a Roman Catholic saint?
"Excellent indeed," Prosper cried; "that jumps with what I had determined on before. Moreover, I suppose that Gracedieu is outside the Malbank fee?" "Yes, lord, it is far beyond that." "And how far is it to Gracedieu?" "It is the journey of two days and nights, my lord." "Well," said he, "then those nights we must sleep in the forest. How will that suit you, child?"
"I don't seem to have interested you," Mrs. Staveley remarked. "What did you expect me to be interested in?" my father inquired. "I was absorbed in the fowl. Favor me by returning to the subject." Mrs. Staveley admits that she answered this rather sharply: "The subject, sir, was your son's admiration for a charming girl: one of the daughters of Mr. Gracedieu, the famous preacher."
Before I could ask if she had mentioned her name, the young lady herself walked in Helena Gracedieu. She explained her object in calling on me, with the exasperating composure which was peculiarly her own. No parallel to it occurs to me in my official experience of shameless women. "I don't wish to speak of what happened yesterday, so far as I know anything about it," she began.
My suspicions were by no means set at rest; and I was resolved not to let the subject drop yet. "Speaking of Mr. Gracedieu, and of the chances of his partial recovery," I said, "do you think the Minister would benefit by Massage?" "I haven't a doubt of it, if you can get rid of the doctor." "You think he would be an obstacle in the way?"
Gracedieu would have revealed the likeness between mother and daughter and, that result attained, the identification of Eunice with the infant whom the "Miss Chance" of those days had brought to the prison must inevitably have followed. It was perhaps natural that Mr.
Miss Jillgall's keen observation noticed the impression that had been produced upon me. "Mr. Dunboyne's name seems to surprise you." she said. "This is the first time I have heard you mention it," I answered. She looked as if she could hardly believe me. "Surely you must have heard the name," she said, "when I told you about poor Euneece?" "No." "Well, then, Mr. Gracedieu must have mentioned it?"
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