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It was, therefore, in accordance with family principles and practice, that the then reigning squire and M. P., Levison Stopford, Esquire, should take his seat on the ministerial benches, and vote in and out of parliament for the Bill with which all England rang.
"Do you know anything of this infamous assertion?" he inquired of an intimate friend "infamous, whether true or false." "It's true, I heard of it an hour ago. Plenty of cheek that Levison must have." "Cheek!" repeated the dismayed earl, feeling as if every part of him, body and mind, were outraged by the news, "don't speak of it in that way. The hound deserves to be gibbeted."
Then her father, hating his desolate home, broke up his establishment on Westbourne Terrace, London, and placed his infant daughter under the care of the nuns in the Convent of the Holy Nativity in France. Here Salome Levison passed the days of her dreamy childhood and early youth. Her father seldom found time to visit her at her convent school, and she never went home to spend her holidays.
"What communication had you with him?" "None at all. I only saw him quite by chance." "And whom did you suppose him to be then Thorn or Levison?" "Thorn, certainly. I never dreamt of his being Levison until he appeared here, now, to oppose Mr. Carlyle." A wild, savage curse shot through Sir Francis's heart as he heard the words. What demon had possessed him to venture his neck into the lion's den?
"She married again the other day," added Mrs. Milward, "a rich Jew. I've not a word to say against the Jews a marvellously clever race; in fact, I think a little Jew blood gives brains; and as to riches, of course there's no harm in them; but this Manasseh Levison is so common and fat, and seems to reek of furniture polish and money.
Carlyle, when he received the letter and marked its earnest tone, wondered much. In reply, he stated that he would be with her on the following Saturday, and then her returning, or not, with him could be settled. Fully determined not to meet Captain Levison, Isabel, in the intervening days, only went out in a carriage.
"Pray go on and say what you have to say," urged the duke. "Then, first of all, I have to tell you that I know why you have come here. You have come to inquire about Miss Salome Levison, the great banker's heiress." "You are speaking of the Duchess of Hereward, madam," interrupted the duke, in a stern voice. "No, I'm not. I am speaking of Miss Salome Levison. She is not the Duchess of Hereward.
It is, that you, Francis Levison, be taken back to the place from whence you came, and thence to the place of execution, and that you be there hanged by the neck until you are dead. And may the Lord God Almighty have mercy on your soul!" "Amen!" The court was cleared. The day's excitement was over, and the next case was inquired for.
I will see that sweet girl again, even if I never see her afterwards." The temptation was certainly very strong. And so, at the appointed hour, when the banker called at the office of the National Liberator he found the young gentleman in evening dress ready to accompany him home. Salome Levison was dressed for dinner, and seated in the drawing-room with her chaperone, Lady Belgrade.
"There's a meeting at the Buck's Head at ten," said Mr. Carlyle, not replying to the immediate question. "I will be with you there." "Did you not say, Mr. Dill, that was where the scoundrel Levison is at the Buck's Head?" "He was there," answered Mr. Dill. "I expect he is ousted by this time.
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