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Certainly, he did Jeremy no harm at all; he taught him nothing, not even "mensa," and how to spell "receive" and "apple." The only thing he did was to encourage Jeremy's independence, and this was done, in the first place, by the walks to and fro. He had only been going to Mr. Somerset's a day or two when the announcements of the Fair appeared on the walls of the town.
The stagnation of the spot was sufficient to draw Somerset's mind for a moment from the subject which absorbed it, and he thought, 'So, too, will time triumph over all this fervour within me. Lifting his eyes from the floor on which his foot had been tapping nervously, he saw Paula standing at the other end. It was not so pleasant when he also saw that Mrs. Goodman accompanied her.
Mrs. Goodman was determined to trust no longer to Paula for putting an end to what made her so restless and self-reproachful. Seeing old Mr. Somerset enter to a little side-table behind for lack of room at the crowded centre tables, again without his son, she turned her head and asked point-blank where the young man was. Mr. Somerset's face became a shade graver than before.
More than ever was he assured that there had been collusion between the two artillery officers to bring about this end. That he should have been the unhappy man to design those picturesque dresses in which his rival so audaciously played the lover to his, Somerset's, mistress, was an added point to the satire.
In this charming society the hours glided, and the wedding-day drew close. So deeply and sincerely was Sir Charles in love that when Mr. Oldfield's letter came, appointing the day and hour to sign Miss Somerset's deed, he was unwilling to go, and wrote back to ask if the deed could not be sent to his house. Mr.
Then shall the pallid constable flee side by side with the detected thief. Blaze! he cried, 'blaze, derided city! Fall, flatulent monarchy, fall like Dagon! With these words his foot slipped upon the lead; and but for Somerset's quickness, he had been instantly precipitated into space.
'Miss Power does not wish to ask me any more questions. I may as well proceed on my way, as you advised. De Stancy, who had also gazed with dismay at Somerset's passing figure, though with dismay of another sort, was recalled from his vexation by Dare's remarks, and turning upon him he said sharply, 'Well may you be in such a hurry all of a sudden! 'True, I am superfluous now.
He laid the moaning girl on the sofa, ordered his servants to admit nobody into the house, and drove at once to Mayfair. He called at Miss Somerset's house, saw Polly, and questioned her. He drove home again, and came into the drawing-room looking as he had been seen to look when fighting his ship; but his daughter had never seen him so.
Somerset? said Abner Power, with sardonic geniality: he had been far enough about the world not to be greatly concerned at Somerset's apparent failing, particularly when it helped to reduce him from the rank of lover to his niece to that of professional adviser. Miss De Stancy faltered a welcome as weak as that of the Maid of Neidpath, and Paula said coldly, 'We are rather surprised to see you.
Somerset, I am glad to welcome you here, both as a friend of Miss De Stancy's family, and as the son of your father which is indeed quite a sufficient introduction anywhere. 'You have two pictures painted by Mr. Somerset's father, have you not? I have already told him about them, said Miss De Stancy. 'Perhaps Mr. Somerset would like to see them if they are unpacked?
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