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Trefusis was very wealthy, he added that he had been told so, but believed the money had not come from the lady; that people seldom cared to go to a great expense for a funeral unless they came into something good by the death; and that some parties the more they had the more they grudged. Before the funeral guests dispersed, the report spread by Mr.
I have a few treasures there that photography is not likely to surpass for some time yet." "Let's go through the conservatory," said Jane. "Don't you like flowers, Mr. Smi I never can remember your proper name." "Extremely," said Trefusis. They rose and went out into a long hothouse.
"My dear fellow," said Trefusis, almost affectionately, "if a man has a conscience he can have no choice in matters of conviction. I have read somewhere in your book that the man who will not shed his blood for the liberty of his brothers is a coward and a slave. Will you not shed a drop of ink my ink, too for the right of your brothers to the work of their hands?
He wanted me to subscribe to a fund for relieving the poor at the east end of London by assisting them to emigrate." "I presume you subscribed liberally," said Erskine. "It was an opportunity of doing some practical good." "I did not," said Trefusis, grinning at the sarcasm.
You'll find it far preferable to trying on two." "This man is one of my converts," said Trefusis apart to Henrietta. "He told me the other day that since I set him thinking he never sees a gentleman without feeling inclined to heave a brick at him.
Finally, tired of disputing, and remorseful for their acrimony, they dined amicably together. The monument was placed in Highgate Cemetery by a small band of workmen whom Trefusis found out of employment. Mr.
One sunny forenoon, as Agatha sat reading on the doorstep of the conservatory, the shadow of her parasol deepened, and she, looking up for something denser than the silk of it, saw Trefusis. "Oh!" She offered him no further greeting, having fallen in with his habit of dispensing, as far as possible, with salutations and ceremonies.
Trefusis found her parents so unsympathetic on the subject of her marriage that she left their house shortly after her visit to Lyvern, and went to reside with a hospitable friend. Unable to remain silent upon the matter constantly in her thoughts, she discussed her husband's flight with this friend, and elicited an opinion that the behavior of Trefusis was scandalous and wicked.
"I think," said Trefusis, after a moment's reflection, "I will order a hansom." "There is no ill-feeling," said the doctor, who, as a slow man, was usually alarmed by prompt decisions, even when they seemed wise to him, as this one did. "I hope you have not gathered from anything I have said " "Not at all; you have displayed the utmost tact. But I think I had better go.
"We were looking at some etchings when you came in," said Sir Charles, hastening to break the silence. "Do you care for such things?" And he handed him a proof. Trefusis looked at it as if he had never seen such a thing before and did not quite know what to make of it. "All these scratches seem to me to have no meaning," he said dubiously.
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