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Updated: June 13, 2025
Mr. Avenel, at the head of the table, suddenly rose. "Ladies and Gentlemen," said he, "I have taken the liberty to invite you once more into this tent, in order to ask you to sympathize with me upon an occasion which took us all a little by surprise to-day. "Of course, you all know I am a new man, the maker of my own fortunes." A great many heads bowed involuntarily.
"Ah, the Hazeldean parson, and with Avenel! That young man, too, who is he? I have seen him before some where. My dear Mr. Dale, this is a pleasant surprise. I thought you had returned to Hazeldean with our friend the squire?" MR. DALE. "The squire! Has he left town, and without telling me?" "He was anxious to get back to Mrs.
With these, and with the thousand commentaries, representations, and misrepresentations, to which they had given rise, Roland Graeme was, of course, well acquainted; for in the Castle of Avenel, as well as in other great establishments, the inmates talked of nothing so often, or with such pleasure, as of the private affairs of their lord and lady.
To tell you the truth, I have some idea of changing my condition. There's a lady of fashion and quality who, I think, may condescend to become Mrs. Avenel; and if so, I shall probably reside a great part of the year in London. I don't want to give up my business. No other investment will yield the same interest.
Avenel that she is obeyed; that I will never seek her roof, never cross her path, never disgrace her wealthy son. But tell her, also, that I will choose my own way in life, that I will not take from her a bribe for concealment. Tell her that I am nameless, and will yet make a name." A name!
For a time, like all who are fond of idleness, he endeavoured to detach the attention of his brother and Mary Avenel from their task, rather than to learn his own, and such dialogues as the following would ensue: "Take your bonnet, Edward, and make haste the Laird of Colmslie is at the head of the glen with his hounds."
Fortunately for the preservation of the secret, the Avenels kept no servant, only an occasional drudge, who came a few hours in the day, and went home to sleep. Mrs. Avenel could count on Mr. Morgan's silence as to the true cause of Nora's death. And Mr. Dale, why should be reveal the dishonour of a family?
You know, after all, that Avenel, if he can only return himself or his nephew, still holds in his hands the choice of the candidate upon our side. I cannot attack him; I cannot attack his insolent nephew " "Insolent! not that, but bitterly eloquent. He hits you hard. You are no match for him, Randal, before a popular audience; though, en petit comite, the devil himself were hardly a match for you.
Iron jacks, or coats of buff, formed the principal part of their dress, and steel-bonnets, or large slouched hats with Spanish plumes drooping backwards, were their head attire. The Baron of Avenel was one of those tall, muscular, martial figures, which are the favourite subjects of Salvator Rosa.
"Credit me, fair lady" he said, addressing Mary Avenel, "it much rejoiceth me, being, as I am, a banished man from the delights of mine own country, that I shall find here in this obscure and silvan cottage of the north, a fair form and a candid soul, with whom I may explain my mutual sentiments.
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