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"As a matter of fact," I said, "Lalage is acting strictly in accordance with my mother's instructions in referring this matter to you. Why not try Miss Pettigrew?" "I will. Who is she?" "She used to be Lalage's schoolmistress." "Does she use the cane?" "This," I said, "is entirely your affair.
"I'd like the poor child to start fair, anyhow," said the Canon, "whatever happens later on." We unpacked a good many of Lalage's clothes and came on the second number of the Anti-Cat. Lalage took possession of it and turned over the pages, while the Canon and I refolded a blue serge dress and wedged it into its place with boots.
I should have liked to hear a description of the expression on Miss Battersby's face. I should also have liked to hear what my uncle said in reply to Lalage's remarks, but I felt an anxiety so acute as greatly to dull my curiosity. "Had you any one particular in your mind," I asked, "when you said that you'd get somebody else to go to the Archdeacon?" "Of course I had," said Lalage. "You."
Lalage's way of dismissing a subject of which she is tired is abrupt but unmistakable. I told her that Hilda and her mother had gone. "That's a pity," said Lalage. "I should have liked to take Hilda with me this afternoon." "Are you going to do it so soon?" "The election is next week," said Lalage, "so we haven't a moment to lose."
"Why, then, here's Miss Lalage's health with all my heart," cries Dowling. "I have heard her toasted often, I protest, though I never saw her; but they say she's extremely handsome." Though the Latin was not the only part of this speech which Dowling did not perfectly understand; yet there was somewhat in it that made a very strong impression upon him.
I found myself still more puzzled by Lalage's attitude toward another man who was not even, strictly speaking, a bishop. He was a moderator, or an ex-moderator, of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. He had made a speech in which he set forth reasons why he and others like him should have a recognized place in the vice-regal court.
I tell you plainly that I'd rather see Lalage heading a torchlight procession every day in the week than married to Vittie." "The Archdeacon says that you are the person chiefly responsible for what he calls Lalage's compromising position." "The Archdeacon may say what he likes. I'm not responsible.
I was not in the least likely to hear an exaggerated version of Lalage's performance from any source; because no one in the world, not even a politician, could exaggerate the truth about the Anti-Tommy-Rot Gazette. My mother went on: "You appear to be mixed up in the affair, and, on the whole, I advise you to get out of it at once if you can.
I thought over my position carefully and by the time the first sheet of my letter to the Archdeacon was dry, I had arrived at the conclusion that I had better not go on with it. I burned it. Lalage's meeting, held that night, was an immense success. The town hall was packed to its utmost capacity and I am told that Lalage spoke very well indeed.
Garbage and paper littered the roadway, except where there was sufficient slimy black mud to cover these; but, on the other hand, there was a large and gaudy public house at the corner, opposite a similar block of flats, and a cab rank just down the side turning. Lalage's flat consisted of three very small rooms, for which she paid fifty pounds a year.
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