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He feared no man on earth. But he was terribly afraid of Amelia Roper. He wandered about through the old Manor woods very ill at ease. The post from Guestwick went out at seven, and he must at once make up his mind whether or no he would write to Amelia on that day. He must also make up his mind as to what he would say to her.
Gilbert found a new species of sleeping lizard, with four lighter stripes on the dark brown ground along the back, and with dark spots on the sides. Mr. Roper shot some ducks, and I found a species of Ancylus; besides the species of Limnaea and Paludina, which we had previously met with. Dec. 28.
Occasionally, as a roper returned, he paused on the edge of the herd long enough to "eat" a piece of tobacco and pass a quiet word with a fellow, then spurring his horse, re-entered the herd again. No matter how swift his action, his eyes were quiet. It was hard work; dusty, hot, and dangerous also. To be unhorsed in that struggling mass meant serious injury if not death.
There were several pauses in the hemorrhage, and at each pause Mr. Bouncing's mind came back to him as clear as glass. He spoke at intervals. "Not Rivers," he said, fixing Winn's eyes, "Roper Roper." Then he leaned back on the strong shoulder supporting him. "Glad to go," he murmured. "Life has been a damned nuisance. I've had enough of it."
Eames's advice may have been good, and the view taken by him of Amelia's proceedings may have been correct; but as regarded his own part in the affair, he was not wise. Miss Roper, no doubt, wished to make him jealous; and she succeeded in the teeth of his aversion to her and of his love elsewhere. He had no desire to say soft things to Miss Roper.
Roper cleverly hinted. This decided Maurice once and for all. He refused all further invitations. He had a terror of being managed, and though he always was managed, gusts of this fear would seize upon him at any effort to influence him in any direction favorable to himself. He was never in the least uneasy at being managed to his disadvantage.
I call it very plucky of the dog to go on trying; for what lap Lady Theodosia has is so steep it must be like trying to sleep on the dome of St. Paul's. Mr. Roper sat at my other side, and after a while he talked to me; he said he came every year to shoot partridges, and it was always the same.
Roper was forced to leave her treasure, since she durst not take it to Chelsea, as the royal officers were already in possession, and the whole family were to depart on the ensuing day. Stephen and Giles returned safely to Cheapside. "O the oak, and the birch, and the bonny holly tree, They flourish best at home in my own countree."
"Miss Spruce will think better of it." "You don't know what I've had to go through. There's none of them pays, not regular, only she and you. She's been like the Bank of England, has Miss Spruce." "I'm afraid I've not been very regular, Mrs Roper." "Oh, yes, you have. I don't think of a pound or two more or less at the end of a quarter, if I'm sure to have it some day.
Torridon," he said, "if you have no more to say, let us go and see Beatrice." There was a group on the lawn under one of the lime trees, two or three girls and Mr. Roper, who all rose to their feet as the three came up. More immediately sat down on the grass, putting his feet delicately together before him. "Will, fetch this gentleman a chair.
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