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on that point there are indeed reasons for despatch your title sir william is a new over her heart certainly but there is many a slip and you must not lose her now i don t mean to lose said de she is too good to be lost and yet since she gave her a promise i have felt more than once that i would not engage in ...	45
present sir william this must be looked into dare said oh as he observed through the window one of the workmen bring up a candle from the vault and it with his fingers the marriage is desirable and your relationship in itself is of no consequence continued the elder but just look at this you have forced on the marriage...	45
of established the discovery was startling enough but our hero was not de and easily startled he kept their secret and lived on as before at last the and his affairs became known to the society as the affairs of the society had become known to the and instead of shooting him as one who knew too much for their safety th...	45
wait for this event when again in motion his eye fell upon the skirt of a lady s dress opposite the owner of which had entered and seated herself so softly as not to attract his attention ah indeed he exclaimed as he looked up to her face i had not a notion that it was you he went over and shook hands with de i am not ...	45
conviction that there was something in miss de r s allusion to the which ought to be explained without considering how he personally would be able to explain it he felt an objection to cross the water that night or till he had been able to see again and learn more of her meaning he the order to put his luggage on board...	45
he was in an ordinary s and print s to which a certain artistic was imparted by a few oil paintings in the background made for the latter department and when she was inside mr ray appeared in person from the lumber shop adjoining which despite its contributed by far the greater share to his income put her question simp...	45
shy for the details of what troubled her so much in the gross a lis a has inquired for you what is she doing she is in her room she has not begun to dress yet will you go to her assented i have to tell her something she said which will make no difference but which i should like her to know this morning at once i have ...	45
a man has to be given in charge or a boy or a demon she replied i was going to do it but you can do it better than i he will run away if we don t mind but my dear who is it what has he done it is dare that young man you see out there against the sky she looked from the window sideways towards the new wing on the roof...	45
announced to that lady that it was her great wish to go on and see the beauties of but though her aunt was simple there were bounds to her simplicity she said with an air i don t think you should run after a young man like this suppose he shouldn t care for you by this time it was no occasion for further affectation i ...	45
produced a hand and extended finger from her side and pointed towards the lower end of the street went on the carriage following with difficulty on account of the in the at bottom the street on a wide one with customary modern life flowing through it and as she looked crossed her front along this street hurrying as if ...	45
and mr has been kind enough to give us a chance of our knowledge of french early pointed and pays half the expenses said a few other things to the young man walked slowly round the as if she had come to examine it and returned down the staircase on getting back to the hotel she told her aunt who had just been having a ...	45
situation but of course one can t be expected to take much trouble when he is seen going on like that the coolness with which she began her remarks had developed into something like warmth as she concluded he is only dancing with a lady he probably knows very well he doesn t know her i can see he doesn t know her we w...	45
miss power still for he had seen in some newspaper two days before leaving england that the wedding had been postponed on account of her illness was so greatly moved that he could hardly speak to his father as they paced on together but she is not ill as far as i can see he said the wedding postponed you are sure the ...	45
down walked briskly into the hotel troubled herself nothing about dinner but went upstairs to their sitting room where her aunt presently found her upon the couch looking up at the ceiling through her fingers they talked on different subjects for some time till the old lady said mr s cottage is the one covered with flo...	45
turning to where the dim i a lines of the castle rose he continued well there it stands and i not in it they are not in it yet either they soon will be well what tune is that you were humming captain a l is lost now replied the captain grimly oh no you have got me and i am a treasure to any man i have another match i...	45
system in der text in ist an die des materials und von von in ist information und den material der von ver week dire legal ist fur in den ist in ist ob ist von land land ob ist in es in form und der von die in form at ion en und und die we lt und au und den im books j collection of british authors edition vol a by thom...	45
name was a man of independent tastes and instincts who unconsciously and perhaps unhappily took greater pleasure in floating in currents of thought tha n with the general tide of n when quite a lad in the days of the french which immediately succeeded to the great english pointed revival under scott and other he had cr...	45
present altogether his mind a flew back to his past life and the waste of time that had resulted from his not having been able to make up his mind which of the many fashions of art that were coming and going in change was the true point of departure for himself he had suffered from the modern malady of unlimited as muc...	45
which the was all trodden away by busy feet had a living human interest that the numerous and churches knee deep in fresh green grass visited by him during the foregoing week had moreover there was going to be a tiiat meant the of a grown up person and he had been told that were earnest people and that the scene was mo...	45
and could live and was even at that moment living a cl stealthy inner life which had very little to do with her present one the of nearly every external sign of that distress under which knew by a sudden sympathy that she was added strength to these convictions and you refuse said the astonished minister as she still s...	45
one scene the imagined scene of the girl herself as she sat alone in the the fervent congregation rose to sing again and then a heard a slight noise on his left hand which caused him to turn his head the which had retired into the field to wait was back again at the door the subject of his came out from the chapel not...	45
had quite forgotten again upon his ear and retreating to a convenient place he observed its final course from the poles amid the trees it leaped across the moat over the wall and thence by a tremendous stretch towards the keep where to judge by sound it vanished through an into the interior this of m then was the s end...	45
seemed to occupy the whole area of the keep from this apartment a corridor with black oak led to the more modem wing where light and air were treated in a less fashion here the passages were broader than in the oldest portion and in the service of the fine arts hid to a great extent the coldness of the walls was now le...	45
the same person and almost without knowing it he found himself deeply hoping for such a charming unity it was hoping quite out of bounds yet at the present moment it was impossible to say they were not the object of his inspection was idly leaning and this somewhat disguised her figure it might have been tall or short ...	45
am sure miss power will be glad to know that anybody thinks it interesting to go down there which is more than she does herself some obvious inquiries were suggested by this but said i have seen the pictures and have been much struck by them partly he added with some hesitation because one or two of them reminded me o...	45
hopes to imitate the old work in time especially the greek of the best period four hundred years after christ or before christ i forget which it was said oh no she is not practical in the sense you mean at all a mixed young lady rather miss de appeared unable to settle whether this new definition of her dear friend sh...	45
one thing and some another i think they does it to save the expense of a christian burial for their children now there s a poor family out in long lane the husband used to for more the blacksmith till a hurt his arm they d have no less than eleven children if they d not been lucky t other way and buried five when the...	45
not gone again she exclaimed john seldom reads it right if i am away it now seemed quite in the ordinary course that as a friend of her father s he should accompany her to the instrument so up they went together and immediately on reaching it she applied her ear to the instrument and began to gather the message fancied...	45
de took it up and read mr william dare it is not miss power who has come then asked with a disappointed face no ma am she looked again at the card this is some man of business i suppose does he want to see me yes miss he would be glad to see you if miss power is not at home miss de left the room and soon returned sayi...	45
minister whose he had heard in the chapel yonder now continued the minister will you a express to me any reason or objection whatever you to withdraw from our communion it wai that of your father and of his father before him ad difficulty you may have met with i will honestly try to remove for i need hardly say that in...	45
than a moment she sa on as before looking past s position at the view down the river visible for a long distance before her till it was lost under the bending trees turned over the leaves of the minister s bible and began the words of my text are taken from the to the the seventh chapter and the verse here the young la...	45
ing him the i cannot but feel that mr well s heart has been wounded the minister s yes he is single itself he give away nearly all he has to the poor he works the sick carrying them necessaries with his own hand he teaches the ignorant men and lads of the when he ought to be resting at home till he is a prostrate from ...	45
the reverse as the possibility of levity crossed his brain his face warmed it pained him to think that a woman so beautiful could condescend to a trick of even so mild a complexion as that he wanted to think her the soul of all that was tender and noble and kind the pleasure of setting himself to win a minister s was a...	45
only come back for something forgotten these and thoughts occupied the mind of until the bell was rung for luncheon owing to the very dusty condition in which he found himself after his morning s labours among the old he was rather late in getting down stairs and seeing that george y the rest had gone in he went straig...	45
what i say is that none of the architecture we now see was standing at that date there was a silence of a minute disturbed only by a murmured dialogue between mrs and the minister during which was looking thoughtfully on the table as if a question can it be she said to that such certainty has been reached in the study ...	45
library in the wing of the house adjoining that in which the telegraph stood and arranged for her temporary use till things were more in order she was alone sitting behind a table with letters and sketches and looking fresh from her drive perhaps it was because he had been shut up in that dismal all the afternoon that ...	45
proof of my ability to carry it out than you have at present let there be a competition between mr and m let our rival plans for the restoration and be submitted to a committee of the royal of british and let the choice rest with them subject of course to your approval it is indeed generous of you to suggest it she l...	45
is my handkerchief answered carelessly i fixed it there with a stone to attract attention and forgot to take it away all three looked up at the handkerchief with interest why did you want to attract attention asked in a low voice oh i fell into the but i got out very easily oh said turning to her friend that must be th...	45
to you oh no that s not necessary i went up last night to see where the accident happened and there i found it when you came up were you in search of it or did you want me then she saw me he thought i went for the handkerchief only i was not aware that you were there he answered simply it could hardly be assumed that ...	45
and might not come proceeded to the chapel and waited with the progress of the seconds towards the half hour he began to discover that a dangerous admiration for this girl had risen within him yet so imaginative was his passion that he hardly knew a single feature of her countenance well enough to remember it in her ab...	45
the white silk puffing of her black hat and the speaking power of her eyes at the moment of danger the breadth of that clear forehead almost concealed by the masses of brown hair up around it signified that if her disposition were and enough for trifling or in any way making a fool of him she had the intellect to do ...	45
test that gentleman s how would you measure the front of a building including windows doors and every other feature for a ground plan so as to combine the greatest accuracy with the greatest despatch in running dimensions said as this was the particular kind of work he wanted done thought the answer promising coming to...	45
a long time musing he thought but that he did not say am very sorry he murmured will you make amends by coming to our i ask you the very first will replied to add that it would give him great pleasure etc seemed an weak way of expressing his feelings and he said no more it is on the nineteenth don t forget the day he m...	45
i wish i was one of them what you wish you were a de yes it is very dreadful to be as a i want to be romantic and historical miss de seems not to value the privilege he said looking round at another part of the church where was innocently to mrs quite heedless of the of her forefathers if i were one she continued i sh...	45
went to another till he again to her romantic interest in the de family to wish she was one of them how very inconsistent of her that she really did wish it was for the feeling had been so strong as to break through her natural a chapter xv it was the day of the garden party the weather was too cloudy to be called perf...	45
in the square of darkness formed by one of the open windows the effect being that of a portrait by or it was his assistant dare leaning on the of the as he smoked his and surveyed the gay groups beneath after holding a chattering conversation with some ladies from a neighbouring country seat who had known his father in...	45
growl of thunder was heard it was as if jove could not refrain from his jealousy of for taking this woman so in his arms the dance was over and he had retired with to the back of the tent when another faint flash of lightning was visible through an opening she lifted the canvas and looked out looking out behind her ano...	45
and trembled i can explain he began it is not necessary we are friends said dare looked as if he would like to snatch the leaf away but his mind he said grimly well i take you at your word we are friends that letter was before i knew of the competition it was during my first disgust when i believed myself entirely i am...	45
and when do you begin to build mr he inquired in tones in three months i think said dare looking to assented five thousand pounds commission murmured the paid down i suppose nodded and the works will not linger for lack of money to carry them out i imagine said dare two hundred thousand will probably be spent before th...	45
and along the highway when they reached the entrance to the park a man driving a basket carriage came out from the gate and passed them by in the gloom that was he said dare he sometimes drives over from the hotel and sometimes walks he has been working late this evening strolling on under the trees they met three figu...	45
not to have taken your degrees in these parts that s a secret my friend said dare i am a citizen of the world i owe no country patriotism and no king or queen obedience a man whose country has no boundary is your only true gentleman well where were you bom somewhere i suppose it would be a fact worth the telling the s...	45
and and prepared for the journey it was afternoon walked from the castle in the direction of the wood to reach by a he had not proceeded far when there approached his path a man riding a bay horse with a square cut tail the wore a beard and looked at with a piercing eye as he noiselessly nearer over the soft sod of the...	45
what i can again thanks captain but i am afraid it will not be much at present you know i am as poor as a mouse but such as it is could you write a for it now i will send it to you from the i have a better plan by getting over this we could go round at the back of the to sleeping green church there is always a pen and ...	45
if his heart wished to confess what his judgment feared to tell should not be on this point he then tell me why do you so much object to her i once vowed a vow a vow said dare rather disconcerted a vow of infinite solemnity i must tell you from the beginning perhaps you are old enough to hear it now though you have b...	45
old green window panes it is better than doing nothing said dare cheerfully as the game went on i hope you don t dislike it not if it pleases you said de and the of this place does not extend further than the aisle wall doesn t it said de as he mechanically played out his cards what became of that box of books i sent y...	45
her head besides i don t always go there with her oh no i couldn t remained so firm at this point that dare said no more when he had left her he returned to the castle grounds and though there was not much light he had no difficulty in discovering the the outside of which he had observed before without thinking to inqu...	45
an expression as now aunt look at me and you is not that shocking to your weak nerves when some feat would be repeated which however seemed to give much more dare and pleasure to herself in performing it than to mrs in looking on the latter sometimes saying oh it is terrific do not run such a risk again it would ha...	45
weighing in he wished suddenly to commit himself to de remove the question of retreat out of the region of debate the clock struck two and the wish became determination he arose and himself in his dressing gown went to the next room where he took from a shelf in the several large bottles which he carried to the window ...	45
you certainly there s not said with brave t e emphasis it is more likely to be between and him than me and him de s bare military ears and closely flushed hot miss power and him i don t mean to say there is because it but i mean that he loves that i do know de was dumb this item of news which dare had kept from him not...	45
s earnest attempt to make an impression on but she could say nothing against it and they proceeded on their way it was the darkest of november weather when the days are so short that morning seems to join with evening without the of noon the sky was lined with low cloud within whose dense substance were slowly for the ...	45
and the de felt reassured by his de looked with interest round the gallery seeing which said she would have lights brought in a moment no please not said de the room and ourselves are of so much more interesting a colour by this light as they moved hither and thither the various expressions of de s face made themselves...	45
time with the proceeding further than to bestow a now and then to give a colour to his regular presence in the fortress the actual work of taking copies being carried on by the younger man the weather was frequently wet during these operations and miss de and her brother were often in the house whole mornings together ...	45
captain de for showing me such an expedient do i really deserve thanks asked de with a meditative smile upon her i wish i deserved a reward but i must bear in mind the fable of the priest and the i never heard it the implored the priest for but the smallest sum was refused though the holy man readily agreed to give him...	45
trying position it was not that he had bestowed much affection upon his deceased wife woman as she had been but the suddenness of her death had shaken his nerves and mr s address on the uncertainty of life involved considerations of conduct on earth that bore with singular upon s for victory in the castle competition h...	45
spell cast over her by something or other probably the presence of de and the weird of his manner towards her which was as if the historic past had touched her with a yet living hand in a great measure became dissipated leaving her the arch and serene maiden that she was before about this time captain de and his were...	45
yourself a good meal you keep me as poor as a crow there shall be more to morrow the peculiarly nature of captain de a as shown in his conduct at different times was some thing rare in life and perhaps happily so that i mechanical of black and white qualities without on which the theory of men s characters was based by...	45
ng of the that overlook our beautiful or on the particular occasion of which i have to speak this building stood as it had often stood before in the perfect silence of a calm clear night lighted only by the cold shine of the stars the season was winter in days long ago the last century having run but little more than a...	45
at home when the cat s away said the squire they arrived and there were indications in their manner that they meant to make a night of it of castle was late and they waited a quarter of an hour for him he being one of the pf friends without whose presence no such dinner as this would be considered complete and it may ...	45
and hoped her husband would forgive her she wrote in short like a woman who having had her way as to the deed is prepared to make any concession as to words and subsequent behaviour all this took at its true value or rather perhaps at less than its true value as his life depended upon his not getting into a passion he ...	45
time now drawing nigh at which was expected to come and claim her he would have done so already but he had been put off by the earnest request of the young woman herself which accorded with that of her parents on the score of her youth had to their wishes in this respect the understanding between them having been that ...	45
her mother said gently i you are a woman now added her mother severely and these must come to an end but my father oh i am sure he will not allow this i am not ready if he could only wait a year longer if he could only wait a few months longer oh i wish i wish my dear father were here i will send to him instantly sh...	45
strained strung up silence that had fallen upon her they left the park to return by another route and on the open road passed a cottage s eye fell upon the cottage window within it she saw a young girl about her own age whom she knew by sight sitting in a chair and propped by a pillow the girl s face was covered with s...	45
to his letter but before acting upon her advice and starting for king s he made up his mind to wait another day that s father might at least have time to write to him if so minded the returned traveller much desired to obtain the squire s assent as well as his wife s to the proposed visit to his bride that nothing migh...	45
man yet not yet by a long ways sir i wish we had i can hardly hold on the squire could not repress a groan now and then and knew he was in great pain i wish i was that s the place for such fools as i td gladly be a group of noble there if it were not for mistress he s coming on to king s to morrow he won t put it off...	45
court so he rode and rode and hopeful by turns he felt assured that unless in the unfortunate event of the almost immediate arrival of her son in law at his own heels mrs would not be able tp hinder s departure for her father s bedside it was about nine o clock that having put twenty miles of country behind him he turn...	45
on trying the door of the girl s room she found it still locked mrs called but there was no answer full of she privately fetched the old house steward and bade a of noble him burst open the door an order by no means easy to execute the of the court being constructed however the lock sprang open at last and she entered...	45
roman road now called long ash lane by this time they were rather alarmed at their own performance for they were both young and inexperienced hence they proceeded almost in silence till they came to a mean roadside inn which was not yet closed when who had held on to him with much all this while felt dreadfully and sai...	45
my little wife twelve years and a half old may i kiss you now though by no means desired his kisses she had enough of the spirit of in s ballad to test his daring if you have courage to venture yes sir said she but you may die for it mind he came up to her and a deliberate kiss full upon her mouth saying may many other...	45
usually occupied the more serious attention of the members this club was of an and character to a degree indeed remarkable for the part of england in which it had its being dear delightful whose are even now only just beginning to feel the shaking of the new and strange spirit without like that which entered the lonel...	45
mansion of the earl as well as that of his neighbour s father stood back about a mile from the highway with which each was connected by an ordinary drive and lodge it was along this particular highway that the young earl drove on a certain evening at some twenty years before the end of the last century to attend a ball...	45
get an excuse for leaving the ball room and that she had left the house within ten minutes during the first dance after supper i saw her go said lord the devil you did says sir john yes and he mentioned the retreating and how he was assured by lady that no guest had departed surely tiiat was it said the father but she ...	45
in their manner as though they should say ah my happy s wife you re caught s letters were as affectionate as ever even more affectionate after a while than hers were to him observed this growing coolness in herself and like a good and honest lady was and grieved since her only wish was to act faithfully and it troubled...	45
when he came after long weeks had recovered sufficiently a group of noble to be able to write himself and slowly and tenderly he enlightened her upon the full extent of his injuries it was a mercy he said that he had not lost his sight entirely but he was thankful to say that he still retained full vision in one eye th...	45
and round about lodge except for the of the trees till when it was near upon midnight she heard the noise of hoofs and wheels approaching the door knowing that it could only be her husband instantly went into the hall to meet him yet she stood there not without a sensation of so many were the changes since their partin...	45
her eyes all her natural sentiments of affection and pity were driven clean out of her by a sort of panic she had just the same sense of dismay and that she would have had in the presence of an apparition she could fancy this to be her chosen one the man she had loved he was to a specimen of another species i do not y...	45
objects pour in by every morning s post and nearly all churches have been made to look like new as the poor lady could not ease her conscience this way she determined at least to be charitable and soon had the satisfaction of finding her porch thronged every morning by the most drunken and worthless in but human hearts...	45
she was in the habit of leaving the chamber in this queer way more frequently than he had observed and he determined to watch the next midnight he feigned deep sleep and shortly after perceived her stealthily rise and a group of noble let herself out of the room in the dark he slipped on some clothing and followed at t...	45
scene before you ll take it away dearest you will she begged if you love me i oh i do and hate him and his memory yes thoroughly i cannot endure recollection of him cried the poor it fills me with shame how could i ever be so never behave badly again and you will never put the hated statue again before my eyes he fel...	45
her though he feared his narrative would be of a much kind than the surgeon s the club begged him to proceed and the parson began a group of noble o dame the third the of by the rural dean dame the third the of by the rural dean t i would have you know then that a great many years ago there lived in a classical mansion...	45
her own position and prospects than for him whether firom the agitation of this perception or not he was seized with a he gasped rose and in moving towards the window for air he uttered in a short thick whisper oh my heart with his hand upon his chest he sank down to the floor before he had gone step by the time that s...	45
idea struck her as a means of securing it i think i mentioned that before she cast eyes on the unfortunate steward s clerk he had been the beloved of a certain village the s daughter his neighbour to whom he had paid some attentions and possibly he was beloved of her still at any rate the lady s influence on the estate...	45
that went home as usual and lady also the latter that very night to the her mother of the marriage and to nobody else in the world and some time after lady and her mother went away to london where a little while later still they were joined by who was supposed to have left the village to proceed to a watering place in ...	45
this case was not so little as may be supposed but i will agree to put it to him and let him settle it for himself that s all i require said lady you must ask him to come and i will meet him here the soldier was written to and the meeting took place he was not so much astonished at the disclosure of his as lady had bee...	45
by the way i have you must know a little girl dependent upon me a little i found one day in a patch of wild such was this worthy s humour when i was riding home a little nameless a group of noble i i creature whom i wish to take care of till she is old enough to take care of herself and to in a plain way she is only fi...	45
trouble to answer the lawyer s letter and so the matter ended for the time one day at dinner on their return from a short absence in town whither they had gone to see what the world was doing hear what it was saying and to make themselves generally fashionable after for so long on this occasion i say they learnt from ...	45
while this divine creature though truly english had apparently whatever she wanted in the italian and french tongues to suit every impression which was considered a great improvement to speech in those days and indeed is by many considered as such in these how very strange it was about the little girl the said to lady ...	45
she won t let her go for a time has her but she s mine she s mine cries lady then her quick and tender eyes perceived that her a group of noble husband had almost forgotten her existence in contemplating the of s the s and his own he was in a dream of exaltation which recognized nothing necessary to his well being ou...	45
is for well never mind beggars mustn t be the reason or motive is nothing to us so that you obtain your desire i am not a beggar any longer said lady with proud mystery what do you mean by that lady hesitated however it was only too plain that she did not now jump at a of one for whom some months before she had been br...	45
were occupied by her precious boy in the course of time the and doubly rejected married i a respectable road the same if i mistake not who repaired and improved the old highway running from south through the new forest in the heart of this worthy man of business the poor girl found the nest which had been denied her ...	45
was under of returning to look after his properties the wedding took place and maria left her uncle s mansion with her husband going in the first place to london and about a fortnight after sailing with him across the ocean for their distant home which however he assured her should not be her home for long it being hi...	45

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