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ou have time to listen i will give you the entire story he said it may form the basis of a future novel and prove quite as interesting as one of your own invention i had the time to listen of course one has time for anything and everything agreeable in the best place to hear the tale was in a victoria and with my good ... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
wish for solitude he was twenty years of age and in the possession of perfect health most youths like him would have the stillness of the and welcomed joyfully the first signs of that awakening that would come with the sunrise was sentimental the strangeness of the situation gave him a real delight he lay back in the c... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
and the skirt blew in perfect freedom about the upper parts she wore no hat and her hair hung in a careless to the level of her waist the girl returned s interested look finding him quite as well worth noting as he found her and they were apparently trying to decide which should the other when a short crisp word from t... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
of san and the rows of shops opposite impressed themselves upon his vision then the and last of all young mr gray a h h he said again he reached his hand toward a pocket of his and finding neither watch nor chain there he said love gone astray ah for the third time and began to get upon his feet what time is it he aske... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
an hour s walk was as tiresome as three in a sensible english town v but the skies remarked gray with enthusiasm love gone astray have you ever seen such beauty in the of sea and air as there is at sunset i thought before i came here that the painters had drawn on their but they do not half the reality and in the eveni... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
on the comfortable seat the last thing had seen was the beautiful city under the deep blue of a sky lit by the stars alone the broken moon having gone to rest below the horizon when the beauty of morning came again he experienced anew the pleasure of finding asleep and witnessing her awakening a little earlier than on ... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
on account of his health which is very bad he s at now and i ve run over here alone for a few days because the doctors don t think it best for him to come to the shore he s quite a different man from the one you speak of he counts all his i assure vou and he s made a handsome pile doing it i don t think he d at all app... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
at any rate whatever took place was for the mutual pleasure and satisfaction of all concerned and there is no reason to find fault with it at this late date with the horrors he had dreamed of still ringing in his head mr gray demanded an explanation of these why said the so called were whose death was decided upon in s... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
date with the information that there was a provision for him in mr s will a provision for me exclaimed why i never thought of such a thing mr waited till this outburst was over with all the dignity of a wooden image and then returned to his text u mr now deceased has made a provision for you sir he by the terms of his ... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
accept such figures as these not at all excited by the outburst which he had in fact expected mr proceeded to say that the full account of every receipt and expense connected with the estate of the late mr gray was ready for examination and he added it was all in mr s handwriting as for the stocks and bonds he continue... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
long since dead that i want you to begin as soon as possible to reap the benefits mr intended for you to this refused to listen though he began to think he had been rude to the man of the law he persisted that if mr had intended him to have two thousand five hundred dollars a year or any sum from his estate he would ha... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
he could the money for and search among his distant relations for some one to help him out of his but this course of he postponed in very shame and wandered a most figure up and down the streets hoping against hope that something would put him on his feet again one day while strolling in park he saw a familiar figure r... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
showed the greatest interest in the statement much greater than one would expect to find in a casual acquaintance gray could not help feeling grateful to him for in his present condition even a kind look was not to be despised the also eyed his companion intently during the progress of his and seemed to take a mental o... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
get my trunks and get ready for dinner that is all for to day asked still feeling the duties assigned to be very strange ones that is all and to morrow will be very much like it smiled the the dinner is it to be at a private house no mr inquisitive at a public the day was certainly the most agreeable that had spent for... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
that addition to a household so uncommon in your country he is a little out of health has some special trouble just now that keeps him at his hotel this daughter is his only child and will inherit everything a lucky man he ll be who gets her for his wife nodded assent the girl was certainly very fair and the addition o... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
at the club on whose books he had been temporarily inscribed he was regarded as a most desirable companion the number of his new friends was only limited by the list of received once or twice he had accompanied mr to private houses where he himself as might have been expected with full credit the wanted a young gentlem... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
to me in addition to any professional satisfaction if i can put you into the comfortable circumstances for which your nature is so well adapted there is no reason why you should fight your way in a cold and cruel world when ease and comfort may be yours at the same time there is as you must guess a feature to this marr... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
to her child and full of womanly instincts that would excuse any act that came within the pale of law and to her daughter s happiness a very blunt al it was to be this or nothing and the father left me to see what i could do in the language of the shop it seemed a difficult order to fill my sympathy for my and his unha... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
to fall gently from a small hotel he saw a couple and heard a hasty good night exchanged as they separated at the doorway in opposite directions the man who was dressed whistled for a passing cab and was driven away leaving his companion alone the woman walked slowly looking about as if expecting some one and presently... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
as that the hour before the came seemed interminable to the young man and when he at last arrived there was no time lost in coming to the point you are surprised to find me still here began gray when he had closed the door to shut out possible that can be explained in a moment after packing my effects with the intentio... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
to tell me as an honest man that you would marry her if you were single he demanded if i were of your age and of your circumstances before god yes said mr ah cried that is the point after all the money to be paid for the service not wholly this girl is as pretty a creature as lives at this moment in europe she is only ... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
do you tell me that a clergyman has consented to alter the date of his he asked astounded in the interest of a young girl s honorable future and for the consideration of five hundred yes smiled mr it is a little but quite right looked at from a broad now you would like to see a photograph of the lady with whom your is ... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
people who saw the occurrence together with a policeman who was somehow found hastened to the spot and held the horses heads while the were assisted to their feet gray however discovered that he could only stand with help one of his ankles being the other though considerably bruised was able to his horse and did so it ... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
be thought of at this time in reference to her condition the young man started so suddenly at this that he his aching limb and uttered a cry of pain you ought to know he complained his face con love gone astray with suffering from a double cause that such a warning is unnecessary not only to day but never if there is a... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
best course he could have taken it avoided for the present the and of argument for which neither of them were prepared as i understand it he began clearing his throat we met by accident for the first time in over a year ago each was attracted by the other although no word was then exchanged the next time we met was at ... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
of between the young couple and the parents you have succeeded or will by to morrow in bringing about a satisfactory state of affairs now is there any reason why you and i should have a different understanding than that possessed by the rest of mankind shall we not forget absolutely all that passed up to the hour when ... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
kind remarks returned a bow which hid for a moment the blush they brought to his cheek he felt that the worst was over and that he had nothing to dread from this man he therefore went on to speak of his former life of his youth of his travels with mr and of his surprise at learning that the fortune he had expected to i... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
and mrs henry of to mr gray of new york the young couple have made their peace with their elders and are said to be the happiest pair in england they will remain abroad for some time longer on account of mrs s health which continues delicate stared hard at her husband and that has been sent to an american paper she rep... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
bosom while the latter relieved the situation with her thoughtful words was very affecting whatever might have done the attachment to her mother was too deep to be questioned and at last when mrs gently to mamma forced her child to lift her eyes and receive a warm kiss the tears that flowed down the young cheeks were t... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
another reason that i cannot talk about i appreciate all you are doing for me oh don t doubt that but she fell back faintly into the old form of expression you should think you should remember her eyes opened and closed again her hands clenched and her lips were drawn in until they appeared as white as her forehead the... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
i am sure and you must have a great deal of patience till i get a little used to things gray could control his tongue but not his thoughts and he wondered more than ever how this mother s girl this father s pet had strayed so far from reserve and duty as to have come gone to her present pass but he shook off these refl... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
mirror what he might under happier conditions have enjoyed but the beggar who watches an imperial progress does not think ill of the emperor and while grinding his teeth together in an effort to forget he had only good wishes for the couple whose delight his contrasted state it had been decided to remain over night in ... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
had so greatly wronged whether he really knew the extent of the harm he had done her whether his low mind might not lead him in the latter case to attempt to gain some advantage through the fears he could excite mr gray felt that he ought to know these things in order to make preparation should any annoyance be inflict... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
son in law he would not have believed until he had seen it that such a thorough gentleman would accept that questionable place and fill it in such a perfect manner had never returned to the full of her days and her father had no reason to expect that she would it must be a long time before she could the memory of what ... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
human mind to hate those who show us the greatest kindness you remember i alluded to that when your friend he called himself i believe abused you after you had saved him from by i saw him in london a few weeks ago and he is thinking of coming this way soon mr gray clenched his hands and bit his lip this man was getting... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
not to meet him and was not a place at which mr of london was likely to be called by any of the of his profession of the baby chapter xvii arrival of the baby as the time grew nearer when mrs gray was to become a mother her husband found his position growing more and more peculiar mrs never tired of talking to him of t... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
in the presence of her mother and husband to the infinite pleasure of the elder lady who herself immensely on having originated the notion of communicating the great event to her circle of friends in this manner mrs gray was able to do one thing on these that gave her much satisfaction as it was necessary to a of conne... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
going to england on the following day to all of which agreed striving to calm herself as best she might it was the first time had actually spoken in angry tones to her but on the other hand it was something to think he had been jealous if only for a moment for jealousy affection if he entertained the green eyed monster... | 0Arthur Conan Doyle |
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