Chapter XVII
THE CHANGE IN “ALCIDE”
“By-the-bye,” his neighbour asked him languidly, “who is our hostess?”
“Usually known, I believe, as Lady Ferringhall,” Ennison answered, “unless I
have mixed up my engagement list and come to the wrong house. ‘Besides, I don’t want the
men blundering in here and frightening off our spy. ‘The general himself?’
‘How shall I get my inheritance if the general will believe that pig?’
‘Do wish you wouldn’t keep on calling him a pig,’ Martha begged. She repeated phrases of Mrs. “Are we interrupting anything?”
“No!” Martin jumped slightly. His fingers slipped under the collar of her linen shift
and he tore it open with a swipe. It was
lent me by a countryman o' mine; but I paid him back in his own coin—ha! ha!"
"A countryman of yours, Terry?"
"Ay, and a noble one, too, Quilt—more's the pity! You've heard of the Marquis
of Slaughterford, belike?"
"Of course; who has not? He's the leader of the Mohocks, the general of the
Scourers, the prince of rakes, the friend of the surgeons and glaziers, the terror of
your tribe, and the idol of the girls!"
"That's him to a hair?" cried Terence, rapturously. The ball passed over his head, and
lodged in the ceiling. Montague Hill. "
While this order was obeyed, Figg, who had been standing near the door, made
his way to the prisoner, and offered him his huge hand, which Jack warmly
grasped. Accordingly, the old knight reduced his
son's allowance to a third of its previous amount; and, upon further provocation,
he even went so far as to alter his will in favour of his daughter, Aliva, who was
then betrothed to her cousin, Sir Cecil Trafford.
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