” She turned herself to one side and
propped her head in her hand. Sheppard's dress—extremely
neat and clean, but simply fashioned, and of the plainest and most unpretending
material,—offered nothing assailable; and her demeanour was so humble, and
her looks so modest, that—if she had been ill-looking—she might, possibly,
have escaped the shafts of malice preparing to be levelled against her. "Speak, or I fire!"
"Well, if you will have it, it's Sir Rowland Trenchard. Old Jersey and Hampshire family, the Pellissiers,
and a capital stock, too, I believe. The small Diedermayer clan was a captive
audience. “Why, what is the matter with you? What do you
mean?”
Annabel laughed scornfully. ‘Because,’ said Lady Bicknacre in the confidential manner of all matrons
when passing on a tidbit of scandal, ‘Nicholas married against his father’s
wishes and ran away. The path he had selected conducted him to his
mother's humble dwelling. She had never dreamed
of such decadence, never imagined that young people
could be so happy and healthy. ’
‘And do not say you made a mull. Do sit down, dear boy. You
think everything is harmless and simple, and so forth. "Were it not for that, he would indeed be a blessing and a comfort to me. If you will think only of one trifling aspect—the inconvenience it must be to us
to explain your absence—I think you may begin to realize what it all means for
us.
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