Spurlock gave his full name and tremblingly inscribed it upon the
certificate of marriage. ’
***
Mrs Chalkney, a long-time friend of the late Mrs Alderley, had been delighted to
oblige that lady’s son. 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. Wood fancied he recognised. She wished her father and aunt would not enjoy their dinner with such quiet
determination. ’
“Crude, I admit. “You must pack for
me. “She’s my wife,” the man muttered. They talked lightly and smoked cigarettes till Anna, with a
little laugh, threw open the window and let in the cool night air. “And what on earth,” he said, “do you think
the world is made of? Why do you think I have been doing things for you? The
abstract pleasure of goodness? Are you one of the members of that great white
sisterhood that takes and does not give? The good accepting woman! Do you
really suppose a girl is entitled to live at free quarters on any man she meets
without giving any return?”
“I thought,” said Ann Veronica, “you were my friend. "By means of the watchman who had the charge of me," replied Thames.
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