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. Skirting the noble
gardens of Montague House, (now, we need scarcely say, the British Museum,)
the party speedily reached Great Russell Street,—a quarter described by Strype,
in his edition of old Stow's famous Survey, "as being graced with the best
buildings in all Bloomsbury, and the best inhabited by the nobility and gentry,
especially the north side, as having gardens behind the houses, and the prospect
of the pleasant fields up to Hampstead and Highgate; insomuch that this place,
by physicians, is esteemed the most healthful of any in London. You've got me interested and curious. But no more of that. 1. Still, it was true about men. Play foul, and win. "
The feminine vanities in Ruth were quiescent; nothing had ever occurred in her
life to tingle them into action. As Jonathan scarcely expected a more satisfactory result, he made
no comment; but, ordering Quilt to continue his search, and not to return until he
had found the fugitive, called Abraham Mendez into the house, and shut the
door. She felt a cheat
and a sneak to his unsuspecting retreating back. She shuddered; the
room was unfamiliar and unwelcoming. No, let us dine here, and then go
and have our coffee on the boulevards. ’
‘Well? Well? What did the fellow have to add to this rigmarole?’
‘He confirmed that Nicholas Charvill—presumably Melusine’s father—had
been disinherited for marrying Suzanne Valade. They blinded me. He looked at her for a moment in a puzzled sort of way.
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