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to tell the cad what i think of him
j n nonsense
you cannot interfere
what is it to do with you if her mother wont protect her
will
it is infapaous that a girl like that should be subject to to y ou dontcven know what has hap pened
she said enough
i can guess
girls are prone to exaggeration
philippe is a gentlemafi
he is a confounded libertine roared ales almost beside himself with rage
and if ypu are insinuat ing that she is telling lies about it
you ought to bc ashamed of yourself
let me go
but cheyne tightened his grasp of the infuriated youth
to becontinucd
l
seventy times seven
by adeline sergeant author of the story of a penitent soul jacobis wife roger yanbronghs wife the great millstreet mystery a life sentence dr endicotts ex periment a rogues daughter tha luck of the house casper brookei daughter no ambition c c published by special arrangement with thf author
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chapter xxvcontinued
it was not long before mrs st aidan
heard of the newlyestablished truce be tween iviagdalen and philip
esher and thought herself justified in coming over to the priory to question magdalen about it
you have set me wondering with the rest of the world madge
why magdalen asked quietly though with a troubled face
the
world says that you are going to marry philip
the world is wrong
but will it always be wrong
oh mag dalen my dear dont be hard
you might forgive him now
there are some things that a woman has no right to forgive said magdalen rising up suddenly as if to put an end to the conversation
what
i do emilia is for the childrens sake nob for their fathers
h
g marry himi for he childrens sake said mrs st aidan intrepidly aiid then you will have them all to yourself
philip would never be bothered with them then
but she went on with a rapid change of tone of course i did not come to tailk to you about him dyr
magdalen smiled a little bitterly
i came to ask you to dinner on thursday next
io come
who is to be there
mrs st aidan ran over a list of guests philip was act among them and magdalen promised to come
on thursday evening therefore a very pleasant party of guests assembled at itihe rectory
the clerical element was rather largely represented bat for this magda len was not sorry
she was a efctle sur prised to meet max brendon
mrs st aidftn had wot mentioned ihim in fact he hkdi been asked at the last moment to
sup ply tlhe place of somebody else
mrs sit
aidan was very keenly watchful of mhg dalens demeanor especially whan she was taken in to dinner by max brendon whom captain ushers words mad taught her to look upon
from a marriageable point of view
bait nothing could be more udiover like than maxs manner although it waa evident that he liked miss lingards com pany
and magdalen en grande tenue always looked well the style of dress thai she adopted although odd for her years suited her to perfection
she wore black velvet trimmed with old point aee dia momds in her ihair and on her neck
in spite of herself mrs st aidan wished iflhat capthira eaher could see her in ithe full magnificence of her large and noble beauty
and thus captain esher did see her
he had not been invited to dinner and nobody could tell whether he had heard of the party or not but in tome mysterious manner he was found in the middle of the evening standing by mrs st aidans sofa lightly explaining that he had been obliged by business to see mr st aidan who had brought him into the drawingroom
the hostess expressed her displeasure by a very frigid assumption of dignity and glanced apprehensively both at magdalen and max but philip esher took no apparent notice of her coldness stayed beside her some momenits and only sauntered away when the piano was opened and the rector was asking magdalen to sing
then he ensconced himself in a corner with folded arms and the indifference of a man who is going to be bored
in reality he waa watching with eager eyes every move ment of magdalens face and hands
she had never looked so handsome as when she sat down at the piano the transparent paleness of her face slightly disturbed by a faint carnation flush her large dark eyea less calm than usual her white bosom ris ing and falling beneath the delicate lace and rich velvet that covered it so softly
captain esher was confident of success it was clear to him she knew he was there that in itself was a triumph for she had never looked his v
ay
and yet her calmness had departed
what would she sing
any thing that they both remembered
any thing that they had sung together
he was disappointed
she sung a stately old canzone which he had never heard before
as she played the conclud ing chord she knew that he was standing at her side his whisper fell hotly
oh her ear
sing tender and true magdalen that is the song for you he murmured
she rose and moved a little to
one side
some one asked captain esher to sing it was well known tha he had
a very line tenor voice
he smiled as he sat down at the piano glanced at magdalen who had not beeta able to move away al together
i will singtoyou he said in a voice meant on for her ear
but the words were a little louder than he had intended them to be and were overheard by one listener at least
and this listener was max brendon
captain esher dashed at once into a pas sionate love song which he hadi often sung to magdalen in days gone by
it seemedi to make no impression upon her
at its close he saw that she was sitting by an un interesting old lady with whom she was ex changing occasional quiet remarks calm and composed and to all appearance quite uncojjseious of his own keen glance or of a strangely intent and troubled gaze that she was receiving from mr max bren don
v i was right said esher to himself
that fellow is in love with her and whas is more he heard what i said
whether max brendom were in love or mot he was remarkably silent for the rest of the evening and took careful note of eshers and magdalens movements

to tell the cad what i think of him

j n nonsense

you cannot interfere

what is it to do with you if her mother wont protect her

will

it is infapaous that a girl like that should be subject to to y ou dontcven know what has hap pened

she said enough

i can guess

girls are prone to exaggeration

philippe is a gentlemafi

he is a confounded libertine roared ales almost beside himself with rage

and if ypu are insinuat ing that she is telling lies about it

you ought to bc ashamed of yourself

let me go

but cheyne tightened his grasp of the infuriated youth

to becontinucd

l

seventy times seven

by adeline sergeant author of the story of a penitent soul jacobis wife roger yanbronghs wife the great millstreet mystery a life sentence dr endicotts ex periment a rogues daughter tha luck of the house casper brookei daughter no ambition c c published by special arrangement with thf author

chapter xxvcontinued

it was not long before mrs st aidan

heard of the newlyestablished truce be tween iviagdalen and philip

esher and thought herself justified in coming over to the priory to question magdalen about it

you have set me wondering with the rest of the world madge

why magdalen asked quietly though with a troubled face

the

world says that you are going to marry philip

the world is wrong

but will it always be wrong

oh mag dalen my dear dont be hard

you might forgive him now

there are some things that a woman has no right to forgive said magdalen rising up suddenly as if to put an end to the conversation

what

i do emilia is for the childrens sake nob for their fathers

h

g marry himi for he childrens sake said mrs st aidan intrepidly aiid then you will have them all to yourself

philip would never be bothered with them then

but she went on with a rapid change of tone of course i did not come to tailk to you about him dyr

magdalen smiled a little bitterly

i came to ask you to dinner on thursday next

io come

who is to be there

mrs st aidan ran over a list of guests philip was act among them and magdalen promised to come

on thursday evening therefore a very pleasant party of guests assembled at itihe rectory

the clerical element was rather largely represented bat for this magda len was not sorry

she was a efctle sur prised to meet max brendon

mrs st aidftn had wot mentioned ihim in fact he hkdi been asked at the last moment to

sup ply tlhe place of somebody else

mrs sit

aidan was very keenly watchful of mhg dalens demeanor especially whan she was taken in to dinner by max brendon whom captain ushers words mad taught her to look upon

from a marriageable point of view

bait nothing could be more udiover like than maxs manner although it waa evident that he liked miss lingards com pany

and magdalen en grande tenue always looked well the style of dress thai she adopted although odd for her years suited her to perfection

she wore black velvet trimmed with old point aee dia momds in her ihair and on her neck

in spite of herself mrs st aidan wished iflhat capthira eaher could see her in ithe full magnificence of her large and noble beauty

and thus captain esher did see her

he had not been invited to dinner and nobody could tell whether he had heard of the party or not but in tome mysterious manner he was found in the middle of the evening standing by mrs st aidans sofa lightly explaining that he had been obliged by business to see mr st aidan who had brought him into the drawingroom

the hostess expressed her displeasure by a very frigid assumption of dignity and glanced apprehensively both at magdalen and max but philip esher took no apparent notice of her coldness stayed beside her some momenits and only sauntered away when the piano was opened and the rector was asking magdalen to sing

then he ensconced himself in a corner with folded arms and the indifference of a man who is going to be bored

in reality he waa watching with eager eyes every move ment of magdalens face and hands

she had never looked so handsome as when she sat down at the piano the transparent paleness of her face slightly disturbed by a faint carnation flush her large dark eyea less calm than usual her white bosom ris ing and falling beneath the delicate lace and rich velvet that covered it so softly

captain esher was confident of success it was clear to him she knew he was there that in itself was a triumph for she had never looked his v

ay

and yet her calmness had departed

what would she sing

any thing that they both remembered

any thing that they had sung together

he was disappointed

she sung a stately old canzone which he had never heard before

as she played the conclud ing chord she knew that he was standing at her side his whisper fell hotly

oh her ear

sing tender and true magdalen that is the song for you he murmured

she rose and moved a little to

one side

some one asked captain esher to sing it was well known tha he had

a very line tenor voice

he smiled as he sat down at the piano glanced at magdalen who had not beeta able to move away al together

i will singtoyou he said in a voice meant on for her ear

but the words were a little louder than he had intended them to be and were overheard by one listener at least

and this listener was max brendon

captain esher dashed at once into a pas sionate love song which he hadi often sung to magdalen in days gone by

it seemedi to make no impression upon her

at its close he saw that she was sitting by an un interesting old lady with whom she was ex changing occasional quiet remarks calm and composed and to all appearance quite uncojjseious of his own keen glance or of a strangely intent and troubled gaze that she was receiving from mr max bren don

v i was right said esher to himself

that fellow is in love with her and whas is more he heard what i said

whether max brendom were in love or mot he was remarkably silent for the rest of the evening and took careful note of eshers and magdalens movements