Part 23 (1/2)
Despard asserted that nobody kneas spelled, and that, from the necessities of huauger_ or _guager_ This brought out Thornton again, who mentioned several law papers in which the word had been correctly written by his clerks Despard challenged him on this, and, because Thornton had to confess that he had not examined the word, dictionary in hand, he claimed a victory over him
Thornton, at this, looked aith the ss to a child
Then followed a long conversation between Despard and Mrs Thornton about religion, art, s, which lasted for a long tio Mrs
Thornton went to a side-table and took up a book
”Here,” said she, ”is the little book you lent ht you would come for it”
”And so I will,” said he, ”some day”
”Come for it to-morrow”
”Will you be at home?”
[Illustration: ”MRS THORNTON, WALKING TO THE WINDOW, LOOKED OUT”]
”Yes”
”Then of course I'll coht!”
On the following day, at about two o'clock, Despard called again Mrs
Thornton had been writing, and the desk was streith papers
”I know I as ”I see that you are writing, so I will not stay but a moment I have come, you know, after that little book”
”Indeed, you are not disturbing an to o There is no hurry about it”
”And how is Paolo?”
”I have not heard for soht to hear soon He went to America last summer, and I have not had a word from him since My letter is of no importance, I assure you, and now, since you are here, you shall not go Indeed, I only touched it aat sorih I had been resolved into inal eleesture of horror
Despard looked at her for a ht beauty before him A sudden expression of pain flashed over his face, succeeded by his usual smile
”Dust never before took so fair a for on the floor
”For unfailing power of co supply of neat and pretty speeches, coularly enough, no one else ever dreamed that of me”
”You were always so”
”With you”