Show Lj J loi ol BI Blent nt c Being jr p Episode in the Story of S An Ancient House 4 I By Dy Hope Hop Hopf f OF FI CE G CHAP DEItS TEi J Adelaide wile wife of or Sir Sr Robert Rabert Robertot Ed Edcor or ot to Hall Hal eloped e with Cai Ul 1 c hu hut 5 Sir Str 51 Robert tobert died U d in hi Raa pre pren lh tn fn n time for lor Lady Adelaide arid and andrt lJ bat rt t to 10 h marry and so o mae malre their theiron the theROn son ROn on f tt tiu legitimate heir to ta Sir hr Koto n ot tate tat They te la r r how bow bowS S e eve V i that hat hit the date 6 61 Sir Roberts l tn bee IMS biu b eri n riv Ivi In incorrectly and Harry I is ja not nat the Ute rightful hOlt holu They k ki tb r matter and eventually Harry come r into of the estates ette e and andI I ee with wilh his ID mother o flier at Blent BInt JaIL t OW to tu ti Lf Jy Adelaide ii aIl and Ne ld are also iI aJ to tR Jr possession lo of oC the secret and Madam with her liar uncle Major T comes om g to ti reside at n lodge Ide lodgen n Wi S sr r flent Hall llan Harry learns learn from rm his fits n ir hr r tIn t Jt he Iii te is R not rightful heir to toPiC 5 5 PiC 11 n but they determine to hold the title any oiny rry copt coit co To TV further his ie cause caulle I i to tC marry June Jane Jv Iver r heiress I 1 roIn 1 fe finds two rivals rival In hi Bob and Major The latter of 18 IB unfortunate birth from Mina Mba Ho He informs inform him that he lie tn in I L id to ti t toll tell and they quarrel Irry winning In a It brisk tussle tu the guest of o Iver at aX FaIrholme f meets ind nd they form torm to ro protect pr Harry Harr a interests ts maintain secrecy se recy Lady lidy Tristram tf t ii after extracting from tram her son on a ar I r Cecily Gainsborough right I tub rul ul of ot Blent shall n be Invited to tott the tho tt funeral 5 J T ITTLE I INCLINED L TO he heS S L L j went down Into the garden pres presently presently presently lit Ut tits cigar and strolled on an onto anta onto to ta He fen stood where he was only a fw few moments m when to his sur stir surprise surprise prise he lie heard tie the sound of a horses 7 hoots hoofs on the t road from irom Thinking the doctor who often nten did iris his irisS S rounds to hi t the addle might have re returned returned returned turned h he on crossed s d the bridge opened the t h gate and eto d on the high road TV rh rUler rider feme t amt me up tip in a a 0 few ew minutes and drew rein at the Right night of or his fig figur ur Ulf but bat a as Harry did not move made 4 as f though thou he would ride on again with S n fl more nire than the th customary country salute of f night nightS S S Who Wh Is J it IL asked Harry peering though tiro th e S SS S Mc ol adley was the answer r S Youre You ro ef i f en rat the club at The dubs annual dinner you O know t tAh t S Ah 1 I Bob I I rb b coming emIng to a standstill stud was tak th tu of lighting lI hUng his pipe This d 1 l up at the house U ur io to Kairy rather timidly S S Lady J he began My mother has been dead something hH t in n fl hour Harry After fter a moment Bob nob dismounted and luw the th reins o oer er t e S Im Tm sorry lie le said hold holding I ing n ng out it hi hia hand Lady Tristram was I I Cv very ery kind kina to me Incited nd ed she S s was as that to everybody He paused a moment and ansi then e went on slowly It ItI I H to you Why I rp rt reS i S rAb r ii my father died lied I 1 felt f 5 Ides sules t th the you DU know sort of 1 tt at t r n mY bit of land and 1 i But you Harry Harr could see hit ii 5 I head h a tutu as aJ he lp e looked over the theS S r lent t and struggled l to ta give Ive 5 0 XI tl n thoughts which hi jih nii ml rn n j n suggested ted The TheS S off oL thi meeting Ung made for forI I nl rity 11 azad e they t ey were al always ways wa l i bK Harr Harry too f o owa wa as in su h it a mood he lie liked Bob Bobis to to is stay Mb y and t talk lk r tile They Tbt fell into ilU with more ease and arid naturalness U titan n they bad baa recently in hIed together getting back to ta the tho i i of od although Bob BobI still I ill 7 ok av as a to 14 one n ne greater than U n him If f awl and infused aKle a deference der rence Into his hs 11 is mn But th thy they came caine to nothing lt until Bob Jad ad declared d that j 1 I mu f be bt on un his hh y i Po rr was U about t to mount his ills horst bors r rAs A As soon lInn an as I 1 1 b i j have Pe pao I S lire JI rc I ho w otter often s Id Harr Lur we shall h 10 a i l tit titan than been able to 1 l IH hf rr t late lat ana I shall hope to tD toy CoS S Mt 0 all aU my y He fTc did not instantly understand tAnd the in Hobs Bo as 8 he h an sv w I Youre i kind krna I II I shall ahal like lik t pom IrnI 5 B Rent nt munt do lo o lt It UY Harry pur pursued sued J Rob Bob turned back him leaving his hie hi horse rain ani n Yes come I hope bope I know hw how t take a s T Tristram Trl tram He lip hd out l his Js hand band handA bandA A Both the taJ word and the th gesture gestur ned to ta H B rry Tri THe ram tram t I i S 0 O you yon know I mean n Youre engaged f to t h wr tT r you Or a ali as good goodus us li anyhow how I dont want to o ask ques qu tiUs S of e en as good ts Ls s yet answered Harry slowly S Of f course roulS you cw ew what I feel E 1 f knows t though Ive Iv nver talked about to her bier Why not to her sn that rather usual u ual in rurh C s Harry BarrY was smil emit log ing now 1 I IS S Sf It vuk u only rry her ber What C fiance houM I JI i 7 I dont a wIth being too teo humble S SS O 0 I lont clont know Tin Im humble I T think good Soo l a man men mana us ti S ye Rut Put he a little I Pm tnt Y of 3 no not t Tris tram of or Blent I r we ee III f That ft n your our friend the S r I M m mu mind S having ha a n aIs I i with the S But Tristram of ot Lent Is IsIs Is too toa S much S Ifa It not YOur you cant S help it ft smiled milf d Bob born to it und and nd He ended wItha shrug Youre Your very ry fond foj If c her Harry asked ked frowning i g m S HUla lItt Ive Tw been hf fn in Jove love wIsh wit hor her all my life Ute it 4 vr inco in thy they cams came ea to Seaview Fat heire drean d of then H fit He PI kf of with a touch of which h hEt he hastened to eor cor re N t by bv adding aIdIng Of or Fm rm glad f r their goo good l luck Juck Yoi Yot mean if It wei we e Sea lew still aUld and but No I dont Ive re no rio business t think of the sort ort iii td dI I dont think it II Bob Interposed ed quickly You asked ni liP 5 a IL and I answered it Im not t In a position to tD know anything i N ut you yell and rm Tin not going to say sayA sn S S A good many reasons reas ns 5 enter on r into u n tu remarked Harry Yes Y e ith people lik like you I know knOwS S that I His IUs renewed reference to Harrys position i brought ht another enother frown to Hay Har Harrys Hayy rys yS y rI face fac but It was the frown of ot not of ot anger V hI I n tt quarrel the way vry of or toe tio cw n ud l 1 rm Tm sure S come on oft offS S JuU b be good to her S think I dont 01 re ire r abD about t her het about hert her herS T S 55 I j do ou iP V I L t tep le p you JOu I 1 dont an P you like her 4 5 YeS Yea Ye jOm X L He Ok K the word wordS S Pi BOb aid de nc atte to al alYea 1 1 r orto to Rob BOb i s mounting m g noi n the th e hour was wasim i 4 iab oI im to t bg bt Q d and work wor 3 th p r S f t t b l said sa laas as Cs V 2 1 n In c 1 I j r O c U any anye U y S t I e nt U it e you youl Q biri e I W don tJ Jd Of ilU ilUf f 7 jo p 0 i fl j t l mind m ind you DU a very v ery superior fel leI fellow low lo w He knows the deuce danco of a lot Thinks he does dous anyhow ald tId Id j Harry Hany H arry smiling again Good night old fellow ellow fello f he called after alter Bob Ina 1 In a 8 very friendly f voice as horse and rider dis tile disappeared appeared a l up the road rond rondI I must go gD to bed I suppose s he muttered uttered m as us he returned to the bridge and a nd stood looping leaning Qa tIle the He yawned y not in III weariness we s but fn II I a 8 re reaction reaction action a from the excitement of the last few f ew days His emotional mood had hOO passed assed p for ti e time tim at all events It was succeeded s by on an apathy that was dull without w being restful And in Ia its gen general genral eral e ral effect affect his interview With ith Bob was as vaguely v vexatious in spite of its cor dial d ial character it left him with a ito lio bon tion t which he rejected but could not nat quite q get zet rid of the notion that he was taking t or If all aU were known would jJ h u e s thought to be taking an ad advantage vantage antage v Bob Bab had said he was born to It H and that he could not help hh it It did not trouble him seriously He smoked another ano her cigarette on the bridge and then went into the house hon and to tD tobed tobed bed As Ae he undressed sed it to him and the idea gave Save him both pleasure and amusement that be he had made a sort of alliance with Bob Bab against 8 l st Du although It could only come into Inta operation under circumstances tancos which were very unlikely to ta happen The blinds bUnd drawn at Blent next morn Ing told Mine what hat had happened and the hour bour of 11 found hur at a committee meeting of or Miss which she certainly would not have hae attended otherwise As it was WL she wanted to talk and to tD hear heal and the gathering af at afforded forded a chance Mrs M Iver was there and Mrs Mr the vicars wife a meek woman rather ther ousted from her position by the energy of Mise U r ton airs felt however that on an matters of ot morals I she bad had a eight to speak jure mariti It is so So sad ead she he murmured And Mr Ir found he could do so 80 lit little littie tle tie He came home quite distressed ed Im told she wa nt the leut least gen aen en of or her position observed ob Miss S with what looked rather like satisfaction tion S she know she he was dying asked Mina who had hM established her footing by b a hypocritical show of ot inter interest set est in the cottage gardens I Oh yes ye she he knew she was dying my dear r said MJ S What poor Lady I Tristram might have ave known but ap apparently hud had not was left to an ob obvious us inference I ISh She Sh was 8 very ery kind remarked Mr lI s sIv Iv Iver r Not ot exactly active ethe you ou know but hut if you happened to come across her She rose as she spoke and bade Miss 9 St S farewell That Tha t lady d did Id not n O t try to tt t detain her and an the th moment the door dOr dOrbad I bad had oJ D d behind her remarked r i I Of Ot course MI M M Iver Ivor feels fe in a pelt deli delicate I cate position arid a d nt suit suy y HnS i about Lady Tristram but train from what I hear she sha never realized d the Che peculiarity I of at her position The engagement ic is I to ta tobe tobe be announced directly after atter the fu tu funeral funeral I n almost started at a t this authoritative authoritative announcement And Aid d I suppose be married as soon as they decently d c an Im glad for or Janle Ivers Iver sake not that him j I the little Ive seen se n of f him Mina Alina Are you sure or r ael i 1 Miss S looked at her with a smile Certainly my dear I How asked as Minn Mrs stared at gt her In surprised rebuke i When I make maje a mistake it will bej be he time to tD ask aak questions observed Miss S dignity For the present you ou I may take what hat I say I can wait watt to be I proved right Mme Ive no doubt youre right only I thought Janie Janle would have haye told me said Mina She had no wish to quarrel with Miss Mise S S Sanie Janie anie Ivers very rry itly dear She always was I used to talk to Mrs Iver vel about it when she was as a little girl And in your case Miss Ss smile could only refer efer to ta the circumstance e that Mina was W 6 Major Majar niece nbc the majors had not nat escaped Miss Ss eye Of or course the funeral will be very quiet quie Miss SIss S continued That Tha avoids so many difficulties The people who would come and the people who and alaI all aU that you yau know There are so many questions always I about funerals tun sighed Mr I J 1 hate bate funerals said Mina Im I going to ta be cremated That may be very well abroad my I dear laid said ald Miss S tolerantly but you i couldn t here The question is Will Janie Janla Iver Ier go o and antI If she does where will she walk 0 O I should hardly think shed go if its not announced you know said Mrs i t Its s lines Imes Im s dope done Io e and Im told she would wai vaI Ya 4 lust just behind tn tIle family I Mine Mina left lett tie the t e two ladies ladles debating this I i point pt p her way S she stopped to leave cards at Blent B nt and Was Wart not Harry Harf Tristram came out of sit his nig study stud having seen her through me ti window and greeted her herSend herSend i I Send your trap home and walk up the hill bill with me He lie suggested and aha ten fell in with JUI his bbs 8 wish very v ry readily They crossed l the tile footbridge together j 1 j Ive Just been writing to ask my re j t I I lations to the funeral he het hei sai ai i At t I my mothers mathers wish not mine I of them and I never saw them in my life UCe I think cultivate j i j your relations mU much l I I No But ean ln I to com iSu my heir hell Mina lUn rt in ith a gesture of Interest in teres o 8 I Your 1 he h sala U you mean meanS S I ifft without having ln any an me rae Shed I he be Lad n J Jn n r her ber own right as t my moth s t faced round and looked at BI never naver been to tot t j the place or ethe added j How Bow intensely interesting shell be j I dont see Why hy she should hould said j i S Harry rather crossly Its a great bore bor having her here bere at all aU and if Im j civil to her all I shall j They wont stay more mare than a tv few days Jit I suppose After a second he went on oa Her mother know my 1 I mother mather though after her death the j i father wanted want d to be reconciled rec i Is that why you dislike them so j I Hop Ho do you know I dislike thern he asked seemingly s surprised Its pretty pre it And it S would be e ft good reason for disliking the mother r anyhow But flut not n t the daughter r Xo anI you yuu M t dislike the daughter too which fair 5 5 5 O oX X take the family in the ilia lump And I dont dant know that what weve eve been talkIng of has anything to do 10 With it itHe itHe itHe He did no seem inclined to talk more mom about the though ibis his i frown rown told her herr that something dis S tast tasteful f l was still in his thoughts S Wh What t he had bad sam said was enough to rouse lOuse rouseS in Iii her a great gr at interest and ant curiosity S t this girl who was his hIr h lr Th girl whom wham he chose to call his heir was i really the the owner of Blent Are you you going to ask us to the fu funeral funeral funeral S V J she he said Im Ion not gal g to ta ask The Thc churchyard is free they can come c me if 11 they like S SI I shall come came Shall you dislike my coming earning comingO S SS O 0 no He was S S f rent and almost almast bored bared And then I shall see Cecily Gains Gainsborough Gainsborough S borough bor gh Have a good took look at her not Have flave I another chance at Blent BI nt any anyhow anyhow How Shell Sheil She II never come came here again She looked loo ed at him in wonder r in a s I sort of fear te r I How Hew hard you are sometimes she t s said The poor girls done nothing to tc you He shook his head impatiently and anc I 1 came to a stand on the road Youre gong going back Goodby Ix Lord rd I L Tristram a aIm Im not nat called that till after the fu funeral funer funeral ner he told her looking as suspicious cious as he had in the earliest days of oi I their acquaintance And will you let me go on living at a I Merrion or coming every summer anyhow Do Da you yau think of coming caming I want to she with I some nervousness in her manner And Major r Duplay He smiled I L slightly slIg h S S ix iZ nc r S 4 a Jt S fi J 5 S Ii I 5 J JL T L l 5 r A S SS L 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