” He hesitated, and went off at a tangent. ” “I know,” said Mr Manning, “I know these Dreadful Statistics. The old fool’s been working on you through your sister to keep off the stage. Wood had prevented him from paying much attention to the previous scene. Not conceiving that his sister—feeble as she was, and yielding as she had ever shown herself to his wishes, whether expressed or implied—would depart without consulting him, he was equally surprised and enraged to hear the servants busied in transporting her to the carriage. "Before I go," continued Sir Rowland, "I must beg of you to disclose to me all you know relative to the parentage of Thames Darrell. She was breathing hard, dragging for air, half in fright and half because the sudden effort had used up what little air she had managed to draw so briefly. ‘I may have been only a secretary, but times are changing. Hurt beyond what he could imagine by the selfishness and pride of her forbears, whose fateful disputes had robbed her of the life she should have led, the plucky little devil had taken matters into her own hands. It’s a sort of blacklegging to want to have a life of one’s own. Roused by the bell tolling for evening service, Jack left the house.
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