The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-12-22
HE KNEW HE WAS RIGHT
BY ANTHONY TROLLoPE.
CHAPTER XIII.
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Lady M;lborough, In ner KIM Anxiety
on NOra's behalf,-that the fish should
be landed before Nora might be swept
away in her sisters ruin,-hardly knew
what step she might safely take. Mrs.
Trevelyan would not see her again.
having already declared that any fur
Their interview would be painful and
useless. She had spoken to Trevelyan,
but Trevelyan had declared that he
could do nothing. What was there that
he could have donei He could not, as he
said, overlook the gross impropreities OF
his wifes conduct, because his wifeS
sister had, or might possibly have,
lover. And then, as to speaking to MIR.
Glascock himself, nobody knew better
than Lady Milborough how very apt
fish are to be frightened.
But at last Lady Milborough did
speak to Mr.. Glascock,-- making no al
fusion whatever to the hook prepared
for himself, but saying word or two
as to the affairs of that other fish, whose
circumstances, as he floundered about
in the bucket of matrimony, were not
as happy as they might have been. The
care, the discretion, nay, the wisdom
with which she did this were most ex-
cellent. She had become aware that
Mr.. Glascock had already heard of the
unfortu innate affair in CurZon Street. In-
deed, every one who knew the Trevel-
vans had heard of it, and great many
who did not know them. No harm,
therefore, could be done by mentioning
the circumstance. Lady MilbOcOngh
did mention it, explaining that the only
person really in fault was that Odious
destroyer of the peace of families, Cole
mel Osborne, of whom Lady Milborough,
on that occasion, said some very severe
things Indeed. Poor dear Mrs. Trevel-
gan was foolish, obstinate, and self.re
liant, but as innocent as the babe I'M
born. That things would come right
before long, no one who knew the affair
and she knew it from beginning to
end-could for o moment doubt. The
real victim would be that sweetest of
all girls, Nora Rowley. Mr.. Gascock
innoCently asked why Nora Rowley
should be q victim. Don't you under
stand, Mr.. GIascOck, how the NEST re-
mote connection with thing of that
kind furnishes young wOman's stand
ing in the world T.
Mr.. GlascOck was almost angry with
the we'll pleased countess, as he declar-
ed that he could not see that Miss Row
ley's standing was at all furnished;
and old Lady MlbOrough, when he got
up and left her, felt that she had done y
good mornings work. If Nora could
have known it all, Nora ought TO have
been very grateful, for Mr.. Glascock got
into cab in EcclestOp Square, and had
himself driven direct to Curzon Street
He himself believed that he was at that
moment only doing the thing which he
had for some time past resolved that he
would do; but we may perhaps be JUST.
fed in thinking that the actual TesolH-
ton was first fixed by the discretion of
Lady Milboroughs communication. AT
any rate he arrived in Curzon Street
with his mind fully resolved, and had
spent the minutes In the cab consider
ing how he had better perform the basil
ness in hand.
lie was at once shown into the draw
ing-room, here he found the two sisters;
ana tars. Arevelyan, rs soon as she saw
him, understood the purpose of his COM
ing. There was an air of determination
about him, a manifess intention of do.
ing something, an absence of that
vagueness which most always flaysrs a
morning visit. This was 40 STRONGLY
marked that Mrs. Trevelyan felt thai
she would have been almost justified in
getting up and declaring that, AS this
visit was paid to her sister, she would
retire. Bat any such declaration on her
part was unnecessary, as Mr.. Glascock
had not been in the room three minutes
before he asked her to go. By some
clever device of his swn, he got her into
the back room, and whispered to her
that he wanted to say a few words in
private to her sister.
80, certainly" said Mrs. Trevelyan,
smiling.
II dare say you may guess what they
are" said he. al don't know what
chance may have!'
And then she went.
It may be presumed that gradually
some idea of Mr.. Glascock's intention
had made its way into Nora's mind by
the time that she found herself alone
with that gentleman. Why else had he
brought into the room that manifest air
of purpose Why else had he taken
the very strong step of sending the lady
of the house out of her own drawing
roomi Nora, beginning to understand
this, put herself into an attitude of de-
fence. She had never told herself that
she would refuse Mr.. Glascock. She
had never acknowledged to herself that
there was another man whom she liked
better than she liked Mr. Glascsck. But
had she ever encouraged any wish for
such an interview, her feelings would
have been very different from what they
were. As it was, she would have given
much to postpone it, so that she might
have asked herself questions, and have
discovered whether she could reconcile