The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-10-31
HE KNEW he WAS RIGHT
BY ANTHONY TROLLoPE.
Continued.
CHAPTER Ill.


LADY MILBoRoUGH's DINNER PARTY.
Louis Trevelyan went down to his
club in Pail Mall, the Acro6ats, and
there heard a rumOr that added to his
ANGER against Colonel Osborne. The
Acrobats was very distinguished club,
into which it was now difficult for
voupg man to find his way, and almost
impossible for man who was no long
er young and therefore known to many.
IL had been founded some twenty years
since, with the idea of promoting mus
cular exercise and gymnastic amuse-
ments; but the promoters had become
fat and lethargic, and the AcrObats
spent their time mostly in playing whist
and in ordering and eating their din
ners. There were supposed to be IN
some out.of-the-way part of the build
ing certain poles and sticks and para
leii bars with which feats of activity
might be practiced, but no one ever
asked for them nowadays, and man,
when he became an Acrobat, did so
with view either 10 the whist or the
cook, or possibly to the social excellen
cies of the club. Louis Trevelyan was
an Acrebat;-as was also Colonel O5
borne.
$50 old Rowley is coming home," said
one distinguished Acrobat to another in
Trevelyan's hearing.
elbow the deuce is he managing that2
He was here a year ago ="
Osborne is getting it done. lte 10 TO
come as q witness for this committee.
1t must be no end of lounge for him.
1t doesn't count as leave, and he has
every shilling paid for him, dowuto his
cab fares when he goes out to dinner.
There's nothing like having friend at
Court"
Such was the secrecy of ColOne! o.
borne's secret He had been 50 chary
of having his name mentioned in con
nection with political job, that he had
found it necessary to impose on hIs
young friend the burden of secret
from her husband, and yet the husband
heard the whole story told openly at
his club on the same day! There was
nothing in the story to anger Trevel-
van, had he not Immediately felt that
there must be some plan in the matter
between his wife and Colonel Osborne
of which he had been kept ignorant.
Hitherto, indeed his wife, as the reader
knows, could not have told him. He
had not seen her since the matter had
been discussed between her and her
friend. But he was angry because he
first learned at his club that which he
thought he ought to have learned at
home.
AS soon as he reached his house, he
went at once to his wife's room; but her
maid was with her, and nothing could
ha cold OF hDt Ynnmnnt He fhpn
dressed himself. intending to go to Emf
ly as soon as the girl had left her; but
the girl remained, was, as he believed,
kept in the room purposely by his wife,
so that he should have no moment of
private conversation. He went down
stairs, therefore, and found Nora stand
ing by the drawing-roOm fire.
$50 yen are dressed first to-day y he
said. ~ thought your turn always came
last"
Emily sent Jenny to me first to-day,
because she thought you would be home,
and she didn't 60 up to dress till the last
minute"
This was intended well by Nora, but
it did not have the desired effect. Ire
velyan, who had no command over his |
own features frowned, and showed that !
he was displeased. He hesitated a mo- |
ment, thinking whether he would ask |
Nora any question as TO this report
about her father aud mother; but before |
he had spoken his wife was in the
room.
ave are all late, l fear" said Emily. !
"You, at any rate, are the last" said |
her husband.
About half a minute" said his wife.
ihen they got into the hired brougham |
which was standing at the door.
iteVeiyan, in the sweet days of his |
early confidence with his wife, had of. |
fered to keep a carriage for her. OK
planning to her that the luxury thongb
costly, would not be beyond his 18Th !
But she had persuaded him against tbn
carriage, and there had come to Le an
agreement that, instead of the carriaGe
there should always be an autumn taSr
"One learns something from GOING
about; but one learns nothing from
keeping a carriage" Emily had said.
Those had been happy days, in which it
had been intended that everything
should always be rose colored. Now he
he was mediating wheth her, in lien of
that autumn tour, iG would not be nee
sssary to take his wife away 10 Naples
altogether, so that she might be remOv-
ed from the influence of-of-of-no, |
not even to himself would he think of
Colonel Osborne as his wife's lover. The .
idea was too horrible! And yet, how
dreadful was it that lie should have,
tsr any reason to withdraw her from
the influence of any man,
Lady Milborough lived ever So far
away, in Eccleston Square, but Trevel-
yam ana not say single word to either
OF MS companions during the journey.
he was cross and vexed, and was con
scious that they knew that ne was
cross and vexed. Mrs. Trevelvon and
her sister talked to each other the
whole way, but they did so in that tone
which clearly indicates that the con.
versation is made up, not for any inter
est attached to the questions asked mr.
the answers given, but because it IS ex.
pedient that there should not be silence. |
Nora said something about Marshall and
Shellgrove, and tried to make believe
that she was very anxious for her sis. |.
ter's answer. And Emily said some
thing about the opera at Covent Gar
den, which was intended to show that
her mind was quite at ease. But both of