The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-05-09

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he went on:
81 expect that hc viii bc turning upai
mv rooms in the course of "a day on two
F he lcft portmantslu with my landladf
before Doe sailed Good night. my OWE
F dear girl" And he held out both DID,
hands
Lydia looked at him sharply and viii
rising eoyation
She had found ont long ago that sub
O.. hints were quite thrown away upon
Johnny but surely. surely ho must
know lhc truth
Either hc was the most cOnsummate
actor CO.. the denscst person living
10 was impossible 10 entertain serious
. Is tine idea of Addenbrooke as a consum
mate actor
Addcnhrooko had rooms in Gowcl
street. sitting room and bedroom. di
vilcl by folding doors. Tho wholt
apartment had begun life as what house
agents call spacious double drawing
room. and bore yet the marks Of i4
former state of existence.
The mantolpiccc. which now support
cd host of bottles. variously SHAPED
and filled. was Of white marble, heavily
carved summoned up TO the magma
tive mind visions Of gilt clocks and can
dlesticks under glass shades.
The walls. hung with white watereC
paper. were divided into panels 10y strips
of gold beading, and from the ceiling
shrouded chandelier depended from q
twelfth cake like decoration in whit,
AMI gold plaster
Addenbrooke had drawn his writing
table, with the lamp on it, close to the
fire. and dad settled down to Ions
nights work 10 was the evening fol
lowing Lydia's confession, and he wa
too busy 10 yet up TO ST. Johns Wood
lie sighcd at the thought of this, thel
plunged into the pile Of papers, which
not only covered the table, but over
flowed into several neighboring chairs
lie bad not been long at work whei
tine door was flung open, and man en-
tered the room.
"Still n these eildcd halls, johnny!
said a voice. which was not quite So
drawing nor so full of quiet humCr "a +
the speaker seemed 20 intend.
Fleming. by all that's wonderful I
cried Addcnbrooke, rising with EXTENDED
hand
The now conner was large, heavill /
built young man. with dark hair and /
complexion. originally ford, burnt Grim .
SON hy the African sun.
he was distinctly handsome, though
the lower part Of the face was a triil F..
heavy. and there was a lack Of fnisi
about the cars and nostrils.
"St down" said Addenbrookc, clear +
iu4 chair. and rcsuming ms own seat /
Examinations. ugh' Fleming ilickef
with his large finger at the papers on the
desk eff it's not your own exams, it
other peoples, poor old JOHNNY
Fleming had the greatest contempt 70
examinations i'm which. indeed, he ha,
con,pIcuously failed TO distinguish him
SELF the less brilliant Addenbrooke hay
ing a commonplace knack Of getting int
the first class. which is often the wa!
with your dull. plodding fellows.
These two men had been friends, afte
fashion since their first term at tn
university. In those days Fleming hat
been "a raw, unhappy, self consciou
young man, subject to miserable, hideou
fits of shyness. and secretly ashamed O
the paternal glove shop.
Now. perhaps, he was too fond Of talk
ing about the glove shop; of drawing 10
cose comparisons between himself and
well known glover's son of Stratford-on
AVON and the only remaining mark O
his shyncss was a certain emphasis Of sci
confidence. Addenbrooke's affection TO
him was rather a survival from Garlic
days than anything else, though Johnny
DC must he owned, was uncriucal, ana
like many persons, imposed a far less So
we're standard Of conduct on his friend
than on himself
Where do YOU hang OUT asked Ad-
Genbrocke gathering together the de
spiscd examination papers.
"a have been down al Twickenham
with my people Can't stand much OF
that. YOU know. | am looking out for
chambers somewhere Bond street way
and Mrs Baxter is going to put me up
here for a night or two
"Oh. good You know Mrs. Baxter
has that portmanteau Of yours
Yes. she's fetching it now, | believe,
from the lumber room. There are some
papers i'm it want 10 look at tonight
Fleming leaned back in his chair, his
eyelid- dropping modify. as they had a
trick of doing; then he said discon-
teniedly:
Haven't you got anything TO nll
fellow, You London people are ais the
same One goes away and lives what
scemsa hfetime-it's so cram full of ex
when one gets back. not
"a soul remembers if il was last week or
last year they met YOU at the JenSinsons
dinner party
From what hear, you've no causeto
Fleming
ooh. Of course. ones pesterod with
invitations from lot of silly women
ono never heard OFF, grumbcd the new
lion. "but isn't there anything in the
shape of news"
"Wcn." said Addenbrooke. slowly
there is one piece Of news, but don't
know that its interesting. ] am thinking
Of getting married"
Addenbrooke had never been shy
man; he was only very modest, and he
had not accustomed his friends to take
am interest IN his affairs.
Fleming opened his eyes full and stared
his friend in the face. There was always
something startling in his appearance
under these circumstances; perhaps be
-ause his eyes were 50 rarely shown
perhaps because Of some quality IN the
Ewes themselves They were curiously
bright and very brown black
but a beautiful. unusual brown.
Looking at them. it was easier to real.
he the power, such as it was, which
Lawrence .Fleming possessed over his
fellow creatures.