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قراءة كتاب Miracle Gold (Vol. 2 of 3) A Novel
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MIRACLE GOLD.
New Novels at the Libraries. MARVEL. By the Author of "Molly Bawn." 3 vols.
FOR FREEDOM. By TIGHE HOPKINS. 2 vols. MOLLY'S STORY; a Family History. 3 vols. AN ADVENTURESS. 2 vols. LADY STELLA AND HER LOVER. 3 vols. ONE MAID'S MISCHIEF. By G. M. FENN. 3 vols. UNCLE BOB'S NIECE. By LESLIE KEITH. 3 vols. A VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS. By C. FOTHERGILL. 3 vols. WARD & DOWNEY, PUBLISHERS, LONDON. |
MIRACLE GOLD.
A Novel.
BY
RICHARD DOWLING,
AUTHOR OF
"The Mystery of Killard," "The Weird Sisters,"
"Tempest Driven," "Under St. Paul's," &c.
IN THREE VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
LONDON:
WARD AND DOWNEY,
12, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN, W.C.
1888.
[All rights reserved.]
PRINTED BY
KELLY AND CO., GATE STREET, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS,
AND KINGSTON-ON-THAMES.
CONTENTS. |
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| CHAP. | |
| XIV.-- | Spirit and Flesh. |
| XV.-- | A Substitute for Gold. |
| XVI.-- | Red Herrings. |
| XVII.-- | Dinner at Curzon Street. |
| XVIII.-- | In the Dark. |
| XIX.-- | Mrs. Hanbury. |
| XX.-- | John Hanbury Alone. |
| XXI.-- | Timmons's Tea and Leigh's Dinner. |
| XXII.-- | A Quarter Past Twelve. |
| XXIII.-- | An Early Visitor to Timmons. |
| XXIV.-- | Gracedieu, Derbyshire. |
| XXV.-- | Two of a Race. |
| XXVI.-- | The End of Day. |
MIRACLE GOLD.
MIRACLE GOLD.
CHAPTER XIV.
SPIRIT AND FLESH.
The folding-doors between the back and front drawing-rooms at Mrs. Ashton's were thrown open, and both rooms were full that Thursday afternoon. Some of the visitors were standing, some sitting, and many ladies and gentlemen were moving about. A few had cups of tea, and all seemed to wish to appear pleased and pleasant. If serious matters were mentioned or discussed, it was in a light and desultory way It was impossible to plan ground for the foundation of enduring structures in politics, or taste, or art, or science, or polemics, when a humourist might come up and regard what you were saying as the suggestion for a burlesque opera or harlequinade. All the talk was touch-and-go, and as bright and witty as the speakers could make it. There was an unceasing clatter of tongues and ripple of laughter, which had not time to gather volume. Most of the people were serious and earnest, but the great bulk of the dialogue was artificial, designedly and deliberately artificial, for the purpose of affording relief to the speakers. Mrs. Ashton held that the most foolish way to spend life is to be always wise. These At homes were for recreation, not for the solemnities of work. People took no liberties, but all were free. Even such sacred subjects as the franchise, drainage, compound interest, the rights of the subject, and oysters, were dealt with lightly on Thursdays in Curzon Street.
As Oscar Leigh followed John Hanbury slowly from the immediate vicinity of Mrs. Ashton, his ears were aware of many and various voices saying many and various things, but he paid no attention to voices or words. He was all eyes. Miss Ashton was moving away to her former place by the window. She was accompanied by a tall, grizzled, military-looking man, who, to judge by her quick glances and laughing replies, was amusing and interesting her very much.
"That was a wild prank of yours," said Hanbury, bending over the little man and laying admonitory emphasis on his words. "You ought not to play tricks like that in a place like this. Everyone who saw and heard, Mrs. Ashton of course among the number, must have noticed your manner and the effect your words had upon----" He paused. They were standing in the second window-place. He did not like to say "upon me," for that would be an admission he had felt alarmed or frightened; it would also imply a suspicion of Leigh's trustworthiness in keeping