Excerpt: ...sit down in a cool place. Miss Bruce would not be bored with Lord Bearwarden's companionship, not for an hour, not for a week--no, not for a lifetime! Dick Stanmore, taking a lady down to her carriage, saw them sitting alone in the tea-room, now deserted by Puckers Illustration: "'O, Dick!' she said, 'I couldn't help it!'" and her assistants. His honest heart turned very sick and cold. Half-an-hour after, passing the same spot, they were there still; and then, I think, he knew that he was overtaken by the first ...
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Excerpt: ...sit down in a cool place. Miss Bruce would not be bored with Lord Bearwarden's companionship, not for an hour, not for a week--no, not for a lifetime! Dick Stanmore, taking a lady down to her carriage, saw them sitting alone in the tea-room, now deserted by Puckers Illustration: "'O, Dick!' she said, 'I couldn't help it!'" and her assistants. His honest heart turned very sick and cold. Half-an-hour after, passing the same spot, they were there still; and then, I think, he knew that he was overtaken by the first misfortune of his life. Later, when the ball was over, and he had wished Mrs. Stanmore good-night, he went up to Maud with a grave, kind face. "We never had our waltz, Miss Bruce," said he; "and--and--there's a reason, isn't there?" He was white to his very lips. Through all her triumph, she felt a twinge, far keener than she expected, of compunction and remorse. "O, Dick!" she said, "I couldn't help it! Lord Bearwarden proposed to me in that room." "And you accepted him?" said Dick, trying to steady his voice, wondering why he felt half suffocated all the time. "And I accepted him." CHAPTER XVI "MISSING--A GENTLEMAN" "Age about thirty. Height five feet nine inches and a half--fair complexion--light-grey eyes--small reddish-brown whiskers, close-trimmed--short dark hair. Speaks fast, in a high key, and has a habit of drawing out his shirt-sleeves from beneath his cuffs. When last seen, was dressed in a dark surtout, fancy necktie, black-cloth waist-coat, Oxford-mixture trousers, and Balmoral boots. Wore a black hat with maker's name inside--Block and Co., 401 Regent Street. Whoever will give such information to the authorities as may lead to the discovery of the above, shall receive--A Reward!" Such was the placard that afforded a few minutes' speculation for the few people who had leisure to read it, one fine morning about a week after Mrs. Stanmore's eventful ball, and towards the close of the London season; eliciting at the same time...
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