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"You don't smoke ? I'm not sure whether that's a virtue or not , since it means I can't either ... " Oh , please do, she interposed . And will you be as quick as you can over this - business you want to talk to me about . My aunt will be furious if I stay out too long . ' But she knows you are coming here ? She saw our letter ? Lucy shook her head . " She thinks I'm queueing up at Morton's the grocer's , she replied . " She'd be really wild if she knew I'd disobeyed her and come to see you : Oh yes , I showed her the letter , but she said that it wouldn't be about anything important and her son Stanley could see you when he gets back . "We should not have discussed your affairs with him , " said Mr Tredegar . You see , Miss Alberto, you are a very fortunate young lady you have just inherited what I confidently expect to be one of the largest incomes in the country.
Lucy did not faint , though for a moment everything went black in front of her eyes and she had to grip the edg
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In Love With A Stranger Chapter 14
"You don't smoke ? I'm not sure whether that's a virtue or not , since it means I can't either ... " Oh , please do, she interposed . And will you be as quick as you can over this - business you want to talk to me about . My aunt will be furious if I stay out too long . ' But she knows you are coming here ? She saw our letter ? Lucy shook her head . " She thinks I'm queueing up at Morton's the grocer's , she replied . " She'd be really wild if she knew I'd disobeyed her and come to see you : Oh yes , I showed her the letter , but she said that it wouldn't be about anything important and her son Stanley could see you when he gets back . "We should not have discussed your affairs with him , " said Mr Tredegar . You see , Miss Alberto, you are a very fortunate young lady you have just inherited what I confidently expect to be one of the largest incomes in the country. Lucy did not faint , though for a moment everything went black in front of her eyes and she had to grip the edg
In Love With A Stranger Chapter 14
"You don't smoke ? I'm not sure whether that's a virtue or not , since it means I can't either ... " Oh , please do, she interposed . And will you be as quick as you can over this - business you want to talk to me about . My aunt will be furious if I stay out too long . ' But she knows you are coming here ? She saw our letter ? Lucy shook her head . " She thinks I'm queueing up at Morton's the grocer's , she replied . " She'd be really wild if she knew I'd disobeyed her and come to see you : Oh yes , I showed her the letter , but she said that it wouldn't be about anything important and her son Stanley could see you when he gets back . "We should not have discussed your affairs with him , " said Mr Tredegar . You see , Miss Alberto, you are a very fortunate young lady you have just inherited what I confidently expect to be one of the largest incomes in the country. Lucy did not faint , though for a moment everything went black in front of her eyes and she had to grip the edg
In Love With A Stranger Chapter 15
To be kind you with fatherly manner to a girl of her age. But no doubt he meant Miss Mullins , I don't suppose you know much abou your relatives , ' he begani , ' and I shall have to bore some family history before you can understand the present position . Your parents died when you were quite young , and you were left without any provision having been made for you; your father's sister , Mrs Rawson , took you in and educated you . Your mother's people did not even acknowl edge you , since she had made a runaway match soon after the 1914-18 war with the son of a groom on her father's estate in Wales. He was educated and had procured a small post teaching in a school in the south of Spain , but his health failed when you were born - some years after the marriage - and he became a permanent invalid ; from that time your mother earned a living for you all . She applied to her family for assistance in educating you , but they would have nothing to do with you ... " Now y
In Love With A Stranger Chapter 15
To be kind you with fatherly manner to a girl of her age. But no doubt he meant Miss Mullins , I don't suppose you know much abou your relatives , ' he begani , ' and I shall have to bore some family history before you can understand the present position . Your parents died when you were quite young , and you were left without any provision having been made for you; your father's sister , Mrs Rawson , took you in and educated you . Your mother's people did not even acknowl edge you , since she had made a runaway match soon after the 1914-18 war with the son of a groom on her father's estate in Wales. He was educated and had procured a small post teaching in a school in the south of Spain , but his health failed when you were born - some years after the marriage - and he became a permanent invalid ; from that time your mother earned a living for you all . She applied to her family for assistance in educating you , but they would have nothing to do with you ... " Now y
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The second takes after his uncle and is another rolling stone and bad egg " . He was also in the army , but he cleared off some time ago and hasn't been heard of since ; the youngest son is a scholar , and there is one daughter . Margaret . After the war things went very badly with the house of Magnus ; excessive taxes and the rising cost of living ; the failure of investments made it impossible for them to carry on . And then Peter McGurtrie came on the scene again . It appeared he had made a fortune in South America ; and at one time was president of a republic there . No doubt he took advantage of his usual graft , which enabled him to build up his fortune , but he was luckier than most – he got away with it , and it was all safely invested , in Britain and the States . Seeing that his brother was in such dire straits he took a mortgage on Kilrossan Castle and allowed Sir Archibald an annual income ; no one knew anything about this - it was just between the two brothers .
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Lucy left the lawyer's office with her head in a whirl . She could hardly believe in the good fortune which had befallen her . But the crisp five pound notes which Mr Tredegar had given her for the purpose of providing herself with a wardrobe , now snugly reposing in her handbag , were proof enough . She had been told to go and shop and then meet him at the Ritz for a cocktail and lunch . He would have suggested one of those charming little Soho restaurants , but Lucy Alberto was an unknown quantity , and he thought that he had better go carefully and treat her in a formal and very conventional manner at first . He had said he would send one of his clerks round to explain to Mrs Rawson that her niece would not be back . It was only afterwards Joan remembered that she still had the ration books in her handbag , so the former would be unable to do her own shopping . Oh , well , what did it matter ? Aunt Ella Rawson had no control over her now . She was to leave
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" But will they agree to the terms of the will ? Joan protested . ' It cannot be pleasant for either of them to marry a girl they know nothing of , and whose acquaintance they have only just made . ' It's not quite so bad as all that , ' Mr Tredegar smiled . ' Each will have a chance of getting to know you really well , and the marriage will not take place until you are ready for it . I am quite sure Donald will be prepared to carry out the terms of the will and save Kilrossan Castle . He is like his father and has a strong sense of duty . Jerry now ... well , Jerry is unpredictable , but often in crises such as this the black sheep suddenly awakens to his family responsibilities and it is not as if you were a stranger , my dear Miss Alberto, you are one of the family . ' They never thought so , ' said Joan , and she recalled a little bitterly the hard struggle the mother she could barely remember had had to keep going with a young child and an invalid husband
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Perhaps even now we would be able to put Peter McGurtrie's money to good. Mr Tredegar had said that it was left to her absolutely provided she fulfilled the condition laid down in the will. That condition ! It was difficult to think about it - her mind kept shying away from the subject . Her life had been so dull and full of work that she had never thought of marriage ; she had never met young men , nor had a chance to lead the life that a normal young girl should ; and she knew nothing whatever about love and marriage , save the bare facts of life , which girls learn in their cradles nowadays .Of the art of attracting a man , making him fall in love , keeping his love after marriage , and managing him when he had become a husband , she was entirely ignorant .She supposed her cousin Donald would propose to her , and she would accept him ; she would not feel justified in refusing him , for i would mean that the McGurtries would suffer financially , and the mortgage on
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