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Chapter 35
I shall be able to make a bargain with her , I think she can be to settle a decent sum on you , so be friendly with her Meg , and don't let her see that you resent her . ' Margaret's eyes filled with tears . I do resent her , ' she cried . Of course I do , I should not be human if I didn't . Uncle Peter ought to have left the money to Donald and me . I can't think why he didn't ' Probably just to cause trouble he was that kind of man , you know . But it's no good reviling him .
We should be thankful that little Lucy is easy to manage - she might have been one of those precocious cockneys , with a very high opinion of herself , and then both you and Donald would have been pitied . As it is moulded into any form you wish . ' ' It's rotten for Donald , having to marry her . ' ' He might have had to marry someone worse , let me give you a tip , Meg , my sweet . If you are kind to the child , let her think that she is wanted , you'll be able to do anything you please with her . '
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that would be a different matter altogether . The only way he could see her getting money was througn her little cousin . He had first started to make love to Margaret one week - end when he'd had to come to the castle on business connected with Sir Archibe's involved affairs ; he had been a very junior member of the firm then , and it had flattered him when he was asked to Kilrossan Castle and found that he was treated as a valued friend . His first impression of Margaret was of a great clumsy hoyden , ungainly in figure and in gait . Then that first evening she had come down in a gown with a long full skirt , hiding her feet and ankles , and giving her grace . He had looked into her lovely eyes , decided that there were possibilities about her ; and when she had suggested a stroll down by the creek he had taken it as a distinct invitation to make love to her After that it had been easy Margaret was avid for love ; she lived a very lonely retired life , since her father cou
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and he could always be sure of having someone devoted to him . Margaret's frettings and strivings only irked him and it was a relief to leave her at Kilrossan and take a trip to Paris - and Elise . She never worried him ; she regarded marriage in the same light as he did . She loved her freedom . He never had to pretend with her or appear other than he was . She understood him as Margaret never could . But since Peter McGurtrie's death and the reading of his fantastic will , Maurice Tredego had changed his mind about marriage . If Margaret could be given a good allow ance he would make her his wife , since it would be to his advantage to be connected by marriage with Peter McGurtrie's heiress . The next best thing to being her husband . He was sure that he would soon wield a strong influence over Lucy, and he could gradually get all her affairs into his own hands . He did not fear that Donald would prevent him - those quiet scholarly men were rarely interested in money or ha
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Lucy opened her eyes on a strange new world . At first she could not call to mind where she was , then as the mists of sleep gradually receded , and she saw the long windows with the curtains half drawn and the heavy black furniture she remembered her arrival at the castle yester day . Here she was at Kilrossan ensconced in the state guest chamber , and a broad red - faced Scots lassie was pulling back the curtains letting in the sunlight . Lucy sat up in bed . ' Good - mornin ' , m'leddy , ' said the girl giving an awk ward little bob . Your tea's on the table . ' " Thank you . ' Lucy turned to the table the girl indicated and found a cup and saucer of priceless china , a plate containing a couple of fingers of buttered toast , and a huge white china teapot , with milk jug and sugar basin which did not match . She guessed that in spite of the money Peter McGurtrie had given his brother and nephews , it was no sufficient to run Kilrossan as it should be run , and such things
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She drank her tea , and then went to the bathroom feeling warmed and refreshed , returned to her room and dressed ; she was healthily hungry , and looking forward breakfast , very much more pleased with her surroundings and her new family than she had been the previo evening . How annoyed her aunt would be if she could sex her now ! Mr Tredego had told only the bare facts al Lucy 's inheritance , not mentioning the conditions of the will , and merely saying that he was taking her up nori to stay with relations , so that when Lucy returned to Sevila's Road to pack her few belongings , Mrs Lilian had been waiting for her . What a change in the woman in a few short hours ! She insisted on Lucy having a men before she left ; would come upstairs with her to help her pack ; fussed over and besought her to remembe that this was her true home . You must return to it whenever you want , ' she'd added ' I have been thinking for some time that you've growi too old f
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Spotty - faced , argumentative Stanley , and conceit of himself . Why , he was not even a gentleman ! Lucy found her way along the bewildering corridors and down the broad staircase ; there were huge fires burning in the hall , and the dogs rose up from the hearth to greet her . As she stood hesitating on the bottom step the door of the library opened and Donald came out . " I've told you I'm not in to anyone this afternoon , Miss Patterson . Why will you not take my orders ? ' Maurice Tredego spoke in an irritable tone and moved the papers about on his desk in search of the one he wanted . There is never anything where I've left it ! he grumbled . ' Lord knows what the firm pays you for . " Peroxide - haired Miss Patterson went very red ; she would not take from anyone else what she took without protest from Mr Maurice , but it was unfair to blame her when he'd made all the disorder himself . Still , it was no good trying to point that out to him . I'm sorry , sir ,
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Maurice Tredego went quite white , then recovering himself with an effort , he said : All right , Miss Patterson , leave us , I'll call you if I need you . The young woman went out with a reproachful glance at the intruder . His left eye closed in a wink which brought a protesting squeak from her , then she flounced out banging the door to behind her . ' Not content with invading my privacy you try to demoralize my staff , " said Tredego . ' What is it you want ? ' You know just as well as I do . ' The intruder perched himself on the arm of the chair where Tredegar's clients usually sat . ' I want to know why I was not informed of the contents of my uncle's will ... ' ' We have been trying to get in touch with you , Jerry , for some time , ' Tredego replied . ' But it's almost impos sible to keep touch with your different places of abode . ' " And that's a damned lie , cried Jerry McGurtrie . You knew where I was you've known all along , I kept you informed and under what na
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And I know that when you come to think it over carefully you will agree with me , you will I'm damned sure I shan't . I can't tell what your game is . Tredegar , but I'm pretty sure you have one ... You must consider it advantageous to yourself for the heiress to marry my brother and not me . I wonder why . ' Come on, Jerry old man , you are making a fuss about nothing . Can you imagine yourself tied to a girl of whom you know nothing . An uneducated , unsophisticated little ... Well , granted that your uncle made her an heiress , but I am quite sure that if he had met her , and talked to her as I have done , he would have hesitated before he put such a condition in his will . You could never fulfil it . Yet I take it that Donald is well on the way to doing so . ' Donald is not you , ' Tredegar pointed out . ' He is very staid , and has a great sense of his duty to the McGurtrie family . Marriage will not disturb him in the least . He will just go on living at Kilrossa
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I thought one of the conditions arranged of the will was that both Donald and I should have an equal chance with the heiress . " Oh , that is easily arranged , Tredegar made haste to assure him . ' A letter from you saying that you are not interested ... ' " But I am , ' interposed Jerry . I'm distinctly intrigued . I want to meet this girl who is letting her future be for her . It will be interesting to see the type of female who'll be quite content to stay up at Kilrossan with Donald . Don't tell me she has fallen in love with him . It must be because she's met no other men . ' ' Er - ahem . I think I can say that I know her fairly well , ' Tredegar pointed out . " And I must say that consider your brother will suit her . She isn't the sort of girl to appreciate a man of the world . I am sure she prefers the quiet studious kind ... ' If that is so you have no reason to fear me going up there and making her acquaintance . She would probably choose him in any case ...
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