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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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Jerry McGurtrie arrived at Oncar in the early evening , he was not expected so there was no boat coming across from the island , but he did not mind . He was well known in the little town and strolled down to the quayside where the fishermen were drying their nets , pausing to speak to those he remembered . ' It's the young laird . ' The words flew from mouth to mouth , and men left their boats , women came to the doors of their houses ; bare - footed girls ran out , clutching shawls round their shoulders , to stare at the tall dark - haired blue eyed man with the broad shoulders and rangy figure , whom the older ones among them recalled as a baby , and later as a mischievous schoolboy always up to pranks . ' I want to get across , " he told them . ' Yes , I've come unexpectedly . I take it the laird and the rest of the family are in residence ? ' "aye , sir . ' One of the women pushed her way forward and curtseyed . ' Miss Margaret , she was here a bit ago , with th
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I've nothing to complain of ... She blushed and cast down her eyes . ' We'll be gettin ' a baire come Michaelmas , " she added in an embarrassed tone . " That's great . Mind you ask me to stand godfather. Will you take me across to Kilrossan in your boat? ' The tall fair - haired young fellow nodded dourly . Yeah, he replied , being a man of few words . The crossing was as rough as usual , but Jerry did not mind it ; he had been born and brought up at Kilrossan and a rough sea was as familiar to him as a suburban street to other men . He took a hand at the oars , and he pulled across and landed to the right of the rocks . ' Go up to the house and ask Miss Margaret for something to eat , ' said Jerry as he leaped agilely out of the boat and helped Duncan drag it across the sand . " You needn't say you've brought me over . I want to surprise them . " He set off across the rocky ground towards the creek on the other side of the castle , his hands thrust into his p
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The horizon was all flushed with it ... great bands of gold and flame , stretching as far as the eye could see , and overhead a limpid green rather like that seen in Egyptian skies . Jerry McGurtrie realized that he was not alone ; a girl was standing with her back to him staring across at the sunset - a young , slender girl with dark hair blown about by the wind , shoes with heels much too high for her , and a dress of the softest crêpe de Chine trimmed with fur . He trod very gently until he was only a few feet away from her . ' Hello , Big Eyes ! ' he said . The girl whipped round and he found himself gazing into the same large scared grey eyes as on that occasion when she had caught him enjoying a stolen meal in her aunt's dining - room in Fakenham Road . ' It's - not - you ? ' she gasped in a failing voice , her and flying instinctively up to her mouth , and going so pale that he took a quick step forward and slid an arm about her waist . ' I say , hold hard , y
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Very kind of you . ' She spoke a little breathlessly. You understand I - I am staying with relations , and and ... " Don't worry , I won't get in the way , he retorted , amused at her flounderings . The funny little soul was so transparent if she did but realize it . It would not be easy for her to hide anything . She was afraid that Donald would resent a stranger , as he very probably would . But Donald was going to get the shock of his life presently . " I haven't congratulated you yet on your very good fortune , ' Jerry said . " What are you going to do with all that money ? ' " It - it will mostly be spent on the estate , I suppose , ' she replied . ' Really I ' t given it a thought . But it's nice to be able to buy what I want and not feel I've got to economize on something else . Nice " is rather a tame expression to use , ' he laughed . ' I expected to find you much more enthusiastic . Big Eyes , you seem to have lost your enthusiasm for a lot of things . Are yo
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