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"That Mrs. Beaumont," he said, "of whom we were speaking, is a great success; she has taken London almost by storm. I met her the other night at Fulham's; she is really a remarkable woman." THAT MISSUS BEAUMONT HE SAID OF WHOM WE WERE SPEAKING IS A GREAT SUCCESS SHE HAS TAKEN LONDON ALMOST BY A STORM I MET HER THE OTHER NIGHT AT FULLAM'S SHE IS REALLY A REMARKABLE WOMAN
derstanding for what possible cause he—or any of the others for the matter of that—could have resolved in cold blood to die in such an awful manner. You know how men babble away each other’s characters in London, you may be sure any buried scandal or hidden skeleton would have been brought to light in such a case as this; but nothing of the sort has taken place. As for the theory of mania, that is very well, of course, for the coroner’s jury, but everybody knows that it’s all nonsense. Suicidal mania is not small-pox.” Austin relapsed into gloomy silence. Villiers sat silent, also, watching his friend. The expression of indecision still fleeted across his face; he seemed as if weighing his thoughts in the balance, and the considerations he was resolving left him still silent. Austin tried to shake off the remembrance of tragedies as hopeless and perplexed as the labyrinth of Daedalus, and began to talk in an indifferent voice of the more pleasant incidents and adventures of the season. OMPLETELY PASSES MY UNDERSTANDING FOR WHAT POSSIBLE CAUSE HE OR ANY OF THE OTHERS FOR THE MATTER OF THAT COULD HAVE RESOLVED IN COLD BLOOD TO DIE IN SUCH AN AWFUL MANNER YOU KNOW HOW MEN BABBLE AWAY EACH OTHER'S CHARACTERS IN LONDON YOU MAY BE SURE ANY BURIED SCANDAL OR HIDDEN SKELETON WOULD HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO LIGHT IN SUCH A CASE AS THIS BUT NOTHING OF THE SORT HAS TAKEN PLACE AS FOR THE THEORY OF MANIA THAT IS VERY WELL OF COURSE OF THE CORONER'S JURY BUT EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT IT'S ALL NONSENSE SUICIDAL MANIA IS NOT SMALLPOX AUSTIN RELAPSED INTO GLOOMY SILENCE VILLIERS SAT SILENT ALSO WATCHING HIS FRIEND THE EXPRESSION OF INDECISION STILL FLEETED ACROSS HIS FACE HE SEEMED AS IF WEIGHING HIS THOUGHTS IN THE BALANCE AND THE CONSIDERATIONS HE WAS RESOLVING LEFT HIM STILL SILENT AUSTIN TRIED TO SHAKE OFF THE REMEMBRANCE OF TRAGEDIES AS HOPELESS AND PERPLEXED AS THE LABYRINTH OF DAEDALUS AND BEGAN TO TALK IN AN INDIFFERENT VOICE OF THE MORE PLEASANT INCIDENTS AND ADVENTURES OF THE SEASON
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