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Still that ardour seemed not to exist on account of her, but rather to arise from feelings which required a vent: it was an embrace that appeared to say, "Congratulate me, for I have succeeded!" STILL THAT ARDOUR SEEMED NOT TO EXIST ON ACCOUNT OF HER BUT RATHER TO ARISE FROM THE FEELINGS WHICH REQUIRED EVENT IT WAS AN EMBRACE THAT APPEARED TO SAY CONGRATULATE ME FOR I HAVE SUCCEEDED
HAPTER LXVI. MRS. SLINGSBY AND THE BARONET AGAIN. A few days had elapsed since the events related in the preceding chapter. We must now again introduce our readers to the abode of Mrs. Slingsby, in Old Burlington Street. It was about ten o'clock in the morning; the breakfast things had just been cleared away; and the pious lady was sitting in an abstracted—nay, positively mournful mood, holding in her hand the _Morning Herald_, on which, however, her looks were not fixed. There was something on her mind. She was the prey alike to a source of disquietude and to the embarrassment caused by a projected scheme, beset with difficulties which seemed insuperable. At length a double knock at the door interrupted her painful reverie; and in a few minutes Sir Henry Courtenay, whom she had been expecting, was announced. The baronet's countenance was lighted up with an expression of joy and triumph; and, as soon as the servant had retired, he embraced his mistress with more than his wonted ardour. ON SIXTY EIGHT CHAPTER SIXTY SIX MISSUS SLINGSBY AND THE BARONET AGAIN A FEW DAYS HAVE ELAPSED SINCE THE EVENTS RELATED IN THE PRECEDING CHAPTER WE MUST NOW AGAIN INTRODUCE OUR READERS TO THE ABODE OF MISSUS SLINGSBY IN OLD BURLINGTON STREET IT WAS ABOUT TEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING THE BREAKFAST THINGS HAD JUST BEEN CLEARED AWAY AND THE PIOUS LADY WAS SITTING IN AN ABSTRACTED NAY POSITIVELY MOURNFUL MOOD HOLDING IN HER HAND THE MOURNING HERALD ON WHICH HOWEVER HER LOOKS WERE NOT FIXED THERE WAS SOMETHING ON HER MIND SHE WAS THE PREY ALIKE TO A SOURCE OF DISQUIETUDE AND TO THE EMBARRASSMENT CAUSED BY A PROJECTED SCHEME BESET WITH DIFFICULTIES WHICH SEEMED INSUPERABLE AT LENGTH A DOUBLE KNOCK AT THE DOOR INTERRUPTED HER PAINFUL REVERIE AND IN A FEW MINUTES SIR HENRY COURTENAY WHOM SHE HAD BEEN EXPECTING WAS ANNOUNCED THE BARONET'S COUNTENANCE WAS LIGHTED UP WITH AN EXPRESSION OF JOY AND TRIUMPH AND AS SOON AS THE SERVANT HAD RETIRED HE EMBRACED HIS MISTRESS WITH MORE THAN HIS WONTED ARDOR
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