. Little Lord Fauntleroy . s Thomas who gave themessage, and who expressed his opinion of her freely afterward, inthe servants hall. He hoped, he said, as he had wore livery inigh famblies long enoughto know a lady when hesee one, an if that was alady he was no judge ofemales. The one at the Lodge,added Thomas loftily, Merican or no Merican,she s one o the right sort,as any gentleman ud rec-kinize with alf a I j remarked it myself toHenery when fust wecalled there. The woman droveaway; the look on herhandsome, common facehalf frightened, half Havisham had noticed,during his i
. Little Lord Fauntleroy . s Thomas who gave themessage, and who expressed his opinion of her freely afterward, inthe servants hall. He hoped, he said, as he had wore livery inigh famblies long enoughto know a lady when hesee one, an if that was alady he was no judge ofemales. The one at the Lodge,added Thomas loftily, Merican or no Merican,she s one o the right sort,as any gentleman ud rec-kinize with alf a I j remarked it myself toHenery when fust wecalled there. The woman droveaway; the look on herhandsome, common facehalf frightened, half Havisham had noticed,during his interviews withher, that though she had a passionate temper, and a coarse, insolent manner, she was neither soclever nor so bold as she meant to be; she seemed sometimes to bealmost overwhelmed by the position in which she had placed was as if she had not expected to meet with such opposition. She is evidently, the lawyer said to Mrs. Errol, a personfrom the lower walks of life. She is uneducated and untrained in. SHE WAS TOLD BY THE FOOTMAN AT THE DOORTHAT THE EARL WOULD NOT SEE HER. 182 LITTLE LORD FAUNTLEROY. everything, and quite unused to meeting people like ourselveson any terms of equality. She does not know what to do. Hervisit to the Castle quite cowed her. She was infuriated, but shewas cowed. The Earl would not receive her, but I advised himto go with me to the Dorincourt Arms, where she is she saw him enter the room, she turned white, though sheflew into a rage at once, and threatened and demanded in onebreath. The fact was that the Earl had stalked into the room andstood, looking like a venerable aristocratic giant, staring at thewoman from under his beetling brows, and not condescendinga word. He simply stared at her, taking her in from head tofoot as if she were some repulsive curiosity. He let her talk anddemand until she was tired, without himself uttering a word, andthen he said : You say you are my eldest sons wife. If that is true, and
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