. Complete works. With illus. by the author and introductory notes setting forth the history of the several works by Horace E. Scudder . will not besparing of his punishmentbehind yours. Of courseall the Twysdens, male andfemale, and Woolcomb, thedusky husband of Philipsformer love, hated, andfeared, and maligned him;and were in the habit ofspeaking of him as a trucu-lent and reckless savageand monster, coarse and brutal in his language and behavior,ragged, dirty and reckless in his personal appearance;reeking with smoke, perpetually reeling in drink, indulgingin oaths, actions, laughter which
. Complete works. With illus. by the author and introductory notes setting forth the history of the several works by Horace E. Scudder . will not besparing of his punishmentbehind yours. Of courseall the Twysdens, male andfemale, and Woolcomb, thedusky husband of Philipsformer love, hated, andfeared, and maligned him;and were in the habit ofspeaking of him as a trucu-lent and reckless savageand monster, coarse and brutal in his language and behavior,ragged, dirty and reckless in his personal appearance;reeking with smoke, perpetually reeling in drink, indulgingin oaths, actions, laughter which rendered him intolerablein civilized society. The Twysdens, during l*hilips absenceabroad, had been very respectful and assiduous in courtingthe new head of the Ringwood family. They had flatteredSir John and paid court to my lady. They had been wel-comed at Sir Johns houses in toAvn and country. They hadadopted his politics in a great measure, as they had adoptedthe politics of the deceased peer. They had never lost anopportunity of abusing poor Philip and of ingratiatingthemselves. They had never refused any invitation from 183. 184 THE ADVENTURES OF PHTTAP Sir Jolm in town or country, and had ended by utterlyboring him and Lady Ringwood and tiie Ringwood familyin general. Lady Ringwood learned somewhere how piti-lessly Mrs. Woolcomb had jilted her cousin when a richersuitor appeared in the person of the West Indian. ThenncAvs came how Philip had administered a beating to Wool-comb, to young Twysden, to a dozen who set on him. Theearly jirejudices began to pass away. A friend or two ofPhilips told Ringwood how he was mistaken in the youngman, and painted a portrait of him in colors much morefavorable than those which his kinsfolk employed. Indeed,dear relations, if the public wants to know our little faultsand errors, I tliink I know who will not grudge the requi-site information. Dear aunt Candor, are you not still alive,and dont you know what we had for dinner yesterday, a
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