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Article THE MARQUIS AND THE MASON'S WIDOW. ← Page 4 of 5 →
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The Marquis And The Mason's Widow.
phatic gesture to the parchment lying before him , and then fixed his grey , distrustful eyes intently on Lord Moira ' s frank and manly countenance . That look earned with it its own solution . It seemed to say , " How can you , with such an heavy mortgage as this you are about to execute , think , for one passing instant , of incurring the cost of a substitute 1 " The Earl understood it , for he coloured and looked awayaway from his prudent monitor , and away from his anxious visitant .
" I cannot interfere , " said he at last , in a husky , hesitating tone ; "the law is peremptory , and must be obeyed . " " In other words , " said the woman , despairingly , " there ' s the cold shelter of the workhouse for me , and the still colder bed of the battle-field for my boy . " " Get a substitute—get a substitute , " cried Old Capias ,
testily ; " they are to be had—get one . " " Whence should 11 " returned the woman fiercely , fronting the speaker . " Whence should I ? ' Out of the barn-floor , or out of the wine-press ? ' " " Better dismiss her , my Lord , " said the attorney , quickly , and very indignantl " her expressions are
hihldisy , gy respectful , and border on abuse . " " They are at all events Scriptural , " interposed his Lordship , with increasing gravity . The tone , perhaps , of the Earl ' s voice , rebuking one whom she felt to be an antagonist , might have heartened her , or
the energy of despair might have suggested the movement , but again advancing to his Lordship , she said faintly , — " About a week before he went into action for the fifth time , my poor fellow gave these into my hands , and told me , that should he fall , and I be ever able to reach England , they might , perhaps , be useful to me . "
She handed to his Lordship , as she spoke , a certificate , drawn up on vellum , and certain insignia—of which a more detailed description would be objectionable—and waited in bent and hopeless attitude the result . He to whom Masonry was so dear , whose devotion to its interests never variedwho held so high a place in the Order
, , and in the affections of the Craft , extended his hand , and examined narrowly and deliberately the various insignia ; the parchment , its tenor , its signatures . The scrutiny , it would seem , left no suspicions behind it , for the Earl , with a smile , said firmly and cheeringly , — " Your husband , it appears , was a Mason . Of that I am
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The Marquis And The Mason's Widow.
phatic gesture to the parchment lying before him , and then fixed his grey , distrustful eyes intently on Lord Moira ' s frank and manly countenance . That look earned with it its own solution . It seemed to say , " How can you , with such an heavy mortgage as this you are about to execute , think , for one passing instant , of incurring the cost of a substitute 1 " The Earl understood it , for he coloured and looked awayaway from his prudent monitor , and away from his anxious visitant .
" I cannot interfere , " said he at last , in a husky , hesitating tone ; "the law is peremptory , and must be obeyed . " " In other words , " said the woman , despairingly , " there ' s the cold shelter of the workhouse for me , and the still colder bed of the battle-field for my boy . " " Get a substitute—get a substitute , " cried Old Capias ,
testily ; " they are to be had—get one . " " Whence should 11 " returned the woman fiercely , fronting the speaker . " Whence should I ? ' Out of the barn-floor , or out of the wine-press ? ' " " Better dismiss her , my Lord , " said the attorney , quickly , and very indignantl " her expressions are
hihldisy , gy respectful , and border on abuse . " " They are at all events Scriptural , " interposed his Lordship , with increasing gravity . The tone , perhaps , of the Earl ' s voice , rebuking one whom she felt to be an antagonist , might have heartened her , or
the energy of despair might have suggested the movement , but again advancing to his Lordship , she said faintly , — " About a week before he went into action for the fifth time , my poor fellow gave these into my hands , and told me , that should he fall , and I be ever able to reach England , they might , perhaps , be useful to me . "
She handed to his Lordship , as she spoke , a certificate , drawn up on vellum , and certain insignia—of which a more detailed description would be objectionable—and waited in bent and hopeless attitude the result . He to whom Masonry was so dear , whose devotion to its interests never variedwho held so high a place in the Order
, , and in the affections of the Craft , extended his hand , and examined narrowly and deliberately the various insignia ; the parchment , its tenor , its signatures . The scrutiny , it would seem , left no suspicions behind it , for the Earl , with a smile , said firmly and cheeringly , — " Your husband , it appears , was a Mason . Of that I am