Richard Carvel — Volume 05 by Winston Churchill
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Dorothy sat down, the light lingering in her eyes. She had revealed more
of herself in that instant than in all her life before. "It is a grave charge, Richard," said Mrs. Manners, at length. "And your uncle is a man of the best standing in Annapolis." "You must remember his behaviour before my mother's marriage, Mrs. Manners." "I do, I do, Richard," she said sadly. "And I have never trusted him since. I suppose you are not making your accusation without cause?" "I have cause enough," I answered bitterly. "And proof?" she added. She should have been the man in her family. I told her how Harvey had overheard the bits of the plot at Carvel Hall near two years gone; and now that I had begun, I was going through with Mr. Allen's part in the conspiracy, when Dorothy startled us both by crying: "Oh, there is so much wickedness in the world, I wish I had never been born!" She flung herself from the room in a passion of tears to shock me. As if in answer to my troubled look, Mrs. Manners said, with a sigh: "She has not been at all well, lately, Richard. I fear the gayety of this place is too much for her. Indeed, I am sorry we ever left Maryland." |
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