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Charlotte M. Yonge
That Stick
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066225841
Table of Contents
CHAPTER VI THE WEIGHT OF HONOURS
CHAPTER VII MORTONS AND MANNERS
CHAPTER IX THE HEIR-PRESUMPTUOUS
CHAPTER XII THE BURTHEN OF HONOURS
CHAPTER XIV WESTHAVEN VERSIONS OF HONOURS
CHAPTER XXIV THE REVENGE OF SORDID SPIRITS
CHAPTER XXVII THE YOUNG PRETENDER
CHAPTER XXVIII TWO BUNDLES OF HAY
CHAPTER XXXIV THE PHANTOM OF THE STATION
CHAPTER XXXVI IDA’S CONFESSION
CHAPTER XXXIX THE HONOURABLE PAUPER
CHAPTER XL JOY WELL-NIGH INCREDIBLE
CHAPTER XLI THE CANADIAN NORTHMOOR
CHAPTER I
HONOURS
‘Oh, there’s that stick. What can he want?’ sighed one of a pair of dignified elderly ladies, in black silk, to the other, as in a quiet country-town street they saw themselves about to be accosted by a man of about forty, with the air of a managing clerk, who came up breathlessly, with a flush on his usually pale cheeks.
‘Miss Lang; I beg pardon! May I be allowed a few words with Miss Marshall? I know it is unusual, but I have something unusual to tell her.’
‘Nothing distressing, I hope, Mr. Morton,’ said one of the ladies, startled.
‘Oh no, quite the reverse,’ he said, with a nervous laugh; ‘in fact, I have unexpectedly come into a property!’
‘Indeed!’ with great astonishment, ‘I congratulate you,’ as the colour mounted in his face, pleasant, honest, but with the subdued expression left by long years of patience in a subordinate position.
‘May I ask—’ began the other sister.
‘I