A Bridge of Glass Volume 2 (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 51! CHAPTER V. HANNAH. /CLEMENT QUAIL did not mention to his brother that he had met Lady Pounie coming out of church, and that, whilst Matthew and the curate were exchanging a few compliments, he had been the reverse of complimentary to her ladyship. He did not wish to revive an objectionable topic; he had set his interdict upon it only that morning, and Matthew was a man whom that topic disturbed. Clement spoke of everything save Cousin Hesbie; he was eloquent concerning his long night's walk from Charrington to Ingleness?he was in raptures about his progress in the office of the Comet In57 umorous as to the ]bn to be found at 1 of anecdote con- last twelve months -;ted in the old plea- pa ever a companion uost eagerly sought how happy Clem- for it quietly and the only man who ness to his life, himself before the jy had bidden each ill, thoughtful looks ok some degree of;augh was not un- iought came to Cle- that they were not ieing that Matthew a society ! He said ing of going to his ray odd habits, andthe restlessness which grows upon me," he answered. " Try the experiment." " Not yet. When I want taking care of, Clem, I will come to you," he answered, suddenly. He looked with his old mournful expression at his brother, who was once again struck with the change in him, ae he had been in the early morning when he had walked into Ingleness. "I'll take care of you, and send all the crotchets flying out of your dusty old brain. For you are awfully dusty, Mat," he said, lightly. " Foggy at times?perhaps that is the books; but some day I will come, if you'll have me." " Do you think that I will not have you." " It is possible. Your ideas may have changed. Your wife may object?your children may not like me, you know," he said, and the grey eyes w...