"Hubert," said she, rather excitedly, "I firmly believe, and will
always believe, that if we had not taken matters in time that Phil
Lawson, with his long-winded speeches, would have wrought a spell
upon papa and so completely influenced him that he would have had
Madge body and soul, for I am certain that she was fool enough to
encourage him."
"I believe so, too," said Hubert, dryly, and not at all pleased with
the woman's reference to a rival.
"It was only his poverty that kept him back. I tell you some
upstarts of lawyers have impudence enough to face anything; indeed,
when they stick out their shingle they think they are fitting match
for a princess."
Mrs. Arnold was sarcastic in the highest degree, and her expression
was scornful as well.
"And I suppose the forty thousand will assist materially in giving a
little more cheek," said Hubert, laughing.
"You may bless your stars that it did not arrive a twelve-month
ago," said Mrs. Arnold, in a teazing manner that was not at all
acceptable to her companion.
"Ah, well, Eve, let us think none the less of him. Perhaps he
carries a heavier heart than we would wish," and, glancing hurriedly
around, Hubert Tracy bowed to his companion and passed out as if
bent upon some particular errand.
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