It was a regular plant. The only thing is, it didn't come off."
"Look here, young shaver;"--this was Mounser Green again; "when you
speak of a young lady do you be a little more discreet"
"But didn't she do it, Green?"
"That's more than you or I can tell. If you want to know what I
think, I believe he paid her a great deal of attention and then
behaved very badly to her."
"He didn't behave badly at all," said young Glossop.
"My dear boy, when you are as old as I am, you will have learned
how very hard it is to know everything. I only say what I believe,
and perhaps I may have better ground for believing than you. He
certainly paid her a great deal of attention, and then her
friends,--especially the Duchess,--went to work."
"They've wanted to get her off their hands these six or eight
years," said Currie.
"That's nonsense again," continued the new advocate, "for there is
no doubt she might have married Morton all the time had she
pleased."
"Yes;--but Rufford!--a fellow with sixty thousand a year!" said
Glossop.
"About a third of that would be nearer the mark, Glossy. Take my
word for it, you don't know everything yet, though you have so many
advantages." After that Mounser Green retreated to his own room
with a look and tone as though he were angry.
"What makes him so ferocious about it?" asked Glossop when the door
was shut.
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