...ker and Mrs Crawley, and the lawyer was very gentle with her. In the first stages of the inquiry he had simply desired to learn the truth, and place t... ...this world are due to emulation, rather than to the native nobility of the actors. A young man leads a forlorn hope because an- other young man has of... ... founded on the instincts of true humanity. And now the tidings of another stage in the battle, as fought against Mr Crawley by the bishop, had gone f... ...n as a peacemaker, changed the conversation again and began to talk of the American war. But even that was made a matter of discord on church matters—... ...rt to the door. It was better by far that he should go, and so he went. An American when he has spent a pleasant day will tell you that he has had a ‘... ...irls. Emily Dunstable had nei- ther brother nor sister, and Lily’s nearest male relative in her own degree was now Miss Dunstable’s betrothed husband.... ...im that sort of love which ladies in the country do feel for their elderly male friends. There was not one of the three who would not have taken much ... ... of the catastrophe which had happened in the City. Servants are wonderful actors, looking often as though they knew noth- ing when they knew everythi... ...ion that her ladyship must have passed the early part of her life upon the stage. ‘You would trifle with me, sir. Beware that you do not trifle with h...

...r Jacko, and comfort him till I come back.’ Jacko was a middle-sized South American monkey, and had been a pet of her husband’s. He was supposed to be... ...estimate of the domestic life of Major and Mrs. Strike. Among the garrison males, his comrades, he passed for a disgustingly jealous brute. The ladies... ...his failures. He would not see that there was a father dead. At a table of actors, Mr. Andrew overdid his part, and was the worst. His wife could not ... ...ony spent, he at once believed himself an actor, and he was hissed off the stage of a provincial theatre. ‘Ruined, the last ignominy endured, I fled f... ...d pipes, were strewn upon the table. But if the guests had arrived at that stage when to reach the arm, or arrange the person, for a sip of good stuff... ...uct themselves as if they were at a play, and the rest of the company paid actors. He had likewise taken a posi- tion, and had been the first to laugh... ...ious feeling that had possessed him while she was rattling among the other males—a doubt whether she ever cast a thought on Mr. Evan Harrington. ‘Y es... ... softly-shadowed differences of a grand manner addressed to ladies, and to males, were exquisitely accomplished by the Countess de Saldar. 134 Evan H... ...his thigh. Acting (as it was his 171 George Meredith nature to do off the stage), he had not exaggerated his pro- found melancholy. Of a light soil a...