Miss Sparkes, I am sure you would not like to see your
noble relative fall lifeless at your feet?"
Polly looked at Gammon, who, in spite of wrath, could not help
smiling.
"He didn't do it in Lincoln's Inn Fields, Greenacre."
"He did not; but I very greatly fear that those meetings--of course
I have heard of them--helped to bring about the crisis under which
he is now suffering, as also did a certain other meeting which you
will recollect, Gammon. Pray tell me, did Lord Polperro seem to you
in robust health?"
"Can't say he did. Looked jolly seedy."
"Precisely. Acting on my advice he has left town for a few days. I
shall join him to-morrow, and do my best to keep up his spirits. You
will now see the necessity for using great caution, great
consideration, in this strange affair. We can be quite frank with
each other, Gammon, and of course we have no secrets from my new and
valued friend--if she will let me call her so--Miss Polly Sparkes.
One has but to look at Miss Sparkes to see the sweetness and
thoughtfulness of her disposition.
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