E. R. Punshon

Name: The Interrupted Reign of Mrs. Linton-Ward
Author: E. R. Punshon

The Interrupted Reign of Mrs. Linton-Ward (1925)

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“The Interrupted Reign of Mrs. Linton-Ward”, published in 1925, is a work by E. R. Punshon. It explores elements such as Linton-Ward, Billington-Shaw and Dicky King.

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E. R. Punshon, The Interrupted Reign of Mrs. Linton-Ward (1925)

“ Mrs. Linton-Ward had corrected his letters and other writings in French, but she had never gone so far as to offer real French conversation—in point of fact, she had kept that in reserve as a tit-bit to be brought out presently, and now it was too late.
They went in to dinner, and when they were seated, a melancholy wretch crept miserably in. It was the broken-hearted Dicky King, who had no longer faith or trust in heaven above or the world beneath, but when his astonished gaze fell on Mrs. Billington-Shaw he started perceptibly. ”

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E. R. Punshon, The Interrupted Reign of Mrs. Linton-Ward (1925)

“ Billington-Shaw to smooth the thing over.
Mrs. Linton-Ward wept.
In the morning, the bleak and chill morning, she, feeling very old, and Mrs. Billington-Shaw, looking very young, and with her hair more permanently waved then ever, found themselves at breakfast together.
"What dear fellows these boys do seem to be!" said Mrs. Billington-Shaw.
Mrs. Linton-Ward assented.
"Makes one feel," sighed Mrs. Billington-Shaw, "how much boys all alone in a big town, as these are, have need of a woman's influence to mould, to guide." ”

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E. R. Punshon, The Interrupted Reign of Mrs. Linton-Ward (1925)

“ And very likely one or other of the other boys would want the help, the advice, or the simple friendly intercourse she was always ready to give them, thus forming and moulding them and leading them to higher things, just as a mother or, rather, a wiser and infinitely more experienced elder sister might have done, had she possessed the tact and skill of Mrs. Linton-Ward.
"A woman's influence ..." she mused again, as she entered the hall.
There she came face to face with Johnny Gilroy, hurrying towards the door, his collar perfectly clean, his dress bow tied by the hand of a true artist. ”

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E. R. Punshon, The Interrupted Reign of Mrs. Linton-Ward (1925)

“ Johnny Gilroy was going out to a dance, and he would probably discover at the last moment that he had no clean collar—he seldom had—and he would certainly be unable to tie his bow. But Mrs. Linton-Ward kept by her a supply of clean collars for the use of hard-pressed young men, and she was an expert at tying dress bows. Then Dicky King was desperately in love with the senior typist in his office, and she had just become engaged to the manager. ”

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E. R. Punshon, The Interrupted Reign of Mrs. Linton-Ward (1925)

“ Linton-Ward registered a mental oath that Mr. Billington-Shaw was going to have that post and have it quick, or she would know the reason why—so would her brother-in-law, the chairman.
Indeed, seldom has an appointment been made with greater speed. Mrs. Linton-Ward saw to that. In scarcely more than a week the Billington-Shaws were safely across the Channel, and in Mrs. Linton-Ward's boarding-house once more events pursued their accustomed tenor. Once Johnny Gilroy came timidly to her to have his dress bows tied; once more Dicky King brought her his torn and bleeding heart ”

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E. R. Punshon, The Interrupted Reign of Mrs. Linton-Ward (1925)

“ A fellow can't pay bills and meet his motor-cycle instalments the same day."
The landlady suggested that he had better give up his cycle if he couldn't afford it, and passed on, and Mr. Wickham, smiling a little at the extravagance of this suggestion, remarked that he was glad he had smoothed over the always delicate question of his bill, for that week at least.
"You managed very well," agreed Mrs. Linton-Ward, not without bitterness, and moved on into the drawing-room. ”

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E. R. Punshon, The Interrupted Reign of Mrs. Linton-Ward (1925)

“ Linton-Ward had been, not too successfully, in the motor business, she could talk motor quite intelligently, and was even able to offer sound advice and criticism on difficult problems connected with that pursuit which now has solved the age-long problem of the aim of man, by the simple reply, to mote. ”

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E. R. Punshon, The Interrupted Reign of Mrs. Linton-Ward (1925)

“ She occupied the generally not too exacting post of head of the typing room of the Oxford Patent Polish Company, with twenty girls under her, and when one has been with twenty girls all the long day, the company of eight or ten young men falls to be appreciated. ”

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