Ellen Wood

Name: East Lynne — Chapter 8
Author: Ellen Wood

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“East Lynne — Chapter 8”, published in 1861, is a work by Ellen Wood. It explores elements such as West Lynne, Lady Isabel and Carlyle.

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Ellen Wood, East Lynne — Chapter 8 (1861)

“ I am sure he is a gentleman."
"Well, you may take a pound's worth of tickets, Isabel, and give them to the upper servants. A village concert!"
"Oh, papa, it is not—can't you see it is not? If we, you and I, will promise to be present, all the families round West Lynne will attend, and he will have the room full. They will go because we do—he said so. Make a sacrifice for once, dearest papa, and go, if it be only for an hour. I shall enjoy it if there's nothing but a fiddle and a tambourine."
"You gipsy! You are as bad as a professional beggar. ”

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Ellen Wood, East Lynne — Chapter 8 (1861)

“ Indeed, he was rarely seen without a gun, being inordinately fond of sport; but, if all tales whispered were true, he supplied himself with game in other ways than by shooting, which had the credit of going up to London dealers. For the last six months or near upon it, he had been away from West Lynne.
"Why, where have you been hiding yourself?" exclaimed Mr. Carlyle. "The colonel has been inconsolable."
"Come, no gammon, Carlyle. I have been on the tramp through France and Germany. Man likes a change sometimes. ”

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Ellen Wood, East Lynne — Chapter 8 (1861)

“ That's always it. Poor folks get a heap of children about them, and then ask for pity. I should say it would be more just if they asked for blame."
"Well, there the tickets are, bought and paid for, so they may as well be used. You will go with me, Cornelia."
"And stick ourselves there upon empty benches, like two geese, and sit staring and counting the candles! A pleasant evening?"
"You need not fear empty benches. The Mount Severns are going, and West Lynne is in a fever, racing after tickets. ”

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Ellen Wood, East Lynne — Chapter 8 (1861)

“ Kane the promise."
Mr. Carlyle paused. "I am glad to hear it; it will be a perfect boon to Kane. If it once gets abroad that Lord Mount Severn and Lady Isabel intend to honor the concert, there won't be standing room."
She danced round with a little gleeful step. "What high and mighty personages Lord Mount Severn and Lady Isabel seem to be! If you had any goodness of heart, Mr. Carlyle, you would enlist yourself in the cause also."
"I think I will," he smiled.
"Papa says you hold sway at West Lynne. If you proclaim that you mean to go, you will induce others." ”

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Ellen Wood, East Lynne — Chapter 8 (1861)

“ Carlyle; what is past cannot be recalled. He looks like a gentleman."
"Who? Kane? A gentleman bred; his father was a clergyman. Kane's ruin was his love of music—it prevented his settling to any better paid profession; his early marriage also was a drawback and kept him down. He is young still."
"Mr. Carlyle I would not be one of your West Lynne people for the world. Here is a young gentleman struggling with adversity, and you won't put out your hand to help him!"
He smiled at her warmth. "Some of us will take tickets—I, for one; but I don't know about attending the concert. ”

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Ellen Wood, East Lynne — Chapter 8 (1861)

“ A fine new cap to go to their mess of a concert in, after paying ten shillings for the tickets! The world's coming to something."
Mr. Carlyle left her and her grumbling to return to the office. Lord Mount Severn's carriage was passing at the moment, and Isabel Vane was within it. She caused it to stop when she saw Mr. Carlyle, and he advanced to her.
"I have been to Mr. Kane's myself for the tickets," said she, with a beaming look. "I came into West Lynne on purpose. I told the coachman to find out where he lived, and he did. ”

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Ellen Wood, East Lynne — Chapter 8 (1861)

“ Is there any one in West Lynne who could come here and tune my piano, Mr. Carlyle?" she added, turning to him.
"Certainly there is. Kane would do it. Shall I send him to-morrow?"
"I should be glad, if it would not be giving you too much trouble. Not that tuning will benefit it greatly, old thing that it is. Were we to be much at East Lynne, I should get papa to exchange it for a good one."
Little thought Lady Isabel that that very piano was Mr. Carlyle's, and not hers. The earl coughed, and exchanged a smile and a glance with his guest.
Mr. Kane was the organist of St. ”

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Ellen Wood, East Lynne — Chapter 8 (1861)

“ I hold a suspicion, no matter whence gathered, that it was not Richard Hare who committed the murder, but another. Can you throw any light upon the subject?"
"No, I can't. I have always thought poor wavering Dick was nobody's enemy but his own ”

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