George A. Birmingham

Name: The Search Party — Chapter 17
Author: George A. Birmingham

The Search Party — Chapter 17 (1912)

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“The Search Party — Chapter 17”, published in 1912, is a work by George A. Birmingham. It explores elements such as Manton, drawing and Goddard.

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George A. Birmingham, The Search Party — Chapter 17 (1912)

“ O'Grady," said Lord Manton. "But come now, Miss Blow, be reasonable. If he has run away from you, he wouldn't be the only man that has. You can't deny that Mr. Goddard ran away from you. He did it twice. You said so yourself. In fact, you more than hinted that he was in the act of a third flight when you caught him. There's nothing inherently absurd in supposing that one man would do what another man has done several times. I needn't say I wouldn't do it myself. But that's another matter. It's far better for you to look facts straight in the face, however unpleasant they are." ”

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George A. Birmingham, The Search Party — Chapter 17 (1912)

“ I don't suppose that his wife has a dressing-gown of any colour, and as for her teeth——"
Miss Blow began to recover a little from her first shock.
"Do you mean to say," she said, "that you consider a man is justified in deserting his wife because she wears a red dressing-gown and washes her teeth?"
"Certainly," said Lord Manton. "If you consider the matter fairly and impartially, without bias in favour of either sex, you will see that there can't be two opinions about it. The mere act of wearing a dressing-gown, red or blue, is of course nothing in itself. ”

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George A. Birmingham, The Search Party — Chapter 17 (1912)

“ Goddard. "Wait a minute."
But Wilkins was gone. Mr. Goddard made a protest.
"Why did you give me away like that?" he asked. "If you hadn't told them I was here, they would never have thought of asking for me."
"I gave you away to save myself," said Lord Manton. "I always give other people away when there's any kind of unpleasantness going on. That has been a fixed rule of mine through life, and I've always found it work well."
"Beg pardon, my lord," said Wilkins, who returned, "but the ladies say it's your lordship they want to see; but they'll be very glad to meet Mr. Goddard too." ”

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George A. Birmingham, The Search Party — Chapter 17 (1912)

“ But why aren't you in the big drawing-room with the other ladies? You oughtn't to come down here, you know, especially without a chaperone."
"You call yourselves gentlemen," said Miss Blow.
"No," said Lord Manton; "we don't. I certainly don't. And I should be surprised to hear that Mr. Goddard did. The word is quite out of fashion, I assure you. Nobody uses it nowadays. Don't bring unjust charges against us, Miss Blow. There are lots of things we may be accused of with truth. We're not the men we ought to be, especially Mr. Goddard. ”

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George A. Birmingham, The Search Party — Chapter 17 (1912)

“ Many men wouldn't do even that. I know lots of people who'd object to your way of filling up their houses with strange women; but I'm giving you every latitude. If you choose to interview your lady friends in my drawing-room, I make no objection. But I won't be dragged into any complications myself. That's the reason I don't like your saying 'we.' The question is not what shall we do, but what will you do."
"What shall I do, then?" said Mr. Goddard.
"If you'd taken my advice," said Lord Manton, "and married Miss Blow half an hour ago, you wouldn't be in this difficulty now. ”

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George A. Birmingham, The Search Party — Chapter 17 (1912)

“ There ought, he was convinced, to be some limit to the extent to which a man may give away his friends. But Miss Blow recognized that these hurried flittings of his and the causes of them were side issues. She got back, with an evident effort, to the main point immediately under discussion.
"And why should you suppose that the husbands of the ladies you have shut up in your drawing-room have run away from them?"
It was of Lord Manton that she asked the question; but Mr. Goddard answered her. ”

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George A. Birmingham, The Search Party — Chapter 17 (1912)

“ All the same, if you had been reasonable about Miss Blow we wouldn't be in the position we are. Now, of course, there's nothing for it but to fly. It's very undignified for me, being a peer and that sort of thing. ”

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George A. Birmingham, The Search Party — Chapter 17 (1912)

“ What have you forgotten? It's rather rash of you to venture, I think. If it's only your cigar-case or something of that sort that you've left behind, I should have had it posted after you as soon as you sent me your address. ”

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