Marjorie Bowen

Name: The Feud
Author: Marjorie Bowen

The Feud (1910)

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“The Feud”, published in 1910, is a work by Marjorie Bowen. It explores elements such as Martin Bampfield, plot and prisoner.

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Marjorie Bowen, The Feud (1910)

“ My lord looked not at all at the man whom he addressed, but at the bust and the bunch of violets.
"There are more ways than one from this castle—you had better leave before the Government men return."
Again Martin Bampfield asked quickly:
"What do you mean?"
The Duke rose, and lifted his eyes, still not to the prisoner, but to the portrait above the chimneypiece, between the figures of Strength and Charity.
"You will be safe in Holland—more I cannot do for you. If you show yourself in London again—do not fear but I shall know of it—if you again defame the innocent, I shall speak." ”

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Marjorie Bowen, The Feud (1910)

“ At the sight of them the prisoner made a step forward.
The Duke's delicate hand closed over one of the pistols.
"As you remind me, I am armed," he said, while a faint flush overspread his features. "Keep your distance, sir."
Martin Bampfield smiled bitterly.
My lord looked at the documents; they were of varying degrees of importance; keys to cipher, accounts of meetings, lists of names, letters from Flanders, addresses of secret printing-presses, copies of prayers—much to incriminate the obscure, perhaps harmless plotter—nothing to clear the innocent accused. ”

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Marjorie Bowen, The Feud (1910)

“ Bampfield—" he looked in a straight, commanding way at the prisoner, who returned an insolent glance.
"I and those others are in your power —need you enlarge on the theme? Call in those men—you have no cause to be tender with them nor to love me."
"Mr. Bampfield—" my lord was gathering the papers together; he looked up abruptly. "Did you not desire those men from the room—did you request me to loosen your hands with no idea of these pistols?"
"Maybe," smiled Martin Bampfield.
My lord's eyes were disdainful and mournful: his delicate and child-like face expressed a half-grieving judgment. ”

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Marjorie Bowen, The Feud (1910)

“ Listen to me—under the Lord Cromwell I was a great man, and your father was an exile in Flanders—then the slothful King came back for the curse of England, and your house rose again—the Earl became the Duke ... died in court favor ... and I—I changed with fortune. And so, forgotten, I worked against you and your proud name ... the plot ..."
"Stop!" the Duke interrupted, imperiously. "This plot is a fabrication—you are telling me that?"
Martin Bampfield smiled. ”

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Marjorie Bowen, The Feud (1910)

“ The Duke picked up the bunch of drooping violets and held them against his lips.
"You have done me a great wrong," he said, coldly. "Perhaps the greatest wrong in any man's power to do another ... you have disgraced me, covered my name with shame, broken my career at the beginning ... it is strange you should have fallen into my power."
Martin Bampfield moved back toward the fire.
"Fortune lies with you again," he said, fiercely. "Make an end of it ..."
"I never harmed you," replied my lord. "I scarcely knew your name."
The prisoner made an impatient gesture. ”

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Marjorie Bowen, The Feud (1910)

“ The secretary's eyes ran over the prisoner.
"Is it worth while?" he asked, indifferently.
The man from London was nettled.
"Yes," he said. "What am I down here for? The fellow was making for the coast—for all we can swear, a Papist with a French sloop hanging round the horizon—and after the plots—"
"Ah, plots!" interrupted the secretary. "We hear of nothing but plots now."
"And with good reason. There are more Papists abroad than have been discovered yet."
The secretary was still indifferent.
"Need you have troubled my lord?" ”

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Marjorie Bowen, The Feud (1910)

“ Not five minutes after the secretary had left, the inner door opened again, and my lord entered the room.
He held a bunch of violets in his hand and came straight to the table.
The prisoner looked at him with no change in his demeanor; the others uncovered.
"I am sorry to trouble your Grace," began the man from London.
"I am not infrequently disturbed in this manner," returned the Duke. "We do not lack for plots." He laid his violets on the table and seated himself. ”

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Marjorie Bowen, The Feud (1910)

“ It bore neither name of place, nor date, nor any term of address, but commenced at once in a firm handwriting with these words:
"I have been more successful than I dared to hope.
"The Plot, as you will have heard, is shaking the country, Shaftesbury is the most forceful man in England, and no Papist is safe. There is no need for me to name the lords who have lately suffered. ”

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Marjorie Bowen, The Feud (1910)

“ I know not what I believe, I have soon many strange things since I was a godly man; it is pleasant at least to be avenged.
"You will say I am careless and that this should be in cipher, but I will deliver it to Campion myself. ”

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Marjorie Bowen, The Feud (1910)

“ He still held the violets, and now laid them down beside the pistols at his elbow.
"What are these?" He took up the other papers that were bound together with the long yellow silk strands.
"Will not your Grace open them?" sneered the other. "You have the pistols and a bell at your elbow—if we were equally matched, they would be in the fire first."
My lord looked at him keenly, and broke the silk. ”

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