Wilkie Collins

Name: The Legacy of Cain — XLIII. The Masterful Masseuse.
Author: Wilkie Collins

The Legacy of Cain — XLIII. The Masterful Masseuse… (1889)

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“The Legacy of Cain — XLIII. The Masterful Masseuse.”, published in 1889, is a work by Wilkie Collins. It explores elements such as Helena, Eunice and father.

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Wilkie Collins, The Legacy of Cain — XLIII. The Masterful Masseuse… (1889)

“ Philip, sir—and you will allow him one merit. He is capable of showing it, when he knows he has disgraced himself.” Without intending it, I am sure, my father infuriated me; he looked as if he believed her. Out came one of the smallest and strongest words in the English language before I could stop it: “Mrs. Tenbruggen, you lie!” The illustrious Rubber dropped my father’s hand—she had been operating on him all the time—and showed us that she could assert her dignity when circumstances called for the exertion: “Either your son or I, sir, must leave the room. Which is it to be?” ”

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Wilkie Collins, The Legacy of Cain — XLIII. The Masterful Masseuse… (1889)

“ Weak as he may be, Mr. Philip Dunboyne shows (in his second letter) that he can feel resentment, and that he can express his feelings, in replying to Miss Helena. He protests against suspicions which he has not deserved. That he does sometimes think of Eunice he sees no reason to deny. He is conscious of errors and misdeeds, which—traceable as they are to Helena’s irresistible fascinations—may perhaps be considered rather his misfortune than his fault. Be that as it may, he does indeed feel anxious to hear good accounts of Eunice’s health. ”

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Wilkie Collins, The Legacy of Cain — XLIII. The Masterful Masseuse… (1889)

“ Mrs. Tenbruggen favored him with another ready reply: “My authority is a letter, addressed to me by a relative of Mr. Gracedieu—my dear and intimate friend, Miss Jillgall.” My father’s keen eyes traveled backward and forward between his female surgeon and his son. “Which am I to believe?” ”

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Wilkie Collins, The Legacy of Cain — XLIII. The Masterful Masseuse… (1889)

“ I don’t pretend to have discovered what he really has in his mind. I only venture on a suggestion. If there is any old friend in your town, who has some influence over your father, leave no means untried of getting that friend to say a kind word for us. And then ask your father to write to mine. This is, as I see it, our only chance.
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There the letter ends. Helena’s notes on it show that her pride is fiercely interested in securing Philip as a husband. Her victory over poor Eunice will, as she plainly intimates, be only complete when she is married to young Dunboyne. ”

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Wilkie Collins, The Legacy of Cain — XLIII. The Masterful Masseuse… (1889)

“ The imperious young lady regrets that she has hurt his feelings, and is rewarded for the apology by receiving news of the most gratifying kind. Faithful Philip has told his father that he is engaged to be married to Miss Helena Gracedieu, daughter of the celebrated Congregational preacher—and so on, and so on. Has Mr. Dunboyne the elder expressed any objection to the young lady? Certainly not! He knows nothing of the other engagement to Eunice ”

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Wilkie Collins, The Legacy of Cain — XLIII. The Masterful Masseuse… (1889)

“ Gracedieu’s family, worthy of record, is of a melancholy nature. After paying his visit to-day, the doctor has left word that nobody but the nurse is to go near the Minister. This seems to indicate, but too surely, a change for the worse. ”

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Wilkie Collins, The Legacy of Cain — XLIII. The Masterful Masseuse… (1889)

“ One of them frowns over her rubbing, and the other frowns over his reading. It would be delightfully ridiculous, but for a drawback; Mr. Philip Dunboyne’s first impressions of Mrs. Tenbruggen do not incline him to look at that lady from a humorous point of view.
Helena’s remarks follow, as usual. She has seen Mrs. Tenbruggen’s name on the address of a letter written by Miss Jillgall—which is quite enough to condemn Mrs. Tenbruggen. As for Philip himself, she feels not quite sure of him, even yet. No more do I.
Third Extract. ”

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