by A. E. W. Mason and Andrew Lang

Name: Parson Kelly — Chapter 12
Author: by A. E. W. Mason and Andrew Lang

Parson Kelly — Chapter 12 (1900)

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“Parson Kelly — Chapter 12”, published in 1900, is a work by by A. E. W. Mason and Andrew Lang. It explores elements such as Kelly, Philabe and Scrope.

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by A. E. W. Mason and Andrew Lang, Parson Kelly — Chapter 12 (1900)

“ Kelly clasped his hand over the wound, and sank on to the ground. The blood came through between his fingers; he snatched the cravat from his neck, and made a poor shift to bandage it about his body. The one thought in his mind was of the Duke of Ormond's messenger. Perhaps the very next morning he might come to Avignon and find no one on the bench.
'A surgeon,' he whispered to Scrope, saving his breath. Scrope was quietly wiping his sword, and made no reply.
'A surgeon,' repeated Kelly. 'I must live.'
'Or die,' said Scrope carelessly. He pulled on his coat, and came close to Kelly. ”

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by A. E. W. Mason and Andrew Lang, Parson Kelly — Chapter 12 (1900)

“ Thereupon the girl turned round.
'Harlequin,' she called to the dog, and showed Mr. Kelly as sweet a face as a young man ever deserved to see. It was fresh and clear as the morning dew, with frank eyes and a scarlet bow of a mouth ready for a laugh. 'Harlequin!' said Mr. Kelly to himself with a start, as he looked towards the girl. Harlequin trotted off to his mistress, and got prettily chided for his forwardness, of which chiding he made little or no account, and very properly. It is not every dog that achieves immortality by stretching itself against a stranger's knee. But Harlequin did. ”

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by A. E. W. Mason and Andrew Lang, Parson Kelly — Chapter 12 (1900)

“ His sword glittered and darted very chill and cold in that grey twilight. He thrust swift as a serpent.
The blood of the Parson was also up. He had at first regarded Scrope's challenge as a pure piece of irony. Why should two men fight for a hilding who had equally jilted and cheated the pair? That had been George's first thought; but now his rapier was drawn for the Cause, and to rid it of a dangerous enemy. Scrope was probably on the track of Ormond and the gold, as well as on that of his rival. ”

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by A. E. W. Mason and Andrew Lang, Parson Kelly — Chapter 12 (1900)

“ Philabe, the banker, sat every morning on his bench with what patience he might. He came in consequence to take particular notice of an oldish man and a rosebud of a girl who walked along the boulevard every morning at the time that he was waiting. They were accompanied by a French poodle dog, and indeed it was the poodle dog which first attracted Mr. Kelly's attention to the couple. It has already been said that Mr. Kelly had a trick of catching a woman's eyes, though this quality implies no great merit. ”

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by A. E. W. Mason and Andrew Lang, Parson Kelly — Chapter 12 (1900)

“ The Parson, since he did not know who the messenger might be, was to wait every morning between the hours of nine and ten on the first bench to the left of the Porte du Rhone in the boulevard outside the city walls, until a man should ask him if he had any comfortable greeting for Aunt Anne, that being the cant name for the Duke. This man was thereafter to prove to Mr. Kelly's satisfaction that he was indeed the messenger expected. ”

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by A. E. W. Mason and Andrew Lang, Parson Kelly — Chapter 12 (1900)

“ And to hear them speak of marriage, why one would fancy oneself in the company of rakes dressed up like the other sex for a masquerade.' She would gloat over the misadventures of poor Mistress Dolly Walpole, the Minister's sister, by the hour, she had even written a ballad thereon, 'The Dolliad,' and since Mr. ”

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by A. E. W. Mason and Andrew Lang, Parson Kelly — Chapter 12 (1900)

“ Moreover, he had to consider the messenger from the Duke of Ormond and the 5,000l. in Mr. Philabe's keeping.
'One moment,' he said. Scrope stopped with a sneer.
'If you can remain a few days at Avignon,' he continued, 'I shall be happy to oblige you in whatever you will. For the moment I have duties.'
'Of course,' interrupted Scrope. 'Duties are wonderful convenient things when one's bones are in danger. The pious Æneas knew that very well, Mr. Kelly ”

by A. E. W. Mason and Andrew Lang

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