by A. E. W. Mason and Andrew Lang

Name: Parson Kelly — Chapter 22
Author: by A. E. W. Mason and Andrew Lang

Parson Kelly — Chapter 22 (1900)

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“Parson Kelly — Chapter 22”, published in 1900, is a work by by A. E. W. Mason and Andrew Lang. It explores elements such as Kelly, Messengers and George.

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by A. E. W. Mason and Andrew Lang, Parson Kelly — Chapter 22 (1900)

“ Understand me, sir, I am out of hope of earthly salvation. I have nothing to gain, nothing to look for from man. I make you freely acquainted with that position of my affairs, which are purely desperate. And the person of whom we speak looks to you as her sole hope in the world. She sends you this, take it, I know not the contents, the seal, as you perceive, being unbroken.'
'This looks more serious,' said the Colonel, taking the sealed note which Kelly handed to him. ”

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by A. E. W. Mason and Andrew Lang, Parson Kelly — Chapter 22 (1900)

“ The cards took all.'
'Here, at least,' cried George, 'I can offer some kind of proof of my honesty, and even be of service. I am poor, Heaven knows, but there are my winnings, easily enough to corrupt four Messengers. Use the money; I have friends who will not let me starve in the Tower. Nay, delicacy is purely foolish. I insist that you take it.'
'Mr. Johnson,' the Colonel said, 'you are a very extraordinary man.'
'Sir, I am an Irishman,' said George. ”

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by A. E. W. Mason and Andrew Lang, Parson Kelly — Chapter 22 (1900)

“ James's Street was full of chairs and noises; night-rakers were abroad, and the Messengers, who are not very popular, might fear a rescue by the rabble. On this chance Kelly fixed his hopes, for if he could but be alone for ten minutes in his lodgings, he and his friends would have little to fear from any evidence in his possession.
If the Colonel succeeded, Lady Oxford, and, with her ladyship, George's honour, were safe. If, by an especial miracle of heaven, George could have a few minutes alone in his room, the Cause and the faithful of the Cause would be safe. ”

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by A. E. W. Mason and Andrew Lang, Parson Kelly — Chapter 22 (1900)

“ What conversation passed between the four gentlemen Wogan has already told, and he has mentioned how the Colonel went away, and how, after using pains to prevent Mr. Scrope from catching a cold, he himself withdrew to court slumber, and left Mr. Kelly alone in the moonlight.
Mr. Kelly did not remain in the open, but lay perdu on the shadowy side of the grove. Concealing himself from any chance of a rencounter, he allotted a space of twelve minutes by his watch, and time never paced more tardy with him in all his life. ”

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by A. E. W. Mason and Andrew Lang, Parson Kelly — Chapter 22 (1900)

“ George drew back one pace and folded his arms on his breast. His eyes, which are of an uncommon bright blue, were fixed on the Colonel's.
'You will find, sir, if you advance one foot, that I do not stand kick or cuff. You are dealing with one who knows his weapon' (no experience could cure George of this delusion) , 'and who does not value his life at a straw. ”

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by A. E. W. Mason and Andrew Lang, Parson Kelly — Chapter 22 (1900)

“ You see that we are not likely to be interrupted, and that I am perfectly cool. This is a matter to each of us of more than life or death.'
'I do see that you desire to pique my curiosity for the sake of some advantage which I am unable to perceive. ”

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by A. E. W. Mason and Andrew Lang, Parson Kelly — Chapter 22 (1900)

“ You trod on my foot, and,' said George, as he let his cloak slip from his shoulders to the ground, 'you invited me to take a walk; what circumstance now befogs your intellects?'
Kelly's instincts, naturally good, though dimmed a trifle by a learned education and a clerical training, showed him but that one way out of the wood.
'Several circumstances combine, sir. Thus, I do not want to save the hangman a job. Again, my respect for your cloth forbids me to draw sword on you, and rather prompts to a public battooning tomorrow in St. James's. ”

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