by A. E. W. Mason and Andrew Lang

Name: Parson Kelly — Chapter 24
Author: by A. E. W. Mason and Andrew Lang

Parson Kelly — Chapter 24 (1900)

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“Parson Kelly — Chapter 24”, published in 1900, is a work by by A. E. W. Mason and Andrew Lang. It explores elements such as Montague, Wogan and Lady Oxford.

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by A. E. W. Mason and Andrew Lang, Parson Kelly — Chapter 24 (1900)

“ Wogan looked at his clothes.
'I am wearing her damned livery,' he cried. 'No, I will stay and be hanged like a gentleman, but I take no favours at Lady Oxford's hand,' and in a passion he began to tear off the clothes.
'She offers none,' said Montague. 'She knows nothing of what I intend. I would not trust her. If you have to stand behind, I have to drive by her side; and upon my word I would sooner be in your place. Her ladyship's footman for an hour! Man, are you so proud that your life cannot make up for the humiliation? ”

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by A. E. W. Mason and Andrew Lang, Parson Kelly — Chapter 24 (1900)

“ The indifference of the speech no doubt stung her ladyship.
'Friend!' she said with a sneer. 'This friendship is surely something of the suddenest. I did not even so late as last night notice any great cordiality between you.'
'Very likely not,' said Montague. 'Last night there was a trivial cause for disagreement upon which to-day we are of one mind.'
Lady Oxford flushed and took another tone.
'You are cruel,' she said. She was not so much insulted as hurt. 'You are ungenerous. You are cruel.'
But Colonel Montague was not in a melting mood, and so, 'Give me the packet,' she said sullenly. ”

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by A. E. W. Mason and Andrew Lang, Parson Kelly — Chapter 24 (1900)

“ Lady Oxford was not abashed by the rebuke. She turned upon the Colonel eyes that swam with pity for Mr. Kelly's misfortunes.
'I read that he was taken,' she said sadly. 'Poor gentleman! But he should have burnt my letters long ago. They were letters written, as we women write, with a careless pen and ill-considered words which malice might misconstrue. He should have burnt them, as he swore to do; but he broke his word, and so, alas! pays most dearly for his fault. ”

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by A. E. W. Mason and Andrew Lang, Parson Kelly — Chapter 24 (1900)

“ It is I who ask, not my friend, Mr. Hilton.'
Lord Sidney reluctantly consented, and the two men walked out of the coffee-house.
'There are to be no apologies, I trust,' said Lord Sidney.
Montague laughed.
'Your lordship need have no fears. What I propose is entirely unknown to Mr. Wogan. But it seems to me that the conditions of the duel have changed. If Mr. Wogan shows his face in London he will be taken. If he fights you, it matters not whether you pink him or no, for if he escapes your sword he will be taken by the Messengers. ”

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by A. E. W. Mason and Andrew Lang, Parson Kelly — Chapter 24 (1900)

“ Montague had struck harder than he had intended, and would gladly have recalled the words. But the door was closed, and the strange woman out of sight and hearing. He walked away to his lodging in Ryder Street, very well content with his day's work, and opening the door of his parlour on the first floor was at once incommoded by a thick fog of tobacco-smoke. But through the fog he saw, comfortably stretched in his best armchair, with his peruke pushed back and his waistcoat unbuttoned, a lackey in Lady Oxford's livery. Montague lifted up his voice and swore. ”

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by A. E. W. Mason and Andrew Lang, Parson Kelly — Chapter 24 (1900)

“ He noticed more than one of his acquaintances who would have been ready to lay him by the heels, and once Lady Oxford made a little jump in her seat and would have stopped the coachman had not Colonel Montague prevented her. For Lord Sidney Beauclerk stood on the path gazing at her ladyship and the Colonel with a perplexed and glowing countenance. Mr. Wogan winked and shook a friendly foot at him from the back of the carriage, and his lordship was fairly staggered at the impertinence of her ladyship's footman. So they drove out past the houses and between the fields. ”

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by A. E. W. Mason and Andrew Lang, Parson Kelly — Chapter 24 (1900)

“ Indeed, it grieves me to the heart, and all the more because he brought his own sufferings about. So unreasonable we poor women are,' and she shook her head, and smiled with a sort of pity for women's frail readiness to forgive. ”

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