[Simon Dale by Anthony Hope]@TWC D-Link bookSimon Dale CHAPTER VI 13/22
I must trust you in others.
Yet there are many who have no faith in my Lord Arlington, as Englishman or Churchman either." "But," cried I, "does not Lord Arlington do as the King bids him ?" My lord looked full in my face, and answered steadily, "I think he does, Simon." But then, as though he had said enough, or even too much, he went on: "Come, you needn't grow too old or too prudent all at once.
Since you have seen the King, your business at Whitehall will wait.
Let us turn back to the coach and be driven to my house, for, besides my lady, Barbara is there to-day on leave from her attendance, and she will be glad to renew her acquaintance with you." It was my experience as a young man, and, perchance, other young men may have found the like, that whatsoever apprehensions or embarrassments might be entailed by meeting a comely damsel, and however greatly her displeasure and scorn were to be dreaded, yet the meeting was not forgone, all perils being taken rather than that certain calamity. Therefore I went with my lord to his handsome house in Southampton Square, and found myself kissing my lady's hand before I was resolved on how I should treat Mistress Barbara, or on the more weighty question of how I might look to be treated by her. I had not to wait long for the test.
After a few moments of my lady's amiable and kindly conversation, Barbara entered from the room behind, and with her Lord Carford.
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