Grayson--same
reverential pronunciation--upstairs himself instead of allowing
Frederick or one of the maid-servants to perform that service.
As for his apologies to Corinne and his aunt for having remained
in his room after Mr. Grayson's departure, instead of taking part
in the last hours of the dance--one o'clock was the exact hour--
these were reserved until those ladies should appear at dinner,
when they were made with so penitential a ring in his voice that
his aunt at once jumped to the conclusion that he must have been
bored to death by the old fellow, while Corinne hugged herself in
the belief that perhaps after all Jack was renewing his interest
in her; a delusion which took such possession of her small head
that she finally determined to send Garry a note begging him to
come to her at once, on business of the UTMOST IMPORTANCE; two
strings being better than one, especially when they were to be
played each against the other.
As to the uplifting of the house of Breen & Co., and the
possibility of so small a tail as himself being able to wag so
large a dog as his uncle and his partners, that seemed now to be
so chimerical an undertaking that he laughed when he thought of
it.
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