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The Fox and the Goose, by the Author of 'spavin Hall'.
The Fox and the Goose by the Author of 'spavin Hall' Author:Fox General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1887 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER IV. THE PROCESS-SERVER S STRATAGEM. ' R D'ARCY, will you never cease poring over that dull record ?" said Miss Tynan, some hours after Fred and Nellie had left for Glenfarnagh. " My darling, call me Roger !" returned Mr D'Arcy, with a well-performed smile, raising his eyes from the Irish Racing Calendar. His reply not seeming to displease the lady, the young gentleman resumed his study, remarking as he did so, -- " Mr D'Arcy is too conventional a term, Ethel, for your own Roger -- so dear a Roger as I am likely to prove." " I wonder you have no more laudable ambition," remarked Miss Ethel. " Than what, Ethel ? " he inquired, turning up a fresh engagement and reading, in an audible voice, " winner of the Railways or Angleseys to carry ten pounds extra." "No ambition more laudable than the racingof horses. With your person, address, and talents, a young gentleman should aspire to the ermine," said Miss Ethel, in tones of reproof. "Ten thousand talents, and for three months," pondered Roger. " I'd have made a rare judge at bankruptcy: one possessing a sound practical knowledge of that branch of the law." Mr D'Arcy heaved a sigh over his squandered talents. " Then why do you not settle down, turn over a new leaf, and resume your legal studies before it is too late ?" continued Miss Ethel in the same tone. "Settle down!" he returned, in tragic accents. " Yes ! You should marry ! " Roger sighed. "A married man has always an object in his existence," said Miss Ethel. Mr D'Arcy rose from his seat, and, approaching the lady, endeavoured to encircle her waist with his arm. " Roger! If y...« less