Once a week Volume 28

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1873 Excerpt: ...but Susan shall not be thrown away upon any one who neglects her." "And us." "I wonder where he spends his time--he is still in London." Here the servant announced Mr. Foley. "Ah, Foley, you are just the man. Can you tell us what Conybeare does with himself?" "Do you not know?" cried Foley,in surprise. "Then perhaps rumour may be scandal." "What does rumour say?" "That he is preparing for admission into the Roman Catholic Church, and that my aunt, Lady Delafade, is to be his godmother." Sir Roger made an incongruous observation. "My dear," said his wife. "Well, I can't help it. That a man who was on the point of becoming a member of my family should turn Papist! It's--it's horrible! It's abominable! It's insulting! It's--it's--" "My dear Sir Roger," put in Nick, "I am so sorry I spoke. I thought, of course, that you approved of the proposed change. And, after all, I see so little of Lady Delafade since she adopted opinions differing so very much from my own; and I am the last person she would take into her confidence. So the report may not be true." But it was; though Foley did not know it, having put his hopes into form at the spur of the moment. Not only did Timothy Conybeare "go over to Rome " in the conventional sense--he went to that mural bone of contention physically, and was welcomed, and rejoiced over, and made much of. He learned to lament loudly over the sacrilegious treatment of the Pope, and curse, not loudly but deeply, the Italian Government. His projected marriage with Susan Stafford was definitively broken off, which was a great relief to the young lady. "How well she carries it off," said certain ladies, lo...