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The Beetle A Mystery

Chapter 10 REJECTED

Word Count: 1962    |    Released on: 06/12/2017

e, was in the shadow of a palm in the hall. Before I had got into my stride she c

, ple

to go, and I went it. No man knows how he can talk till he does talk,-to the girl he wants to marry. It is my impression that I gave her rec

ton, I am

did l

s,-even in mine? The one thing precious,-the one thing to be altogether esteemed! Is it so common for a woman to

like this, though I confess

!-I tha

, Mr Atherton, that

me!-

king you,-though

to like me,-I wa

-that is yo

ting you to love me

I can't help thinking that y

orce of my being! What do you want me to do to prove I love you,-take you in my arms an

't mind not talking quite so loud. Mr Challoner

ldn't tor

she looked down at it I am dis

ittle explanation, because, o

ot your

me, yo

can't be something el

y ignoring me,-pla

in rather a delicate position,

Who's been worryin

ot,-as yet; but

in the

essin

her eyes. For the moment

ha

end, Mr L

o means sure that anyone is entitled t

n I am going t

ee anything desirable in a stick of a man like that. Not to speak of a hundred and one other considerations,-Lessingham on one side of the House, and her fath

what I felt,-if I did,

te moment, Miss Lindon, to ma

to disrega

se now you will understand wha

my hearty con

n the spirit in which they are offered, b

f me I could not tell how sh

announcement has been made

,-as my greatest friend; because a husband is something mor

ed,-and I st

de,-or Mr L

d my side is his side;-y

that I altogeth

e will be trouble,-as you know. He thinks so much of you and of your opi

ther,-it is just possible that Lessingham is stronger than you; t

iend,-are you

u offer me an

did not think

al of my love, and, straightway, you ask m

ad no notion. You have known me all your life,

d spoken

ight movement of her shoulder

d that it would. But I do know this, I believe that you yourself have

less. It was a fact that only during the last few minutes had I really realised how things were with me,-only since the end of that first waltz that the flame had burst

you only discovered to me the state of your mind a little soone

sider it ter

hat you have so long been innocent, I beg that you will continue so no more. At least, your innocence shall be without excuse. For I wish you to understand that I love you, that I have loved you, th

wide open eyes,-as if I

hat was what I

Athe

s Li

ot like yo

each other's acquainta

to be candid, I found it difficult to meet. On a sud

rs! I know you, and though I daresay you're not fla

ng to claim his dance gave me an opportunity to escape with such remnants of dignity as

ss Lindon, thi

and rose to take his arm. I got

of fluster, and was gaping about him as if he had mislaid the Koh-i-noor, and won

n, have you see

hav

ll over the place, except in the cellars and the attics,-a

se, she's s

mistake's mine. Fact is, I've made a mess of my programme. It's either the last dance, or this dance, or the next, that I've booke

s ball programmes are studies in impressionism, Percy's seemed to me to be a study in madness. It was covered with hieroglyphics, but what they m

iform writing. If you have any doubt as to which dance is

get into the open air; as for dancing I felt that I loathed it. Just

otten that thi

e face, I felt that I deserved well kicking. She is an angel,-one of the best!-but I was in no mood for angels. Not for a very great deal would I h

am not feeling very well, and-I don't thi

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1 Chapter 1 OUTSIDE2 Chapter 2 INSIDE3 Chapter 3 THE MAN IN THE BED4 Chapter 4 A LONELY VIGIL5 Chapter 5 AN INSTRUCTION TO COMMIT BURGLARY6 Chapter 6 A SINGULAR FELONY7 Chapter 7 THE GREAT PAUL LESSINGHAM8 Chapter 8 THE MAN IN THE STREET9 Chapter 9 THE CONTENTS OF THE PACKET10 Chapter 10 REJECTED11 Chapter 11 A MIDNIGHT EPISODE12 Chapter 12 A MORNING VISITOR13 Chapter 13 THE PICTURE14 Chapter 14 THE DUCHESS' BALL15 Chapter 15 MR LESSINGHAM SPEAKS16 Chapter 16 ATHERTON'S MAGIC VAPOUR17 Chapter 17 MAGIC -OR MIRACLE 18 Chapter 18 THE APOTHEOSIS OF THE BEETLE19 Chapter 19 THE LADY RAGES20 Chapter 20 A HEAVY FATHER21 Chapter 21 THE TERROR IN THE NIGHT22 Chapter 22 THE HAUNTED MAN23 Chapter 23 THE WAY HE TOLD HER24 Chapter 24 A WOMAN'S VIEW25 Chapter 25 THE MAN IN THE STREET No.2526 Chapter 26 A FATHER'S NO27 Chapter 27 THE TERROR BY NIGHT28 Chapter 28 THE STRANGE STORY OF THE MAN IN THE STREET29 Chapter 29 THE HOUSE ON THE ROAD FROM THE WORKHOUSE30 Chapter 30 THE SINGULAR BEHAVIOUR OF MR HOLT31 Chapter 31 THE TERROR BY DAY32 Chapter 32 A NEW CLIENT33 Chapter 33 WHAT CAME OF LOOKING THROUGH A LATTICE34 Chapter 34 AFTER TWENTY YEARS35 Chapter 35 A BRINGER OF TIDINGS36 Chapter 36 WHAT THE TIDINGS WERE37 Chapter 37 WHAT WAS HIDDEN UNDER THE FLOOR38 Chapter 38 THE REST OF THE FIND39 Chapter 39 MISS LOUISA COLEMAN40 Chapter 40 WHAT MISS COLEMAN SAW THROUGH THE WINDOW41 Chapter 41 THE CONSTABLE,-HIS CLUE,-AND THE CAB42 Chapter 42 THE QUARRY DOUBLES43 Chapter 43 THE MURDER AT MRS 'ENDERSON'S44 Chapter 44 THE MAN WHO WAS MURDERED45 Chapter 45 ALL THAT MRS 'ENDERSON KNEW46 Chapter 46 THE SUDDEN STOPPING47 Chapter 47 THE CONTENTS OF THE THIRD-CLASS CARRIAGE48 Chapter 48 THE CONCLUSION OF THE MATTER