[Fedora-suds-list] boasting

[Guion Hickox]

d books. This pleased her


D, and said,-- "Are you not ashamed to go on so at a funeral? Oh, do, pray, leave
compliments a moment, and think of your latter end." He took this suggestion, as
indeed he did everything from her, in good part; and composed his visage into a decent
gravity. Soon after this they reached the church, and buried the deceased in his family
vault. People who are not bereaved by the death are always inclined to chatter, coming
home from a funeral. Kate now talked to Neville of her own accord, and asked him if he had
spoken to his host. He said yes, and, more than that, had come to a clear understanding
with him. "We agreed that it was no use fighting for you. I said, if either of us two
was to kill the other, it did not follow you would wed the survivor." "Me wed
the wretch!" said Kate, "I should abhor him, and go into a convent in spite of
you all, and end my days praying for the murdered man's soul." "Neither of
us is worth all that," suggested Neville, with an accent of conviction. "That is
certain," replied the lady, dryly; "so please not to do it." He bade her
set her mind at ease: they had both agreed to try and win her by peaceful arts. "Then
a pretty life mine will be!" "Well, I think it will, till you decide."
"I could easily decide, if it were not for giving pain to--somebody." "Oh,
you can't help that. My sweet mistress, you are not the first that has had to choose
between two worthy men. For, in sooth, I have nothing to say against my rival, neither. I
know him better than I did: he is a very worthy gentleman, though he is damnably in my
way." "And you are a very noble one to say so." "And you are one of
those that make a man noble: I feel that petty a