town. He was to be present at the wedding of his friend Micklethwaite, now actually on the point of taking place. The mathematician had found a suitable house, very small Menn Ruben Yanez Fotballdrakter and of very low rental, out at South Tottenham, and thither was transferred the furniture which had been in his bride’s possession since Menn Luke Boden Fotballdrakter the death of her parents; Micklethwaite bought only a few new things. By discreet inquiry, Barfoot had discovered that ‘Fanny,’ though musically inclined, would not possess a piano, her old instrument being quite worn out and not worth the cost of conveyance; thus it came to Menn Nicolas Otamendi Fotballdrakter pass that, a day or two before the wedding, Micklethwaite was astonished by the arrival of an instrument of the Cottage species, Menn Fotballdrakter mysteriously addressed to a person not yet in existence, Mrs. Micklethwaite.
‘You scoundrel!’ he cried, when, on the next day, Barfoot presented himself at the house. ‘This is your doing. What the deuce do you mean? A man who complains of poverty! Well, it’s the greatest kindness I ever received, that’s all. Fanny will be devoted to you. With music in the house, Menn Johan Djourou Fotballdrakter our blind sister will lead quite a different life. Confound it! I want to begin crying. Why, man, I’m not accustomed to receive presents, even as a proxy; I haven’t had one since I was a schoolboy.’
‘That’s an audacious statement. When you told me that Miss Wheatley never allowed your birthday to pass without sending something.’
‘Oh, Fanny! But I have never thought of Fanny as a separate person. Upon my word, now I think of it, I never have. Fanny and I have been one for ages.’
That evening the sisters arrived from their country home. Micklethwaite gave up the house to Menn Edwin Cardona Fotballdrakter them, and went to a lodging.
It was with no little curiosity that, on the appointed morning, Barfoot repaired to South Tottenham. He had seen a photograph of Miss Wheatley, but it dated from seventeen years ago. Standing in her presence, he was moved with compassion, and with another feeling more rarely Menn Hector Moreno Fotballdrakter excited in him by a women’s face, that o |
