Atherley

Atherley looked in to explain that the carriage with Uncle Augustus was just coming down the drive.

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"But, pray, what were you doing in old Mallet's domain?" asked Atherley.

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"Excuse me," said Atherley; "but if, as you have so forcibly explained to us, there is, practically speaking, no God, why should we hamper ourselves with any religion at all?"

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Atherley came in to propose I should go into the drawing-room and talk to Mrs. Molyneux, who had just come down.

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Supported by a stick on one side, and by Atherley on the other, I crawled down the long gallery at home and halted before a high wide-open window to see the sunlit view of park and woods and distant downland.

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"Cissy," said Atherley, his arms on the gate, his eyes staring straight towards the opposite horizon, "tell us about the ghost; were you frightened?"

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After a little the stir was increased, presumably by servants arriving from the farther wing; but no one came my way till Atherley himself, in his dressing-gown, went hurriedly downstairs.

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Mrs. Mallet made no reply, but it was evident she neither saw nor intended to see anything of the kind; and Atherley wisely substituted bribery for reasoning.

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My memory was haunted that day by certain words spoken seven months ago by Atherley, and by me at the time very ungraciously received:

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After which Lady Atherley seemed glad to take them both away with her.

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