Wurley

Lizzie were very willing to rest and as Messrs. Wurley and Bell were with us, we were willing to let Mr. Loughmiller and his party go on a little in advance.

Diary, August 8, 1859-May 15, 1865. 1863

I'll just leave a note for Wurley to say that I'll be back some time in the day to explain matters to him, and then we will be off at once.

Tom Brown at Oxford Thomas Hughes 1859

"Ridden from home this morning?" said Wurley, picking over daintily some of the curry to which he had helped himself.

Tom Brown at Oxford Thomas Hughes 1859

Tom returned to the Grange furious, and before night had had a worse quarrel with young Wurley than with his uncle before him.

Tom Brown at Oxford Thomas Hughes 1859

But he found that young Wurley knew the facts already; and, in fact, he couldn't help suspecting that his quarrel with the late owner had something to say to his present invitation.

Tom Brown at Oxford Thomas Hughes 1859

Tom was wrong to go to the Grange in the first instance; and this part of the homily was amplified by a discourse on the corruption of the turf in general, and the special curse of small country races in particular, which such men as Wurley supported, and which, but for them, would cease.

Tom Brown at Oxford Thomas Hughes 1859

They were not very congenial; so he was much astonished when young Wurley, on his return to College, after his relative's funeral, rather sought him out, and seemed to wish to know more of him.

Tom Brown at Oxford Thomas Hughes 1859

Wurley wasn't an ill-natured fellow at bottom, and wouldn't mind

Tom Brown at Oxford Thomas Hughes 1859

Wurley can't refuse if I offer to pay the rent myself -- it's only six pounds a year.

Tom Brown at Oxford Thomas Hughes 1859

a party of Oxford men there, and nobody else; and they meant to enjoy themselves thoroughly, Wurley said.

Tom Brown at Oxford Thomas Hughes 1859