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Like father, like son, by the author of 'Lost sir Massingberd'. (1871)
Like father like son by the author of 'Lost sir Massingberd' - 1871 Author:James Payn Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III. BY MOONLIGHT. Richard sat over the fire?, revolving his late conversation with Trevethick in his' mind, and picturing to himself what would pr... more »obably come of it. Although the declaration of his love for Harry had been thus suddenly made, it had not been made unadvisedly. Though he had not expected the opportunity for stating it would have offered itself so soon, he had planned his whole argument out beforehand, with Wheal Danes for its pivot. And, upon the whole, he felt satisfied with its effect upon his host. The latter had not surprised him (except by his frankness) in his disclosure respecting the rich promise of the mine. Richard's own observation, aided by the clue which Parson Whymper's few chancesentences had given him, had convinced him that Wheal Danes was a most coveted object in the landlord's eyes; and had it happened to have fallen into his own hands, he did really suspect enough to have had it searched for ore from top to bottom. Treve- thick had therefore lost nothing by his revelation (as his sagacity had doubtless foreseen), while he had made a very favourable impression upon Richard by his candour. Cornish giants, thought the latter, might be rude and brutal, but duplicity was foreign to their character; it was not Blunderbore, but Jack the Giant-killer, who dug pitfalls, and pretended to swallow what he only put in a bag. Trevethick had certainly shown strong disfavour to the young man's suit, backed though it was by such great pretensions; and it was evident that, but for his hold upon him with respect to the mine, Richard would not have been listened to so patiently. However, his mouth had not been peremptorily closed at once (as he had expected it would have been), which was a great point gained; and the longer the old man tookto think a...« less