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a crooked path

by mrs alexander

Mystery & Thrillers » Mystery

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The London season had not yet reached its height, some years ago, beforethe arch admitting to Constitution Hill had been swept back to make roomfor the huge, ever-increasing stream of traffic, or the plebeian 'bushad been permitted to penetrate the precincts of Hamilton Place. It wasthe forenoon of a splendid day, one of the earliest of June, and at thathour the roadway between the entrance to Hyde Park and the gate thensurmounted by the statue of the Duke of Wellington on his drooping steedwas comparatively free, when two gentlemen coming from oppositedirections recognized each other, and paused at the gate of ApsleyHouse--the elder, a stout, florid man of military aspect, middle age,and average height, with large gray mustache and small, slightlybloodshot eyes; the younger, who was tall and bony, might have beenthirty, or even forty, so grave and sedate was his bearing, although hiserect carriage, elastic step, and clear keen dark eyes suggested earliermanhood.

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...to take a very leading part in local matters. I 'trust ho will come round. " "I fear he will never be the same again. I doubt if he will be able to direct his own ail'airs as he used. " 213G087 6 A CROOKED PATH. " That's bad ! You are not in the business, I believe ?" " No ; I never took any part in it. I almost regret I did not. It would, I imagine, be a relief to my father, now that his mind is less clear, to know that I was at the helm. But we have a capital man as manager, quite devoted to the house. I shall get my father down to the country as soon as I can, and I trust he'll come round. " 'No doubt' he will. He was wonderfully hale and strong- for his years. " "Ay ! how d'ye do, Bertie?" interrupted the first speaker, holding out his hand to a young- man who came up from Hyde Park and seemed about to pass with a smile and a nod. " Who would have thought of meeting you in these godless regions? I hear you are busy 'slumming 'from morning till night. " "Well, Colonel, " returned...