Almost everybody, except the Duke, made some slight allusion to his
adventure, and he, in spite of his resolution to the contrary, found
himself driven to talk of it. It had seemed quite natural that Sir
Gregory,--who had in truth been eager for his condemnation, thinking
him to have been guilty,--should come to him and make peace with him
by telling him of the nature of the work that had been imposed upon
him;--and when Sir Harry Coldfoot assured him that never in his life
had his mind been relieved of so heavy a weight as when he received
the information about the key,--that also was natural. A few days ago
he had thought that these allusions would kill him. The prospect of
them had kept him a prisoner in his lodgings; but now he smiled and
chatted, and was quiet and at ease.
"Good-night, Mr. Finn," the Duchess said to him, "I know the people
have been boring you."
"Not in the least."
"I saw Sir Gregory at it, and I can guess what Sir Gregory was
talking about."
"I like Sir Gregory, Duchess."
"That shows a very Christian disposition on your part.
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