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And so she ran away from the whole concern . I travelled for ’ em , sir , in a gentlemanly way — at a high salary . They didn’t mind her running away at first — godly folks , sir , very godly — and she was for the stage . The son was alive then , and the daughter was at a discount . Hallo ! here we are at the Blue Bull . What do you say , Mr . Ladislaw ? — shall we turn in and have a glass ? ” “ No , I must say good evening , ” said Will , dashing up a passage which led into Lowick Gate , and almost running to get out of Raffles’s reach . He walked a long while on the Lowick road away from the town , glad of the starlit darkness when it came . He felt as if he had had dirt cast on him amidst shouts of scorn . There was this to confirm the fellow’s statement — that his mother never would tell him the reason why she had run away from her family . Well ! what was he , Will Ladislaw , the worse , supposing the truth about that family to be the ugliest ? His mother had braved hardship in order to separate herself from it . But if Dorothea’s friends had known this story — if the Chettams had known it — they would have had a fine color to give their suspicions a welcome ground for thinking him unfit to come near her . However , let them suspect what they pleased , they would find themselves in the wrong . They would find out that the blood in his veins was as free from the taint of meanness as theirs . CHAPTER LXI . “ Inconsistencies , ” answered Imlac , “ cannot both be right , but imputed to man they may both be true . ” — Rasselas . The same night , when Mr . Bulstrode returned from a journey to Brassing on business , his good wife met him in the entrance - hall and drew him into his private sitting - room . “ Nicholas , ” she said , fixing her honest eyes upon him anxiously , “ there has been such a disagreeable man here asking for you — it has made me quite uncomfortable . ” “ What kind of man , my dear , ” said Mr . Bulstrode , dreadfully certain of the answer . “ A red - faced man with large whiskers , and most impudent in his manner . He declared he was an old friend of yours , and said you would be sorry not to see him . He wanted to wait for you here , but I told him he could see you at the Bank to - morrow morning . Most impudent he was ! — stared at me , and said his friend Nick had luck in wives . I don’t believe he would have gone away , if Blucher had not happened to break his chain and come running round on the gravel — for I was in the garden ; so I said , ‘ You’d better go away — the dog is very fierce , and I can’t hold him . ’ Do you really know anything of such a man ? ” “ I believe I know who he is , my dear , ” said Mr . Bulstrode , in his usual subdued voice , “ an unfortunate dissolute wretch , whom I helped too much in days gone by . However , I presume you will not be troubled by him again . He will probably come to the Bank — to beg , doubtless . ”
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