The Unofficial Suitor
“Carneby kept a well-ran, albeit modest establishment in Falmouth. Returning from a short business trip, he was therefore not expecting the door of his town house to be flung open and his housekeeper to hurry down the steps to meet him, her normal manner of quiet dignity and reserve quite forgotten.
“Oh, sir, I am so glad you are home at last. There has been a strange man coming around for three days asking for a Richard Hawke. I have told him over and over that he must have the wrong house, for... there is nobody living here but our Mr. Carneby, and no one in this household has heard of anyone by the name of Hawke, but he wouldn’t listen. He ... he ...” She was unable to continue, as if afraid of his reaction to what she was trying to say.
Not wishing to satisfy the idle curiosity of casual passersby, Mr. Carneby left his companion to pay the coachman and bring in the luggage, and taking his flustered housekeeper by the arm, escorted her back into the house. He smiled calmly to reassure her.MoreLess
“Oh, sir, I am so glad you are home at last. There has been a strange man coming around for three days asking for a Richard Hawke. I have told him over and over that he must have the wrong house, for... there is nobody living here but our Mr. Carneby, and no one in this household has heard of anyone by the name of Hawke, but he wouldn’t listen. He ... he ...” She was unable to continue, as if afraid of his reaction to what she was trying to say.
Not wishing to satisfy the idle curiosity of casual passersby, Mr. Carneby left his companion to pay the coachman and bring in the luggage, and taking his flustered housekeeper by the arm, escorted her back into the house. He smiled calmly to reassure her.MoreLess
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