Orville College Author:Ellen Wood 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: Loftus drew a deep breath, as if unable to take in the full sense of the words. But he never displayed much surprise at anything. ' I don't suppose I saw the ... more »fellow three times in my life,' he presently said. ' We did not live on the spot as you did; and it is so long ago.' ' What's to be done ? He can't be allowed to stay here.' Loftus shrugged his shoulders, French fashion, having no answer at hand. ' Brabazon is not aware of who he is, I suppose ? ' ' Impossible ; or he'd never have admitted him. One can overlook some things in a fellow's antecedents; but forgery—that's rather too strong. If the rest of the college choose to tolerate him, you and I and Dick could not.' -; Mr Loftus threw up his condemning nose at the latter addition. Dick, indeed ! Dick seemed to be going in for something too bad on his own score, to be fastidious as to the society he kept. ' What's the matter ?' inquired one of the first- class boys, Irby, coming up to them from the middle of the quadrangle, and leaning his arms on the cloister wall, to talk face to face. 'That new fellow, Paradyne—do you know which he is ?' broke off Trace. Irby nodded. ' A good-looking chap, don't you mean ? well up in his classics.' ' Well up in them by the help of stolen money, I suppose,' spoke Trace, an angry light for a moment gleaming in his eye. ' You have heard of that dreadful business of ours at Liverpool, some four years ago, Irby, when Loftus and Trace, the best and richest and most respected firm in the town, were ruined through a man they had taken in as partner ? ' ' I've heard something of it,' said Irby, wondering. ' This new fellow, Paradyne, is the man's son.' Irby gave a low whistle. ' Let's hear the particulars, Trace.' And Trace proceeded to give them. Irby was a g...« less