'too Good for Him' 3 Vols Author:Florence Marryat 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: " Oh, ah!" thought Rex, " sold out, I suppose, poor beggar;" and then aloud, " Well, Mr , I beg your pardon, I am afraid I have not caught your name." " ... more »Mr Ash ton, sir, at your service," said the seedy man. " Mr Ashton, will you join me in a glass of brandy and water." CHAPTER ILL BREAKERS AHEAD. The seedy man was not averse to joining Rex Reverdon in a glass of brandy and water, nor in two glasses, nor yet in three. Mr Miller watched him with unmitigated disgust, as he sat with his young friend, still closely wrapped up in the latter's carriage-rug, telling him long stories of Bermudian life and adventures. But to Rex he appeared in a different light. He was amusing—even his familiarity amused him, and the time on the Glendower passed heavily; besides, he looked like a poor beggar who seldom had any kindness shown him. " Devilish hard up, too," he had no doubt. Rex's generous young hand went to his well-filled purse as the thought struck him, and he would have lent Mr Ashton money on the spot if he had asked him for it; and I have no doubt, had Mr Ashton only guessed his good intentions, that it would not have been very long before he had made the demand. As it was, he confined himself to paving the way for future benefits. Their conversation ran chiefly upon the ups and downs of military life, and the petty scandals appertaining thereto. In the course of it, Mr Ashtou informed Rex of the nature of his profession. But this made no difference to the young man ; he had seen at a glance that his travelling-companion was not a gentleman ; he would have been less tolerable therefore in the position of one. A bandmaster was just about the grade Rex would have set him down at. " All the more to be pitied," was his internal reflection at the news; " in a situation on...« less