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Adair had called upon the physician, and begged that he would inform her daughter that she would return in the evening: but a press of engagements had prevented his visit to Jane, who now with joy beheld her mother enter her chamber. "I thought you would return to see me on my journey," she exclaimed; "and you are returned, my dear mother. Blessed be this hour!"
So you're the Adair thing that Ferriday is gone half-witted over. He's just been talking my ear off about you. Sit down. Stop where you are. Let me see you. Turn around. I see." She turned to the stately dame. "Rather nice, isn't she, Mrs. Congdon? H'mm!" She beckoned Kedzie to come close. "What are your eyes like?" She lorgnetted the terrified girl, as if she were a throat-specialist.
These important preparations being made, they lighted the fire in the caboose and cooked a dinner, for which an abundance of provisions was found on board. A couple of hours passed away. They were anxious ones to Hemming so they were to Murray, and perhaps to Adair, though the men did not probably trouble themselves much about the matter.
Janetta was the music governess a brown little thing of no particular importance, and Margaret Adair was a beauty and an heiress, and the only daughter of people who thought themselves very distinguished indeed; so that the two had not, you might think, very much in common, and were not likely to be attracted one to the other.
Miss Polehampton blandly insisted on kissing all her thirty pupils every evening; it made them feel more as if they were at home, she used to say; and her example was, of course, followed by the teachers and the girls. Margaret Adair, as one of the oldest and tallest girls in the school, generally came forward first for that evening salute.
As soon as she drew near, he ordered his gig, and, without holding any further communication with Commander Allport, pulled on board her. "Why, Adair, what have you been doing with the Flash?" asked Murray, as he sprang up the side. Terence briefly explained what had happened, and declared his conviction that the ship might have been saved by the adoption of proper measures.
Lynch's questions; May had fallen into a state of morose lassitude. If Mr. Adair would only cease to explain to her how successfully he had employed concrete in the construction of his farm-buildings!
It was after dark when we straggled in, and we didn't ring any bells or blow any whistles." Ford stood up. "Does either one of you happen to have anything bigger than a pocket-knife in the way of a weapon?" he asked. "Why? what are you going to do?" Adair demanded. "I am going to separate you two from my highly dangerous presence," said Ford definitely.
answered Frisbie; and Ford ticked one more word, "Hurry," and closed the key with a sigh of relief. Then, and not until then, Adair said: "Is that all, for the present? If it is, I'm sorry to have to report that the beggars outside have hit upon your gas-pipe scheme. They are rolling a round, black thing with a string attached down upon us from the commissary.
Barlow," he said, as the butler appeared, "kindly go across to Mr. Outwood's house and inform Smith that I should like to see him." "If you please, sir, Mr. Smith is waiting in the hall." "In the hall!" "Yes, sir. He arrived soon after Mr. Adair, sir, saying that he would wait, as you would probably wish to see him shortly." "H'm. Ask him to step up, Barlow." "Yes, sir."
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