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"Dick, do you do you expect to win?" asked Greg at last. "Against a man like Mr. Spurlock?" smiled Cadet Prescott, and turned back to his study. At a little after half past eight Mr. Anstey knocked on the door and came in. "How's your form, Prescott, old ramrod?" the Virginian demanded. "Fine, I hope," replied Dick laconically. Greg heaved an inward sigh. "Poor old Dick," he told himself.
"I needn't trouble you to-night, Doctor," said the sergeant, as he marshalled his little troop of captors and captives. "You'll hear from us in the morning. Good-night, sir." The melancholy procession moved off down the stairs, and we retired into our chambers with Anstey to smoke a last pipe.
Once inside Cullum Hall, Prescott and Anstey, looking mightily like young copies of Mars in their splendid dress uniforms, conducted the ladies to seats at the side of the ballroom. Dick and Anstey next took the ladies' light wraps and went with them to the cloak room, after which they passed on to the coat room and checked their own caps.
Newsham was concluding a sentence with these words: "If ever you leave Crown Anstey." I saw Coralie d'Aubergne look up at her with a quiet smile. "I shall never leave Crown Anstey," she said, "under any possible circumstances." Mrs. Newsham laughed. "You may be married, or Lady Trevelyan may not like the place and wish it closed a thousand things may happen to prevent you remaining here always."
So urgent, indeed, was the necessity that something should be done for the restoration of order, that Charlie had with difficulty obtained the two months necessary to attain the degree of perfection which he deemed necessary. The day after the inspection, the troop marched out from Madras. Ensign Anstey commanded the white troop, the other three were led by native officers.
"I can see that it isn't any use to ask you anything now," went on Anstey. "It isn't," Greg returned promptly. "I'm never secretive against you, Anstey, old man and the only reason I don't talk at once is that I don't know just what I want to say. But remember -8.15. By that time I think I shall have solved myself into a highly talkative goat yearling."
Was it all a dream, or was I in reality going to take possession of a new and magnificent home? I reached the station it was a large one. Thornycroft seemed to be a thriving town. No one was there to meet me. I went to the nearest hotel and ordered a carriage to Crown Anstey. I can recall even now my ecstasy of bewilderment at the splendid woods, the beautiful park, the pleasure gardens.
Here he had spent the rest of the night and the early morning until found. He had tried, repeatedly, to free himself, but had failed. This was all the material on which Captain Vesey, and his superior, Lieutenant-Colonel Strong, had upon which to work, save for Dodge's admission that he had been warned, the day before, by Cadets Prescott, Holmes and Anstey.
I beg, sir, to place in nomination for the class presidency the name of Richard Prescott, first class, U.S.M.A." "I second the nomination, suh!" boomed out the voice of Anstey. "Other nominations for the class presidency are in order," announced Chairman Fullerton. Again silence fell. "Mr. Chairman!" "Mr. Douglass." "Since there are no more nominations, I move you, sir, that Mr.
So he and Anstey presented themselves at Dick and Greg's door. Bert was almost amazed to find himself pleasantly greeted, but Dick and Greg were true to their decision to bury the hatchet of the past if possible. It was nearly time to light the gas. In the fading light Anstey walked over to a window, watching the snow swirl down into the area outside.
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