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I am very much afraid that the stranger is an enemy." Edda's heart sunk within her. English prisoners, she knew, whether combatants or not, were detained in France for years, and the Emperor had shown his intention of keeping them till he had attained the objects he sought. Mrs Armytage fainted when she heard the report, and the colonel came on deck to ascertain its truth.
"We have already ladies on board, and I hope mademoiselle will have no cause to complain of her treatment while on board the ship, though our accommodation is somewhat limited." Mrs Armytage and Edda signed to the young lady to come to them, and she advanced at once, glad to find herself in the society of some of her own sex, whose countenances showed that they were worthy of her confidence.
There is a happy familiarity among messmates which seldom exists between other people. Morton thanked Glover, and acknowledged, after a moment's thought, that he should be delighted again to meet Miss Armytage. "Am I bound to obey her father, who discards me simply because he believes me to be of inferior birth to his daughter? I feel convinced that I am her equal.
Your promise, though we were interrupted before the whole was given, has afforded joy and contentment to my heart." "Oh, but I give it entirely," Edda exclaimed, eagerly. "No power shall make me break it, believe me Ronald." "You will be benighted, sir, and brigandage is rife," exclaimed Colonel Armytage, looking up with an angry glance, which Edda observed, but Ronald did not.
Many ships of all nations lay at anchor; the shore was dotted with white farmhouses, and neat villages clustered each round the glittering spire of a church. 'How very French that is, eh? said Captain Armytage, referring to those shining metal roofs. 'Tinsel is charming to the eyes of a habitan. You know, I've been in these parts before with my regiment: so I am well acquainted with the ground.
It is a scythe, longer and wider than that used in mowing hay, combined with an apparatus of 'standard, 'snaith, and 'fingers, by means of which a single workman may level two acres and a half of wheat or oats in one day. 'Captain Armytage is of a very sociable disposition, remarked Mr. Wynn, after a few steps.
"I regret to drive you from it, but I must use the authority of a captain, and order you below." Mrs Armytage and her daughter saw that he was in earnest, and prepared to obey. A shot which whistled close over the quarter showed the wisdom of his order. "Oh, but my father my father! will he not come?" exclaimed the daughter of the marquis in the most bitter anguish.
The little girl tried to withdraw her hand and obey, though with a wistful look; but Arthur detained it, and went with her the few steps to meet Miss Armytage: 'Edith, are you not glad? They all live at Cedar Creek, quite close to Daisy Burn, and we can see them every day; and he says Daisy Burn is a very nice place'
His brother-volunteers, when they came back to St. James's Street, reported highly of his behaviour. These volunteers and their actions were the theme of everybody's praise. Had he been a general commanding, and slain in the moment of victory, Sir John Armytage could scarce have had more sympathy than that which the nation showed him.
"It shall never be said that where danger was present I was absent," he remarked. "Maybe, but you would be of much more use looking after your wife and daughter in the cabin," muttered the honest old captain. Edda and Mrs Armytage went into their own cabin. They knelt down.
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