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Sitting bolt upright in her bed, sternly she was eyeing herself in a small mirror in her hand. Her father chuckled noiselessly. A moment later, when he went in, the glass had disappeared from view. Soon afterwards Baird himself arrived, and as they heard him coming upstairs Roger saw his daughter frown, but she continued talking. "Hello, Allan," she said with indifference.
"She was a pure creature, and a loving, innocent one." "Yes," Baird groaned; "loving and innocent. Go on go on! It breaks my heart it breaks my heart!" Remembering that he had said "You might have been my brother," Latimer caught his breath in a groan too. He understood. He had forgotten forgotten. But now he must go on. "At home she had been always a bright, happy, tender thing.
Your mother and father are coming, Betty. I heard from them to-day." "My uncle is coming if he possibly can," Polly added. "Mother and Dad will surely be here," Lois said, "and so will Bob; but he'll be late." "There will be more visitors than usual for to-morrow, won't there?" Mrs. Baird asked. "You'll have to win the game, Polly."
She resumed her work. The door closed. Upon its closing the door of Baird's private office opened noiselessly to a crack that sufficed for the speaking voice at very moderate pitch to issue. "Get Miss Montague on the 'phone," directed the voice. The door closed noiselessly. Beyond it Mr. Baird was presently speaking in low, sweet tones. "'Lo, Sister!
"They won't operate in a magnetic field above seventy Gauss, sir. It's a static-charge reaction, sir, and in a magnetic field it simply stops working." The skipper regarded Baird unwinkingly for a long time. "I think you are telling me," he said at long last, "that the Plumies' drive would work if they were cut free of the Niccola." "Yes, sir," said Baird.
"We've got to switch back to ship's circuit," said Baird reluctantly. They separated, and restored the operating circuits to normal. "We've got fourteen days," he added, "and so much time to be on duty, and we've a lost lifetime to live in fourteen days! Diane " She flushed vividly.
That dispatch was carried to Sir David Baird by one of Sir John's aides, but Sir David forwarded it by the hand of a trooper who got drunk and lost it.
Early in the morning, the plunder still going on, General Baird announced publicly by beat of drum, that any thief detected in the fact, be he whom he might, should be hung. The provost-marshal was in attendance, to prove that the General was in earnest; and in the throng that followed the proclamation, Herncastle and I met again. He held out his hand, as usual, and said, "Good morning."
Baird is about to sue her husband for a separation not for a divorce but for a separation and name you?" Mildred dropped limply back in her chair. "That means scandal," continued Siddall, "scandal touching my name my honor. I may say, I do not believe what Mrs. Baird charges. My men have had you under observation for several weeks. Also, Mrs. Brindley is, I learn, a woman of the highest character.
For the rest of the visit, the older people did the talking. An hour later, as the girls were packing their bags, in Polly's room they discussed Maud. It was decided that she was to go to Seddon Hall as soon as Mrs. Banks could arrange with Mrs. Baird, and the girls were wondering just what difference her coming would make.
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