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We also had trouble with the lamps. At last we were off, Britton at the wheel. I shall not describe that diabolical trip home.
"I need not ask what has brought you back into the mountains at this time of year and in this storm," Darrell remarked, as his friend concluded. For answer Mr. Britton drew from his pocket an envelope which Darrell at once recognized as a counterpart of one which had come to him some weeks before, but which he had laid away unopened, knowing only too well its contents.
It was always as promptly surrounded by Clara's common sense as San Francisco would be surrounded by the police. But still she couldn't quite come down to Clara. "At least," she sighed, "he has saved me an awful expense, whoever took it, for I should have had to have it." Mrs. Britton surveyed this statement consideringly. "Was it the most valuable thing in the collection?"
Duke, who had accompanied them, stretched himself in the firelight with a low growl of satisfaction, at which both men smiled. It was the first time Darrell had ever seen his friend in the rôle of host, but Mr. Britton proved himself a royal entertainer.
At the private view this afternoon it simply vanished! And and it was all our own crowd who were there!" "Vanished!" Clara Britton leaned forward, peering hard in the face of this extraordinary statement. "Stolen, do you mean?" She made it definite. Flora flung out her hands.
Hence arose the seeming paradox, that "the intersection of two circular arches in the church of St. Cross, produced Salisbury steeple." Conclusive as this hypothesis may appear, it has been much controverted, and among its opponents have been men of great practical knowledge in architecture. Messrs. Brayley and Britton observe "though the specimens referred to by Dr.
Britton said, after a moment's silence, in which he had regained his composure. "I had to; I should have done something desperate if I had remained there much longer." Darrell spoke quietly, but it was the quiet of suppressed passion. "It was better so better for you both," Mr.
If I could have been quite sure that it was a chuckle I heard, I should have given Britton something to think about for the rest of his days. The impertinent rascal! For some two long and extremely monotonous days I toiled. A chapter shaped itself after a fashion. Even as I wrote, I knew that it wasn't satisfactory and that I should tear it up the instant it was finished.
Britton, who laid it carefully on a table near by, and then proceeded to search Walcott's clothing, saying. "I want you to see what you have been dealing with, David."
Darrell is a better man every way, quicker, more accurate, more scientific. You can put Benson to sorting and weighing ores down at the ore-bins." After a brief silence Mr. Britton continued, "You couldn't find a better man for the place or a better position for the man.
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