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Next morning, when Philip Carré came in from his fishing and climbed the zigzag above Havre Gosselin, he was surprised at the sight of George Hamon smoking in the doorway of the cottage. "Why, George, I thought you were off fishing," he said. "Why then?" "Your boat's away." And Hamon was leaping down the zigzag before he had finished, while Carré followed more slowly.
He looks gravely round him, and smiles when his eyes meet mine. He is not proud, but he is not one of those who are ready to chatter to every one. One does not come into this ward to talk, but to suffer, and Carre is bracing himself to suffer as decently as possible. When he is not quite sure of himself, he warns me, saying: "I am not as strong as usual to-day."
On quitting Madame Carré the two ladies had definitely declined Mr. Nash's offered cab and had taken their way homeward on foot and with the gentlemen in attendance. The streets of Paris at that hour were bright and episodical, and Sherringham trod them good-humouredly enough and not too fast, leaning a little to talk with Miriam as he went.
Meanwhile the procession was forming again in the Gallery of Diana, and as soon as Their Majesties had arrived, it started again, entered the long Gallery of the Louvre, passing through its entire length, to the Salon Carre, which had been turned into a chapel for the religious ceremony.
In fact, I began to feel almost as though there must be some grounds for their doubts about me which I had never hitherto recognised in myself, and it made me more decided than ever to have my own way in the matter. "My grandfather is Philip Carré, of Belfontaine," I said, with a touch of the ruffle in my voice, "and he is a great friend of Mr. Claude Gray "
And as they went, the young man asked his silent guide somewhat doubtfully, "And do you speak English?" "Oh yes. We all speak English," he said, with a quiet smile, "except a few of the older folks, maybe, and they mostly understand it though they're slow to talk." "And your name?" "John Carré," which he pronounced Caury. "Now that's very odd," laughed Graeme, and stood to enjoy it.
Then Carre's haggard face breaks into a smile, and he exclaims: "Finished already? Put some more ether on, make it sting a bit at least." Carre knows that the courage of which there was no need to-day will not, perhaps, be available to-morrow.
Accordingly, he prefers to smoke. In view of lying perpetually upon his back, he arranged the cover of a cardboard box upon his chest; the cigarette ash falls into this, and Carre smokes without moving, in cleanly fashion. I look at the ash, the smoke, the yellow, emaciated face, and reflect sadly that it is not enough to have the will to live; one must have teeth.
Carre is a Gentleman of good Character, but this matter deserves to be enquired into; and I submit it to your Grace whether it may not be advisable to transmit copies of Lowe's Examination, & of these Letters to my Lord Justice Clerk, that he may, in a proper manner enquire into the facts, & take such Examinations upon Oath, as he shall think fit. This will tend to Mr.
Success or failure found equal satisfaction in the flowing bowl, and no home happiness ever yet came out of a bung-hole. Then, too, Rachel Carré had been brought up by her father in a simple, perhaps somewhat rigorous, faith, which in himself developed into Quakerism. I have thought it not impossible that in that might be found some explanation of her action in marrying Paul Martel.
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