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At a nod from him, the two peasant soldiers threw themselves upon the helpless prisoners, and ruthlessly rifled their persons of all belongings, which were placed upon the table before the Gray Man. Straining till the big veins in their arms stood out in ridges and the sweat poured from their brows, the captives were helpless against the indignities put upon them. Carrick's shirt was torn open.
When the rogues had finished their search, and taken away everything that was valuable about them, even to ripping the gold lace off Carrick's clothes, they let them lie there for a considerable time, and at last removed them in two open chests to the middle of the great marketplace, where they left them to wait for better fortune.
Divested of his fancied power, Delmotte was again the amiable boulevardier, as could be seen by the manner in which he received the plaudits of the men, with whom he now was rated as a comrade-in-arms. Zulka, meanwhile, having learned how Sobieska had unearthed Carrick's claims to the crown, had approached and lifted the lifeless hand to his lips.
Newman stirred, and he gabbled the words to an end hastily before he opened his eyes. Mr. Newman came back to consciousness with a rush; his body inflated with life, his still face woke, and his vacant eyes, meeting Carrick's and recognising him, suddenly lit with sense and terror. "I say!" exclaimed Carrick; "will you have some water?"
Carrick's study was one of a pair of rooms he had added to the farmhouse which he inhabited, a long apartment of many windows, designed for spaciousness, and possessing no other good quality. No fire could warm more than an end of it, and his lamp, wherever it was placed, was but a heart of light in a body of shadow.
The barren dignity of Carrick's story had contrasted vividly with the tropical colorings in which its recital had been inspired. Prompted by a kindly interest in his orderly's career and ambitions, he had asked the man as to his past in general and his future in particular.
I carried it with me, that joy, into the fog and darkness; it was all that I knew when the utter night surged up and gulfed me, and even life was forgotten. I was to see Him, like the pure in heart who are to see God. I had had that wonder in my mind since Sunday evening; the curate preached on it and I I thought my heart was pure." His fearful eyes fluttered to Carrick's face and sank.
He had been in several engagements, such as they were at Philippi, Rich Mountain, Carrick's Ford and Greenbrier and had borne himself with such gallantry as not to attract the attention of his superior officers.
She was grieved, after all the lessons she had given in manners and morals, to find that one of her pupils could be so lacking in refinement. Joel would, therefore, please gather up Rosie Carrick's books, and put them on her desk, as a gentleman should always do for a lady.
To effect this they drew up their forces on a little table land, near Carrick's Ford the position being hid by a row of bushes on the edge of the hill, and overlooking the line of Colonel Barnett's command.
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