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The whole of the lookers on had dispersed, each fearing that he might be charged with taking part in the outrage. "This is a very serious matter," Chetwynd said. "We have every reason to believe that the attack was premeditated, for the gentleman who is missing was known to have some valuables on him; all these fellows ought to be taken and locked up and made to give an account of themselves.
Impossible for even a wise, uncommon parent not to be affected by such an announcement! "I dare say your sister will give up her school now," observed Mrs. Baines, to divert attention from her self-consciousness. "Oh NO!" And this time Mrs. Baines had genuinely shocked Miss Chetwynd. "Nothing would induce Elizabeth to give up the cause of education.
I could ride at last! or, which amounted to the same thing, I could ride the horse I was on, and I would 'use no other. I was about to meet Diana Chetwynd, and need not fear even to encounter her critical eyes.
Still, he told himself, he was not going to marry the whole family; which might be true in a sense and yet might not mean the entire independence it implied. Bella's relations must, if he made her his wife, mean more or less to him. However, youth is sanguine, and Jack Chetwynd did not look too closely at the thorns which hedged his dainty rose-bud round.
"Ma" and Saidie were altogether too impossible; and unfortunately no one seemed to mind whether he did or not. There was one unpleasantness connected with the day which Chetwynd felt Bella might have had tact enough to avoid.
"I did not think that it was fair at all that I should step into Mark's shoes." "Well, it has all come right now, Millicent, and I dare say you thought that it would, even then." "I can assure you that I did not; quite the contrary, I thought that it never would come right. I was very unhappy about it for a time." "Now, young ladies," Dick Chetwynd laughed, "will you please take Mrs.
He is a Frenchman, though; a Provencal, every one knows him, he is the famous painter, Armand Gervase." "Indeed!" and Sir Chetwynd roused himself at the name "Armand Gervase! THE Armand Gervase?" "The only one original," laughed the other. "He's come here to make studies of Eastern women. A rare old time he'll have among them, I daresay! He's not famous for character.
On the 3rd June we arrived at Spithead, where we were boarded by Captain Chetwynd, Superintendent of Compasses at the Admiralty, who swung the ship and adjusted our compasses. Captain Scott joined us on the 4th and paid a visit with his "yacht" to the R.Y.S. at Cows.
His hand was on the door John Chetwynd sprang to his feet. "No one must see her," he cried excitedly. "I absolutely forbid it. It would be most dangerous most improper." The two men looked into each other's faces for the space of several seconds; then Mr. Bolingbroke turned away with a sigh and an impatient word. "Absurd! As if I could do her any harm," he said.
He is just going to play, you see; it is sure to be another hot game, and an interesting one." "Well, I think I will go," Mark said; "the heat of the room has given me a bit of a headache. I will see you tomorrow, Dick." "Good night, old man," Chetwynd said; and, shaking hands with Boldero, Mark went downstairs immediately after Cotter.
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