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I yelled, my heart jumping. "The rock's been cut back, by the hands of men." "His men, perhaps." "No, it isn't done like that nowadays. The tunnel turns here, dips down, and goes on along this flat wall. I bet Corkran always kept ahead of the men. When he saw this, he discharged his workers And yet, it may be nothing of importance after all.
The trench went round three sides of the mountain, as we soon discovered; and the corner of the fourth facade not having yet been turned, it seemed a sign that Corkran had, as Anthony said, "hit upon something," or thought that he had done so. Otherwise he would not have discharged his men before the fourth gallery was begun.
They overtook Foxy, speeding down to retail the adventure to Keyte, who in his time had been Troop Sergeant-Major in a cavalry regiment, and now, war-worn veteran, was local postmaster and confectioner. "You owe us something," said Stalky, with meaning. "I'm 'ighly grateful, Muster Corkran.
When he joins us, he will have the animal intended for her. When this bargain was struck between them I thought his eyes looked dangerous, but she didn't notice or didn't care. Fenton tells me he has dreamed again of the red-faced man with the purple moustache. I laughed at his bugbear and flung Colonel Corkran in his teeth.
To say that the Head was annoyed when the Sergeant appeared after dinner with the day's crime-sheet would be putting it mildly. "Corkran, McTurk, and Co., I see. Bounds as usual. Hullo! What the deuce is this? Suspicion of drinking. Whose charge??" "Mr. King's, sir. I caught 'em out of bounds, sir: at least that was 'ow it looked. But there's a lot be'ind, sir."
He ran his eyes over them as he stopped, waiting behind his master's chair there were two he knew, remembering them from last night dark-faced Cardinal Ruspoli, and the lean Australian Archbishop, besides Cardinal Corkran, who stood by his chair at the Pope's own table, with papers laid ready. Silvester sat down, and with a little gesture caused the others to sit too.
The boys were experts at the weary game. "Ve-ry good. I shall be sorry when any of you resume your 'abits of punctuality. Quietly return dumb-bells. We will now try some simple drill." "Ugh! I know that simple drill." "It would he 'ighly to your discredit if you did not, Muster Corkran. At the same time, it is not so easy as it looks." "Bet you a bob, I can drill as well as you, Foxy."
The Arabs departed by train; but the fellows from hereabouts gossiped a bit, it seemed, and the story was started that they'd been got rid of because the Boss had hit on something, and wanted to be left to himself. "You haven't told us yet the name of the man," Anthony reminded him. "By Jove, no more I haven't! I'm so excited about everything. You won't know it, but Borrow will. Colonel Corkran."