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Philip's company was at best. When I came out after my dinner, they were still sitting there, Courtenay yawning, and Tom and Philip wrangling over last night's play. "Come, my man of affairs, join us a hand!" says the doctor to me. "I have known the time when you would sit from noon until supper." "I had money then," said I. "And you have a little now, or I am cursed badly mistook.
Jennie's a good sort, yet sometimes she talks rot " "George," said Mrs. Tollemache, "pack up my portfolio. We are going to lunch with your friends. Mrs. Courtenay and I have so much to talk about. We find we think alike on many points. I am delighted to have met your wife, Captain Courtenay. My husband raves about her."
Both Lindsay and Cicely were particularly fond of any kind of riddle. They seized upon this floral enigma with delight, and began to puzzle it out with the help of the illustrated catalogue of plants given in the old volume. "How funny of Sir Giles Courtenay to have written it inside a botany book!" said Cicely. "I suppose he was quite mad," replied Lindsay.
If he is still the one whom I remember intellectual yet spiritual, with sound reason, yet a strong heart, if he is still the Courtenay Despard who, when a boy, seemed to me to look out upon the world before him with such lofty poetic enthusiasm then, Teresella, you should show him this diary, for it will cause him to understand things which he ought to know.
The frigate L'Embuscade, while lying in the harbor of New York, had been challenged to single combat by the British frigate Boston, then cruising off Sandy Hook. L'Embuscade accepted the challenge; a severe battle ensued; Captain Courtenay, commander of the Boston, was killed; and the French vessel returned in triumph to New York.
For I was at last to come at the bottom of this affair. "The duke had made a formal offer for me when first we came to London. I think my father wrote of that to Dr. Courtenay." I ordered him from our house, since my father would not. At last one afternoon he came back to dine with us, insolent to excess. I left the table.
The evening breeze brought the smoke of dung fires down to them, and an Afghan one of the little crowd of traders who had come down with the camels three hours ago sang a wailing song about his lady-love. Overhead the sky was like black velvet, pierced with silver holes. "You see, you can't call our end of this business war it's sport," said Courtenay.
Yes, there is one thing, sir, but it's on the bloody side; the key of the mess chest is in my trousers' pocket I wish you'd recollect to have it taken out and given to John Williams; you must wait till I'm dead, for I can't turn myself just now." "It shall be attended to," replied Courtenay. "And, Mr Courtenay, remember me to the captain."
A couple of heavily charged dynamite bombs had burst in their midst, dealing death and destruction over a wide area. Several canoes near the floating platforms were torn asunder and sank, while men were killed or wounded out of all proportion to the number of craft disabled. Courtenay at once picked up the governing cord of the mine which he was about to fire in the first instance.
Bludlip Courtenay "I can imagine nothing more tiresome than to be a Soul without a Body, climbing from height to height of a heaven where there is no night, no sleep, no rest for ever and ever. Simply dreadful! But there! one only goes to church for form's sake just as an example to one's servants and when it's done, don't you think it's best to forget it as soon as possible?"
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