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De Crespigny Park, a thoroughfare connecting Grove Lane, Camberwell, with Denmark Hill, presents a double row of similar dwellings; its clean breadth, with foliage of trees and shrubs in front gardens, makes it pleasant to the eye that finds pleasure in suburban London. In point of respectability, it has claims only to be appreciated by the ambitious middle-class of Camberwell.
"How do you propose to convey all these things back to Petra?" "Surely it is not difficult now that I am promised Your Honor's protection!" "My district extends half-way to Beersheba and to the eastward as far as the shore of the Dead Sea no farther," said de Crespigny. "I can wait. I must wait for the purchases from Jerusalem. Sooner or later there will be a caravan across the desert to El-Maan.
It is not often that you can tell the color of his eyes, but on occasions of that sort they look iron-gray and match the bushy eyebrows. He turned to de Crespigny. "Have you finished the census, 'Crep?" "Pretty nearly." "Have you got Ali Baba's property all listed?" "Yes." "And that of his sons and grandsons?" "Every bit of it that's taxable." "Good. You hear that, Ali Baba?
I suppose he lectured me for two hours, until Grim came in looking pleased with himself, followed by the two infants looking much more pleased. You can't mistake the adventurous air of an eight-year-old with money hidden on his person, whatever his nationality may be. De Crespigny followed them in to learn the news. "Know anything about old Rafiki, the wool-merchant?" Grim asked.
Found out that Arthur had taken the kid to his sister's at Canterbury; went down and made a deuce of a kick-up; they had to chuck her out of the house. Of course she cares no more about the child than I do; it's only to spite her husband. She's going to law with him, she says. She won't leave the house in De Crespigny Park, and she's running up bills you bet! Nancy tried to laugh.
Without looking round, he replied that he would be well enough if left alone; and Nancy did not venture to say more. A few days later, she called in De Crespigny Park after dinnertime. Mrs. Peachey and Fanny were at Brighton; Beatrice had preferred to stay in London, being very busy with her great project. Whilst she talked of it with Nancy, Peachey and Luckworth Crewe came in together.
But the explanations of the reasons for giving the said hints are still longer; and, when once the author starts off to tell why Crespigny Conyers of Conyers Magna, England, stumbled against the music-stool prepared for the reception of Selina Fogg, Bones Co., Mass., one never knows whether the fifth, the twelfth, or the fortieth page of the explanation will bring him up.
Her personal demeanour showed a change. So careful hitherto of feminine grace and decorum, she began to affect a mannishness of bearing, a bluntness of speech, such as found favour at De Crespigny Park. In a few weeks she had resumed friendly intercourse with Mrs. Peachey and her sisters, and spent an occasional evening at their house.
Lord, that it concerns some one with whom you are acquainted. 'Indeed? said Nancy, not without tremor. 'Who is that? 'Mr. Peachey, of De Crespigny Park. I believe you are on terms of friendship with the family. 'Oh, you can hardly call it friendship. I know them. 'Then I may speak without fear of paining you.
De Crespigny saw fit to bring the conversation back to its other foot, as it were. Not the whole British Army was in a position just then to impose its will on Ali Higg, so certainly de Crespigny was not; and if you are any kind of real diplomatist, with a career in front of you, you don't talk fight unless you mean it.
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