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Derriman! he exclaimed. 'My tin box! said Uncle Benjy. 'O, only the trumpet-major! 'Your box is safe enough, I assure you. It was only' here the trumpet- major gave vent to an artificial laugh 'only a sly bit of courting, you know. 'Ha, ha, I see! said the relieved old squireen. 'Courting Miss Anne! Then you've ousted my nephew, trumpet-major! Well, so much the better.
The amazed charger lifted his head, sniffed, wrenched his ears hither and thither, and started off at a frightful speed across the down. 'O, my heart and limbs! said Festus under his breath, as, thoroughly alarmed, he gazed after her. 'She on Champion! She'll break her neck, and I shall be tried for manslaughter, and disgrace will be brought upon the name of Derriman!
Garland's door. 'The daughter is certainly at home, sir, said the grinder. 'I'll go round to t'other side, and see if she's there, Master Derriman. 'I want to take her out to see the King, said Festus. Anne had started at the sound of the voice. No opportunity could have been better for carrying out her new convictions on the disposal of her hand.
Festus strode along till he reached the Hall, where Cripplestraw appeared gazing at him from under the arch of the porter's lodge. Derriman dashed open the entrance-hurdle with such violence that the whole row of them fell flat in the mud. 'Mercy, Maister Festus! said Cripplestraw.
'And you have torn yourself away from King George's Esplanade so soon, Farmer Derriman? said she. 'Yes, faith! I couldn't bide at such a ruination place, said the farmer. 'Your hand in your pocket every minute of the day.
I know every one of the regular inhabitants; we soldiers are in and out there continually. Festus Derriman, Yeomanry Cavalry, you know. The fact is, the watering-place is under our charge; the folks will be quite dependent upon us for their deliverance in the coming struggle. We hold our lives in our hands, and theirs, I may say, in our pockets.
She had been up the village, and met John at the mill-door. 'Have you heard the news? Matilda Johnson is going to be married to young Derriman. Anne stood with her back to the sun, and as he faced her, his features were searchingly exhibited. There was no change whatever in them, unless it were that a certain light of interest kindled by her question turned to complete and blank indifference.
Derriman leaning over the harbour bridge with his eyes fixed upon her as she came towards it after a stroll past her elderly wooer's house. 'Od take it, ma'am, you didn't tell me when I saw you last that the tooting man with the blue jacket and lace was yours devoted? began Festus.
She turned, and Festus Derriman was standing by her. 'There's no chance for you, she said indignantly. 'Why not? 'Because there's another left! The words had slipped out quite unintentionally, and she blushed quickly. She would have given anything to be able to recall them; but he had heard, and said, 'Who? Anne went forward to the miller to avoid replying, and Festus caught her no more.
I'll confess that some of us are no great things: but I know how to draw a sword, don't I? say I don't just to provoke me. 'I am sure you do, said Anne sweetly. 'If a Frenchman came up to you, Mr. Derriman, would you take him on the hip, or on the thigh? 'Now you are flattering! he said, his white teeth uncovering themselves in a smile.