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The diligence does not leave Aubette till six o'clock, remember, and my old horses get over the ground surely if not quickly." Marie rouses from a sort of doze, but she cannot see the farmer or the wayfarer to whom he speaks: a pile of new fruit-baskets fills up the middle of the huge vehicle, and makes a wall between Marie and the driving-seat.
While we were waiting for a fresh stage and horses, several waggons came up, laden with lawyers, storekeepers, and ship-carpenters, who with their families were flying from the cholera at St. John, New Brunswick. I enjoyed the next fifty miles exceedingly, as I travelled outside on the driving-seat, with plenty of room to expatiate.
"Excuse me," Robin remarked decidedly, "but I'm coming with you if your friend" at this he looked at the man in the driving-seat "has no objection ..." Mr. Jeekes cast a frightened glance at the sallow man. The latter said impatiently: "We're wasting time, Jeekes. Who is this gentleman?" "This is Mr. Greve," said the little secretary hurriedly, "a friend of Mr. Parrish and Miss Trevert.
The door was flapping to and fro with the swaying of the car over the rough road and Robin had to half rise in order to comply with the request. He was leaning forward, steadying himself with one hand grasping the back of the driving-seat, when he received a tremendous shove in the back.
"'Otels, ain't what they were, but we'll find something. I've got your coupons." Mr. Lavender, who was seated beside his chauffeur on the driving-seat, while Blink occupied in solitude the body of the car, was silent for a minute, revolving a philosophic thought. "Do you find," he said suddenly, "that compulsory sacrifice is doing you good, Joe?" "It's good for my thirst, sir," replied Joe.
Behind was a large rack for luggage, and at the back of the driving-seat was a bench which held three persons. The stage was painted scarlet, but looked as if it had not been washed for a year. The team of six strong white horses was driven by a Yankee, remarkable only for his silence.
Nobody spoke, and the girl was wondering by what means the strain could be relieved, which, though few heard what Barrington said, all seemed to feel, when out of the darkness came a second beat of hoofs, and by and by a man swaying on the driving-seat of a jolting wagon swept into the light from the windows. Then, there were voices outside, and a breathless lad came in.
It struck her as curious that she should feel so sure of this; but she admitted that it was the case. In the meanwhile he was approaching them, sitting in the driving-seat of a big machine that ripped broad furrows through the crackling sod.
"The earth is big," he said vaguely. The other, as if to test the statement, stared all round from his driving-seat.
"We will give the spies a little gentle exercise," said he, "and if we dine together they will find it hard to discover the place." De Breulh's coachman was dozing on the driving-seat. His master aroused him, and whispered some order in his ear. The two young men then got in, and the carriage started at a quick pace. "What do you think of this expedient?" asked De Breulh.
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