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The letter is dated 24th June four days after the battle and does not represent the exertions of the Mahrattas in anything like the serious light adopted in Captain Grant Duff's work, to which I have been principally indebted for my account of the action.
She didn't stay over long; she said the missus might be wanting her, and she left; and when she was kissing my poor old face, she began sobbing. Robin offered to see her home " "And she wouldn't have it," interrupted Robin, looking up for the first time with a wild expression of despair. "She said she had things to get at Mother Duff's, and should stop a bit there, a-gossiping.
The kitchen was more crowded than the shop; there was not breathing space; and room could hardly be found for Jan. The shop was Mrs. Duff's department. If she chose to pack it full of people to the ceiling, it was her affair: but Jan made the kitchen, where the boy lay, his. "What's the matter with him, sir?" was the eager question to Jan, the moment he had cast his eyes on the invalid.
"We'll search the town from one end to the other," one excited citizen had proposed. "We'll make a night of it." "Don't do anything of the sort," Tom had urged. "You'll terrorize hundreds of women and children, who have no knowledge of this affair. Jim Duff's little evening of celebration is ended and now the wisest thing for you to do is to return to your homes. Mr. Hawkins!"
He also knew for witnesses had been speaking of it outside that Rachel had been seen to take that turning after she left Mrs. Duff's shop, and that she was walking with a quick step. The next person called in was Master Dan Duff in a state of extreme consternation at being called in at all. He was planted down in front of Mr. Verner, his legs restless.
An interesting and careful, though friendly analysis of the Patel's character will be found in the fifth chapter of Grant Duff's third volume.
They were at that time in chase of captain Duff's squadron, which now joined the large fleet, after having run some risk of being taken.
Does any man feel that he has been discharged unfairly?" Three or four men answered, though none of the Mexicans was among the number. When questioned as to whether they had spent the night among Jim Duff's friends all the speakers admitted that they had. Tom then made them the same explanation he had offered Bellas. "That's about all that can be said, isn't it, men?" Tom asked in conclusion.
"I reckon some of Duff's crowd slipped out of the fight, got the two youngsters, and slipped away with them," Bodson answered. "Then it was Duff he was one of 'em," returned Jeff, with a strong conviction. "From what I've seen of Duff to-night he'd rather do a running trick than a fighting one." "It would take two to carry both youngsters away. Who was the other one?" Rafe wondered aloud.
You can imagine that it was a gratifying surprise to all concerned to find we were not altogether among strangers, though they were as hospitable as strangers could be. The hotel was a lively place that night. There was some musical talent among Duff's men, and Duff himself was an artist on the piano.
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