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Robert Hume-Frazer was undoubtedly in love with his cousin, or, to speak correctly, for the ex-sailor was a gentleman, he had been in love with her as a boy, and now secretly grieved over a hopeless passion. Whether Margaret was conscious of this devotion or not Brett was unable to decide. By neither word nor look was Robert indiscreet.
"You owe far more to him than to me"; and he launched out into the most hearty eulogy of the ex-sailor. Then, for the first time, Lottie's old, mirthful laugh was heard, as she said: "Well, in one respect, Mr. Hemstead, you and the coachman are birds of a feather, and rare birds at that.
The dirt was rich, the river ran dry, there was plenty of standing-room on the banks, which were devoid of rocks, the storekeeper dealt strictly on the square, and the saloon contained a pleasing variety of consolatory fluids, which were dispensed by Stumpy Flukes, ex-sailor, and as hearty a fellow as any one would ask to see.
She drew from him and especially from the coachman the narrative of their thrilling experience, and every moment Hemstead grew more heroic in her eyes. "Bless you, miss," said the bluff ex-sailor, his tongue a little loosened by the whiskey he had taken as an antidote for the cold and wet, "there's stuff enough in him to make a hundred such as t'other young gentleman as wouldn't go.
Stenhouse, who was the leader of the adventurous party, was a man of about forty-five years of age, and, like his two comrades, an ex-sailor.
Every link in the chain of evidence is complete. 'You are a wonderful man, Baltic; you have scored off that fool of a Tinkler in a very neat way. 'The inspector is no fool in his own sphere, sir, reproved the serious ex-sailor, 'but this case happened to be beyond it. 'And beyond him also, chuckled the baronet. 'There is no denying that, Sir Harry.
And there were ministers of many creeds, pastors of great, gilt-edged congregations, at the seaside for a rest, with shepherds of the regular work, from the priests of the Church on the Hill to bush-bearded ex-sailor Lutherans, hail-fellow with the men of a score of boats.
"Ay, ay," shouted the ex-sailor in a voice as hoarse as the winds in the cordage of his old ship. "Courage!" cried Hemstead; and his tones, in contrast, rang out like a bugle, inspiring hope in the chilled hearts of those who, a little before, had despaired, and also sending an almost equal thrill of delight to the heart of Lottie Marsden, as, with the half-frenzied Harcourt, she stood in Mrs.
'Man! cried Brace, with a start, 'you have not dared to accuse the bishop to Tinkler! 'Oh, no, sir! rejoined the ex-sailor, composedly. 'All I have done is to tell Tinkler that I wish to hunt down the murderer of Jentham, and to induce him to obtain for me a warrant of arrest against Mother Jael. 'Mother Jael, the gipsy hag! You don't suspect her, surely!
'Sir Harry told Dr Graham, who informed my father, who spoke to me. 'Oh! Baltic looked seriously at the curate's pale face. 'Then the bishop knows that I am an inquiry agent. 'He does, Mr Baltic. And, to tell you the truth, he is not at all pleased that you presented yourself in our city as a missionary. 'I am a missionary, answered the ex-sailor, quietly.
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