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"Stand back, please, everybody," he commanded. He was obeyed implicitly. But his order came too late. They had seen the blood upon his hand. Miss Ganthorn began to faint and was led away. Other girls looked as though they might follow suit. Only Hephzibah Malling stood her ground. Her face was blanched, but her mouth was tightly clenched. She uttered no sound.
Now he's just the sort of man whom I should have expected would have been here at least an hour before it was necessary." "It is just his sort that fail on these occasions," put in Mrs. Ganthorn pessimistically. "He's just too full of business for my fancy. What is the time now, Mr. Danvers?" "On the stroke of the half-hour," replied the parson, with a gloomy look.
La, but one 'ud think I was going to sit down at table with a King or a Minister of the Church. Nobody's going to look at me, child until the victuals come on. Besides, what does it matter with neighbours? Look at old Gleichen over there, bowing and scraping to Mrs. Ganthorn; one would think it wasn't his way to do nothing else. He's less elaborate when he's trailing after his plough.
It seems to me it will be time enough then. Ah, here's Mrs. Gurridge," as that lady appeared in the doorway. "There's no sign of him," he called out in anticipation of her inquiry. "I hope you are not letting the bride worry too much." "It's too dreadful," said Mrs. Ganthorn, as her thoughts reverted to Prudence waiting in the school-ma'am's sitting-room. "Whatever can have happened to him?"
"But then he just wouldn't 'bow and scrape, as you call it, to Mrs. Ganthorn or anybody else. He's not the sort for that kind of thing. He hasn't come yet. I'll bring him to you at once, dear, when he arrives," she finished up with a laugh. "You're a saucy hussy," her mother returned, with a chuckle. Then: "But I'd have taken to him as a son.
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