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As soon as he arrived at Cairo, in a letter he despatched to Desaix, he said: The time has now arrived when disembarkations have become practicable. I shall lose no time in getting ready. The probabilities, however, are, that none will take place this year.
It was now approaching half-past five, and I saw he was eager to close up and get away. 'Anything else you fancy, sir? he asked me. 'No, or rather yes and no. You have a very interesting collection here, but it's getting so dark I can hardly see. 'I close at half-past five, sir. 'Ah, in that case, I said, consulting my watch, 'I shall be pleased to call some other time.
The man who gave it was not to blame, for he knew nothing about me, nor the fiendish thirst with which I was possessed; and while he was not more than a minute getting the liquor for me, it seemed an age, and when I took the glass, I read "death" in it just as plainly as ever "death" was written upon the field of battle. I hesitated a moment, while something whispered, "Death!"
I was getting a bit hungry, but I understand now how gods manage to do without eating, what with the smell of burnt-offerings about them.
And my cousin was quite willing that it should be so. 'You are young, my dear, she said to me, 'and it is only right for you to mix with young people and see the world. I am getting to prefer being alone, so I shall not miss you.
Perhaps his patients did get a few waves of his happiness however for there was not one of them who did not leave the office with greater hope and strength and courage than he brought there. "The young doctor's getting to be a lot like his uncle," one of them said to his wife later.
He longed to get at it; but was the branch strong enough to bear his weight? It was no use, after all he had done, getting drowned in the water. However, it could do no harm, if he was to go a little way; he could always manage to get back somehow. So he stretched himself at full length upon the branch, and wriggled his body cautiously along. To his delight it seemed thick and stout.
Mostly they are young men establishing their business or getting their "start." I know many young men who work twelve and even fourteen hours every day, and keep it up the year round. One of the greatest merchants of my acquaintance worked from five o'clock in the morning until twelve and one o'clock at night, and then slept in his little store. He was just building up his business.
Murray frequently came on board to see how things were getting on, but never interfered with Adair's arrangements. He was sometimes accompanied by Admiral Triton, who seemed to take almost as much interest as he did in fitting out the ship. The sails were now bent, and Murray waited in daily expectation of receiving his sailing orders.
"I don't see how you did it," admiringly. "I'll drop in every little while to see how you are getting on," volunteered Courtlandt. "You can sit by the door if you care to see them dance. I'm off to see Mrs. Harrigan and tell her where you are. Here's a cigar." Harrigan turned the cigar over and over in his fingers, all the while gazing at the young man's diminishing back. He sighed.
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