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In fact, he is almost out of his mind with delight and terror; with delight, that the marriage is at length about to take place, and with terror, lest something might occur to prevent it. One word, sir. I see Gibson peeping up. Go and see my father; you have seen him more than once before."
He was shown up at once into the drawing-room, and there he found Miss Stanbury the elder. "Oh, Mr. Gibson!" she said at once. "Is anything the matter with dear Dorothy?" "She is the most obstinate, pig-headed young woman I ever came across since the world began." "You don't say so! But what is it, Miss Stanbury?" "What is it? Why just this.
Yes; it's a great thing in a household. It's what I've had to enforce with my young ladies at Ashcombe. No wonder poor dear Mr. Gibson has been displeased at his dinner not being ready, and he so hard-worked! 'Papa doesn't care what he has, if it's only ready. He would take bread-and-cheese, if cook would only send it in instead of dinner. 'Bread-and-cheese! Does Mr. Gibson eat cheese?
Then exhausted he sate down again, and put out his hand to Molly. 'You're a good girl. Thank you. Tell me what I ought to do, and I'll do it. This to Mr. Gibson. 'I am almost as much puzzled as you are, squire, replied he. 'I fully believe the whole story; but I think there must be some written confirmation of it, which perhaps ought to be found at once, before we act.
Tietkens and Gibson, had planted a patch of splendid soil, Gibson having done the same at Fort McKellar with all kinds of seeds; but the only thing that came up well here was maize. That looked splendid, and had grown nearly three feet high.
"I'm sure they won't find themselves mistaken in what they trust to," said Dorothy, with a spirit that her aunt had not expected from her. Miss Stanbury at this time had told nobody that the offer to her niece had been made and repeated and finally rejected; but she found it very difficult to hold her tongue. In the meantime Mr. Gibson spent a good deal of his time at Heavitree.
Late one afternoon, two weeks after his last meeting with Consuello and Gibson, Brennan and John were gossiping at the office, speculating on Gibson's next move. "He'll pull another stunt soon," Brennan declared. "When he does it's up to us to dig in and find out what's behind it.
"Gibson Found; Quits Race," and over the announcement Gibson had authorized "that much and no more" appeared the magic words, "By John Gallant." By that simple token he passed automatically from the position of "cub" to be a full-fledged reporter.
Gibson, so it had been quite impossible to her not to long to be Brooke's wife from the moment in which a suggestion to that effect had fallen from his lips.
The afternoon of the day on which the ball was to take place, a servant rode over from Hamley with two lovely nosegays, 'with the Mr Hamleys' compliments to Miss Gibson and Miss Kirkpatrick. Cynthia was the first to receive them.
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