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Gordon said that he would be gone for two hours at least, and as Stedman did not feel capable of receiving any more nerve-stirring messages, he cut off all connection with Octavia by saying, "Good-by for two hours," and running away from the office. He sat down on a rock on the beach, and mopped his face with his handkerchief.
Anchored at Monrovia, in less than eight days from Porto Praya, although the winds were light, most of the time. Several of our Kroomen, who left us, two months ago, completely dressed in sailor-rig, came on board with only a hat and a handkerchief, and forthwith proceeded to haul upon the ropes, as before.
At daylight, when I awoke, I saw that he had rigged one of the oars as a mast, to the upper end of which he had fastened a large handkerchief. "Rouse up, boys!" he said, "and take your breakfast; we shall obtain relief to-day, or I am much mistaken." "Why?" I groaned out for I could scarcely speak. "Because there is a breeze coming.
He felt much better after a few moments; and remembering his friends, he closed the window and turned back towards the ring. At first he thought he could just make them out, but when he got down on the floor close beside the ring, he saw nothing. Almost unnerved, he sat down heavily upon the floor beside the handkerchief, leaning on one elbow.
King Otto straightened his shoulders and put away the handkerchief. It had occurred to him that he was a man now and must act a man's part in the world. "May I see him?" he asked. "I didn't see him before." "Your people are waiting, sire," the Chancellor said gravely. "To a ruler, his people must come first."
Do you think I didn't spy on ye and find that out? Oh, you long-eared jackass-rabbit!" He laughed until the tears came into his eyes, and Uncle Billy laughed too, albeit until the laugh on his face became quite fixed, and he was fain to bury his head in his handkerchief. "And yet," said Uncle Jim, with a deep breath, "gosh! I was frighted jest for a minit!
I found nothing there, nothing that could prove her death." "Is it possible " began Philip, holding out the handkerchief. It was not necessary for him to finish. Billinger understood, and nodded his head. "That's what I'm thinking," he said. "Is it possible? What in God's name would they want of her, unless " "Unless she was alive," added Philip.
The next moment she remembered the Purple Flask, and the danger of leaving the corridor. She turned, and looked at the door of Number Three. Her husband, on the evidence of the handkerchief had unquestionably been out of his room and Mr. Bashwood had not told her. Was he in his room now?
'May I come in? said he. I inclined my head, with as much presence of mind as I could command, and he followed me into my chambers. There, I saw that the lower part of his face was tied up, in what is commonly called a Belcher handkerchief.
He found one, and went back again. At last a smothered sound made me spring up and rush to him; but he met me, driving me back. "I beg of you, dear Miss Dorothy, keep away. Have you a handkerchief with you?" I had one, and gave it to him. His hands were covered with earth. He had only just gone back again when I gave a cry "Robert! It has gone!" He came up to me, keeping one hand behind him.
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