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"Have you no clubs, Miss Hendrie?" Eve started, and looked at her hand. "No," she said. Mrs. Rastall-Retford grunted suspiciously. Not long ago, in Westport, Connecticut, U.S.A., a young man named Harold Sperry, a telephone worker, was boring a hole in the wall of a house with a view to passing a wire through it. He whistled joyously as he worked.
"That is easily said for you, who need see very little of her. But John's wife is a person who will be of great importance to my happiness. Dear me! and to think he might have had Lady Mary Hendrie for the asking: a charming creature, well born, highly educated and accomplished everything that a man could wish for.
The secret of Van Eyck may have been found out, but its modification under the Italian practice will be, perhaps, the more important discovery. I am glad also to learn, that Mr Hendrie intends to publish entire with notes, the "De Magerne MS." in the British Museum.
Captain Clipperton and the rest of the officers, seeing the turn matters were likely to take, were very desirous that some allowance should be reserved for the officers who were absent, and had been taken prisoners, and for Mr Hendrie and Mr Dod, who had joined them from the Speedwell: but all their endeavours were fruitless, as the men would not listen to any such allowances.
A rival syndicate was hastily organized, with Sir William Howland, A. R. M'Master, William Hendrie, A. T. Wood, Allan Gilmour, George A. Cox, P. Larkin, James M'Laren, Alexander Gibson, and other well-known capitalists at its head.
It trembled in her hand. "A sandwich! Kindly do not be so officious, Miss Hendrie. The idea in the middle of a hand " Her voice died away in a resentful mumble. Peter started. He had been allowing his thoughts to wander. He looked from the sandwich to Eve and then at the sandwich again. He was puzzled. This had the aspect of being an olive-branch could it be?
At the time of writing this book, the regiment had one Colonel and five Lieutenant-Colonels on active service, namely, Colonel Currie, M.P., Lieutenant-Colonels Marshall, Hendrie, Dansereau, Miller and Chisholm. One of the leading spirits in the formation of the corps was Hon. Lt.-Colonel Dr. Alexander Fraser, Ph.D., A.D.C., the noted Celtic scholar and antiquarian.
The first Commanding Officer, Lieutenant-Colonel J.I. Davidson, Lieutenant-Colonel A.M. Cosby, Lieutenant-Colonel W.C. Macdonald, Lieutenant-Colonel Robertson and Lieutenant-Colonel William Hendrie were on the original committees of the regiment.
She rose from her seat, moved quickly to the side-table, and, turning her back, slipped the fatal card dexterously into the interior of a cheese sandwich. Mrs. Rastall-Retford, absorbed, did not notice for an instant. Then she gave tongue. "What are you doing, Miss Hendrie?" Eve was breathing quickly. "I I thought that Mr. Rayner might like a sandwich." She was at his elbow with the plate.
He raised the olive-branch, and bit into it with the energy of a starving man. And as he did so he caught Eve's eye. "Miss Hendrie!" cried Mrs. Rastall-Retford. Eve started violently. "Miss Hendrie, will you be good enough to play? The king of clubs to beat. I can't think what's the matter with you to-night." "I'm very sorry," said Eve, and put down the nine of spades. Mrs. Rastall-Retford glared.
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