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Here there was every kind of excitement for Jeremy. Anyone who has any kind of passion for observation must have discovered long ago that a side line has ever so much more charm and appeal about it than a main line.
Suddenly Miss Jeremy began to breathe more quietly, and to move about in her chair. Then she sat upright. "Good evening, friends," she said. "I am glad to see you all again." I caught Herbert's eye, and he grinned. "Good evening, little Bright Eyes," he said. "How's everything in the happy hunting ground tonight?" "Dark and cold," she said. "Dark and cold. And the knee hurts. It's very bad.
There was every sort of thing to eat thin bread-and-butter rolled up into little curly sandwiches, little cakes and big cakes, seed cakes and sugar cakes, and, of course, saffron buns, jam in little shining dishes, and hot buttered toast so buttery that, it dripped on to your fingers. Jeremy sat next to Mary, and behind him hovered Aunt Amy. Only half an hour ago how this would have angered him!
The men were all on deck ready to trim the sails for greater speed, but Herriot, after consulting with the Captain, ordered the gunners and gun-servers below to prepare ordnance. Bob and Jeremy were under a tremendous strain of excitement. The stranger ship might be one of the New Castle fleet which Bob firmly believed to be searching the seas to recapture him from Bonnet.
Sunday being the very first day upon which it would be honourable for me to enter Glen Doone. But though I tried every possible means with Master Jeremy Stickles, offering him the choice for dinner of every beast that was on the farm, he durst not put off our departure later than the Saturday.
'Our hearts are so deceitful in the matter of repentance, says Jeremy Taylor, 'that the masters of the spiritual life are fain to invent suppletory arts and stratagems to secure the duty. Take not offence at the lack of all such suppletory arts and stratagems in thy servant, said poor Wet-eyes.
Jeremy observed her colour change, and during the few minutes that Mr. and Miss Arnold stayed to hear the news, he gave an occasional glance of defiance at the letter, and as soon as they were gone, begged to be made acquainted with its contents. "He writes," said Gertrude, "to invite me to accompany them to Europe." "Indeed!" said Dr.
Tush! After this splendid deed of yours, do you suppose I can be thinking of such things?" "I'm glad ye feel like that about it. But I'm thinking it's mighty lucky for me the Spaniards didn't come to-day instead of yesterday, or it's in the same plight as Jeremy Pitt I'd be this minute. And in that case where was the genius that would have turned the tables on these rascally Spaniards?"
Meanwhile, he saw him everywhere, even when he was not there behind lamp-posts, at street corners, behind the old woman's umbrella in the market-place, peering round the statues in the Cathedral, jerking up his head from behind chimney pots, looking through the nursery windows just when dusk was coming on, in the passages, under stairs, out in the dark garden and always behind him that horrid dream of the dead-white road and the shingly Cove... Yes, poor Jeremy was truly haunted.
Jeremy, scrambling through the last bit of clinging undergrowth in the late afternoon, came up against the steep side of this rocky summit and paused for breath. He had left Jock with the sheep, which comfortably chewed the cud in their pen, and, slipping a sort pistol, heavy and brass-mounted, into his belt, had started to explore a bit.
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