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It was to these funds that the proceeds of the first performance of the Messiah were devoted, in connection with those of Mercer's Hospital, an old and still eminent school of surgery and the Royal Infirmary, which still exists in Jervis Street as a place for the immediate reception of persons meeting with sudden accidents.
But O! that I was safe from this house! for never poor creature sure was so flustered as I have been so many months together; I am called down from this most tedious scribble. I wonder what will next befall Your dutiful DAUGHTER. Mrs. Jervis says, she is sure I shall have the chariot to carry me home to you.
With a quick, significant glance at me, he walked into the office, whither I followed in some bewilderment, for I knew that we had no engagements for the evening. "Now, Jervis," said Thorndyke, as he closed the office door, "what are we to do?" "We must go, I suppose," I replied. "It seems a pretty urgent case." "It does," he agreed. "Of course, the man may be telling the truth, after all."
The old priest drew out a key and unlocked the door before them; and together they turned to the left up the corridor, and passed into a large, pleasant room looking out on to the street, with a further door communicating, it seemed, with a bedroom beyond. Fortunately they had met no one on the way. "Here we are," said Father Jervis cheerfully. "Now, Monsignor, do you know where you are?"
Captains were to be on deck when ships came about at whatever hour. In port there were no night boats and no night leave for officers. To one officer who ventured a protest Jervis wrote that he "ought not to delay one day his intention to retire." "May the discipline of the Mediterranean never be introduced in the Channel," was a toast on Jervis's appointment to the latter squadron.
"The easiest way to issue invitations will be to chalk a notice on the board outside the store, inviting anyone who wishes to be present at the wedding of Miss Katherine Radford with Jervis Ferrars, date to be fixed later on. That had better be attended to to-morrow, so that the intending guests may have time to get their finery all in readiness."
In a copy of this letter forwarded to the Admiralty, presumably by Jervis for its general information, these words were omitted. Possibly he had already sounded O'Hara, and found him unwilling, for he was not optimistic; possibly Jervis himself thought that the fitting conditions had not yet obtained, and did not care to let the idea get abroad before the hour for execution arrived.
With this comprehensive salute he moved towards the door and let himself out. "Well, Jervis; what do you think of it?" Thorndyke asked, as the cabman's footsteps faded away in a creaky diminuendo. "I don't know what to think. This woman is a new factor in the case and I don't know how to place her." "Not entirely new," said Thorndyke.
He writes by return that he will prolong his holiday if an opportunity offers, but will let me know later." "Gad," said Jervis, "it was a stroke of luck for Barnard that Bellingham happened to have such a magnificent daughter there! don't mind me, old man. You go in and win she's worth it, isn't she, Thorndyke?" "Miss Bellingham is a very charming young lady," replied Thorndyke.
I begged I might be permitted to be with her on nights; for I was afraid of spirits, and they would not hurt such a good person as she. That was a silly excuse, she said; for why was not you afraid of spirits before? I begged to be excused; for, said I, I have been crying so, that it will be taken notice of by my fellow-servants; and I will hide nothing from you, Mrs. Jervis, when we are alone.
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