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As you say, she wouldn't suppress a will in her favor, and thereby turn the fortune over to Philip. And, as you also said, this lets Gregory Hall out, too, though I never suspected him for a moment. But, of course, his interests and Miss Lloyd's are identical." "Wait a moment," I said, for new thoughts were rapidly following one another through my brain. "Not so fast, Mr. District Attorney.
"What ails you, anyway? You seem to me to dislike everything that's profitable." "This ship has been condemned by Lloyd's agent," said I. "But I tell you it's a deal. The ship's in splendid condition; there's next to nothing wrong with her but the garboard streak and the sternpost. I tell you Lloyd's is a ring like everybody else; only it's an English ring, and that's what deceives you.
You might inquire at Lloyd's. Direct her there, Mr. Penfold, and bring me my letters." With this he entered his inner office, sat down, took out a golden key, opened the portrait of Helen, gazed at it, kissed it, uttered a deep sigh, and prepared to face the troubles of the day. Penfold brought in a leathern case, like an enormous bill-book.
Housel Bay, formerly Househole, is the bathing-place, with a large modern hotel standing close to the cliffs; on the east is Lloyd's signal station, and on the west the lighthouse.
Then she gave an excited scream. "Heah they are!" she called. "I've found them! Heah's the twins, and all the Bobs!" "They're found!" called Joyce, running out on the porch and shouting the news until the searchers farthest from the house heard, and ran joyfully back. "They're found! Lloyd's found them!"
For rest assured, Louis, that I am quite as anxious to prove Miss Lloyd's innocence as you can possibly be, and the only way to accomplish that end, is to learn as much of the truth as I possibly can. Now, tell me what she was doing." "Only talking to her uncle, sir." Louis had the air of a defeated man. He had tried to shield Miss Lloyd's name and had failed.
He lived in deadly fear of the officers and "Non-Coms" over him. They also despised him. One morning about three months after his enlistment, Lloyd's company was paraded, and the names picked for the next draft to France were read. When his name was called, he did not step out smartly, two paces to the front, and answer cheerfully, "Here, sir," as the others did.
Beals," replied Ellen, uneasily. She wished that he would not talk so loud. "He sounds as if he were preaching fire and brimstone," said Robert. "No, he is talking about the labor question," replied Ellen. Then she looked confused, for she remembered that this young man's uncle was the head of Lloyd's, that he himself would be the head of Lloyd's some day.
"Did you hear any unusual noise in Captain Lloyd's room that afternoon or night?" "No, sir, I did not. As I said before, the cook was the only servant in the house, and I had to help her in the kitchen." "Do you know the accused?" "I do, sir." "When did you last see her and where?" "I saw her on the afternoon of the sixth of March when she came to my house to see her friend, Miss Alice Cary."
If you wanted a thing, how badly you wanted it, and how soon, and how terribly cruel every one seemed who interfered! Give Ron a chance, like the dear old sportsman as you are, before you tie him down for life! It's a pity I'm not a boy I should have loved to be at Lloyd's.
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