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It is hot enough now, but we have not got to the worst by a long way, and as there is still a vast amount of work to be done, I expect that the regiment will be off again before long." "Well, at any rate, I shall be able to go with you, doctor." "I don't quite say that, Mallett," the doctor said, doubtfully.
"Well, Marshall," he said on the evening of the day when the way was open to the Residency; "you have not cheated your creditor, I see." "No, Captain Mallett. I thought of him when those fellows in the mosque were keeping such a heavy fire upon us as we were waiting to get into the Secunderbagh. It seemed to me that his chance of ever getting his money was not worth much.
Cultiwation of mind concerns you now, not cultiwation of raiment." "That that " stammered Geraldine, "is s-su-premely s-silly." The tears reached her eyes; she brushed them away angrily. Mallett coughed and glanced at Myndert Beekman, then past the secretary, Mr. Varick, directly at Mr. Tappan.
At least so I understood it, and I did not feel that in my position I was called upon to interfere until I learned that you were really in danger of what I considered wrecking your life's happiness." "I understand that," she said, gently, "and I know that you acted for the best. But there are other things you have not told me, Major Mallett other things that George Lechmere has told me.
Good evening, Miss Mallett. He pulled himself out of his chair. 'Good evening, Charles. I'm glad you're here to keep Henrietta company. The doctor has been, Henrietta 'Oh, has he? I didn't hear him. 'Sophia is settled for the night, and I'm going to her now. 'But she'll want me! Henrietta cried. 'No, she asked me to stay with her. Good night. Good night, Charles.
The soup was very hot, according to Caroline's instructions, but the cook, inspired more by the desire to give pleasant nutriment than by tact, had chosen to make the creamy variety which was Caroline's favourite and, as each Mallett took up her spoon, she had a vision of Caroline tasting the soup with the thoughtfulness of a connoisseur and proclaiming it perfect to the last grain of salt.
They found nothing with which to file an adverse report the first time. Why did they come back? "And I'll tell you another thing, Mallett, which may seem a slight reason for my sullenness and quick temper; they've had secret-service men following me ever since I returned from Roya-Neh.
There is no doubt about his pluck, and if it had only been to put me in the shade he would have performed some brilliant action or other that would have got it for him. He is a better rider than I am, at any rate a more reckless one, and he is a better shot, too. He is incomparably more clever." "I cannot believe it, Captain Mallett."
As soon as the messenger was seen to reach the gates, Mallett gave the word. The men sprang to their feet. "Don't double, men. We shall be there in time, and it is no use getting out of breath and spoiling your shooting." They were within a hundred yards of the gate, when they heard a shout from the village, and as they pressed on, shot after shot rang out from the wall.
But she was now able to travel, and toward the middle of the month she sailed with Naïda and one maid for Naples, leaving her son to gather up and straighten out what little of value still remained in the wreckage of the house of Mallett.
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