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It set me to thinking of mine, when I get through with them." "I see." The lawyer's lips came together a little grimly. "You've not made your will, I believe." "No. Dreaded it, somehow. Funny how a man'll fight shy of a little thing like that, isn't it? And when we're so mighty particular where it goes while we're living!" "Yes, I know; you're not the only one.
"P'raps the old man'll be glad of it, one o' these days," he muttered mysteriously. The next trip of the Saucy Sally was a more eventful one. She left Tilbury in a light haze, which first thickened into a pale-colored fog, and then, aided by the smoke from the tall chimneys, to a regular "pea-souper."
'Don't let's get separated from each other, whatever we do, said Anthea. 'It's quite bad enough to be separated from the Psammead. We can't do anything while that man is in there. Let's all go out into the village again. We can come back later now we know the way in. That man'll have to fight like the rest, most likely, if it comes to fighting. If we find the Psammead we'll go straight home.
It ain't likely th' man'll come along this late. An' ef he don' show up pretty soon, he ain't got a chanst. 'Cause, when his six months is gone, Ah'll make another trip t' Bismarck, contes' his entry, hev it cancelled an' file. Then, we's safe." She silenced him, for Marylyn was entering, and quit the shack. Outside, before the warped door, she paused. "He's always so sure of himself.
Mightn't a' seen it now, only the missus cleared the raffle out of the chest, and, `Give me that paper, I says, seeing it in her hand; and I fell to reading it, for a man'll read anything bar tracts lying in bed eight months, as I've been with the dropsy. I've been whaler man and boy forty year, and my last ship was the Sea-Horse.
We're all proud of you you and your good lady. But when you were coming, and I heard tell all about you, I thought of my poor Squire, and I said to myself, "That young man'll be good to him. The Squire will make friends with him, and Mr. Elsmere will have a good wife and there'll be children born to him and the Squire will take an interest and and maybe " The old man paused.
"How-joo-know?" "Just heard that wounded fellow over there on the stretcher... they went out early this morning, and they've gone no sign, never came back at all " "'E warn't fit ter take charge... 'e was ill, you could see." "Nice thing ter do. The old man'll go ravin' mad." "It was a ravin' mad thing to put the poor feller in charge... "
He's gittin' well on towards ninety, and I'm thinkin' this is about the last trip the old man'll make till he goes on his long journey. I was mighty glad to see him, and me and him set and talked about old times till the sun went down.
"I'm here," said Zalia, "I've done, I'm coming at once." They stood talking a bit outside in the moonlight and then went in. "Perhaps my man'll come on," said Treze. "A man is better than three women in illness; and Virginie's coming too: I've been to tell her." "Well, well," said Barbara, "who'd ever have thought it of Zeen!" "Yes, friends, and never been ill in his life; and he turned seventy."
He jumped up, found the bonnet underneath him sure enough, and tossed it on to the table. "Gew-gaws!" said he, settling himself again and puffing. "Gew-gaws and frippery! That man'll do good in this country; he's badly wanted." Sal patted the straw of her bonnet into something like shape and smoothed out the ribbons.
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