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Gorton and his men were now peremptorily summoned to Boston to show cause why they should not surrender their land at Shawomet and to answer the charges against them. Meanwhile the unfortunate Miantonomo had rushed upon his doom. The annihilation of the Pequots had left the Mohegans and Narragansetts contending for the foremost place among the native tribes.
Many things Paul did not condescend to name. He did not mention money, fortune, fame; but he picked out the great things of his time, the things the best men thought had something in them, and brushed them peremptorily aside. Paul had no charge against these things in themselves. All he said about them was that they would not last. They were great things, but not supreme things.
It is his own affair, and, as I said, a matter of life and death," said Phillida, speaking peremptorily, her courage rising to the occasion. The clerk still held the note. He presently beckoned to a negro boy sitting on one of the carved benches. "Washington," he said. Washington came forward to the counter.
He cut short the obsequious host's obeisances and breathless offers of service by an impatient gesture, and said peremptorily: "Mlle. Isabelle is stopping here. I wish to see her. Is she at home? Do not send to announce my visit; only let me have a servant to show me the way to her room."
"Felix!" ejaculated Amos Cadwalader below his breath. "Felix!" repeated Thomas, shaken to his very heart by this new presence. But when he sought to rise, to turn, he felt the pressure of a hand on his shoulder and heard that voice again, saying softly, but peremptorily: "Wait! Wait till you hear what I have to say. Think not of me, think only of her.
The Vicar having opened it and found it to contain a book, read a few pages; whereupon he jumped up from his seat and went straight to the shop with the book under his arm. "Why has this been sent to my house?" he asked peremptorily, holding up the volume. "It was ordered, sir." "Not by me, or any one belonging to me, I am happy to say." The shopkeeper looked into his order-book.
"'Till death us do part," said the officer slowly, and smiled, and then threw back his head with a gesture like the boy's. "We must do the will," he said peremptorily. "Yes, now we'll fix this will business, Captain Blair," the big man answered cheerfully. "When your mind's relieved about your plunder you can rest easier and get well faster."
"I might ask to be let off if..." "If what?" she demanded peremptorily, as he paused. "I was trying to think of a word you reminded me of. As I was saying, I might if you was a decent woman." Her face paled. "Be careful," she warned. "You don't dast kill me," he sneered.
Dave surveyed the obscure small-towners with a last tolerant smile and withdrew. "My!" said Gideon, which for him was strong speech. "Talks like an atheist," said Sharon. "Mustn't judge him harshly," warned Harvey D. So it came that Merle Dalton Whipple, born Cowan, was rather peremptorily summoned to meet these older Whipples at another conference.
Have you set another man on the track with a view to bilk me of my promised fee? Explain, or I throw up the business." Herewith, Mr. Grabman gave a minute description of the stranger, and related pretty accurately what had passed between that gentleman and himself. He then added the progress of his own inquiries, and renewed, as peremptorily as he dared, his demand for candour and plain dealing.
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