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The contest was a severe one, for Purvis was a tall fellow, but Harry was as tough as the sole of your boot, and he finally laid his antagonist on the flat of his back in the road. George arose, put on his hat, dusted off his clothes, and resigned his position in the Board.
The officers appointed to proceed upon the expedition were Mr Adair, the first lieutenant, in charge of the launch and in supreme command of the entire expedition; Mr Trimble, the master, in charge of the yawl; Mr Purvis, the gunner, in the first cutter; and Mr O'Donnel, the boatswain, in the second.
But when he joined his fellow-children, Challis stood at the window of the morning-room, attending little to the buzz of voices and the clatter of glasses which marked the relief from the restraint of the examination-room. Even the stenographer was talking; he had joined Crashaw and Purvis a lemonade group; the other three were drinking whisky.
'I didn't know he was hit! said Purvis suddenly; and probably he spoke the truth for once in his life. Toffy was one of the few men who in many years had trusted him, and he had been a good friend to Dick. 'Well, the game's up! said Purvis. And he and his son mounted their horses and rode off into the blackness of the night together.
His wife watched him anxiously. She would go for long walks with him in the early dawn or after it was dark, hoping that the fresh air and the cooler weather might bring some sort of repose to the wide-open pale eyes; but no sleep came, and Purvis took to swallowing more tabloids, and setting out his rows of figures in a nervous way, while his hand trembled and his plaintive voice became irritable, and his eyes watered more than they were wont to do.
'The day of reckoning seems to have arrived for Purvis, he said; and then lazily, 'poor brute, he had his points. Purvis was a common adventurer after all! And he had got close upon two hundred pounds from him on the plea of having some knowledge of his brother, which was simply non-existent. He could see the whole thing now.
This queer disappearance of yours this being away coming back without your beard and dressed like that! aren't you going to explain? The police " "Yes!" said Levendale. "Ten o'clock this morning the police-station. Be there all of you anybody anybody who likes I'm going to tell the police all I know. Purvis and I, we can't do any more baffled, you understand!
'When I return from Buenos Ayres, said Purvis, 'I hope to be able to put before you the facts which will identify Edward Ogilvie. 'You are quite sure you have got them? said Peter briefly. 'I am almost certain, said Purvis.
Buck grunted and lighted his cigarette. "Which you've been sort of scarce around the outfit lately," went on Purvis. "I'm headin' for the bunch now," said Buck. "D'you bring along that gun of mine I left at your house?" "Didn't think of it." "Let's drop back to your house an' get it. Then I'll ride up to the camp with you." Buck drew a long puff on his cigarette.
But with Purvis gone the whole wearisome business would have to begin again. Why had he not detained the man last night, even if he had had to do it by force, until he had given him all the evidence he possessed? He could not exactly blame himself for not having done so.
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