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"Who can tell, sir, but when the English conquer any nation, they feel kindly to them and usually give them many favours?" "Well, then, every one knows that the same is both her pleasure and her folly; and dearly she pays for it." "Ian," said Mistress Ragnor, "are the English ships now in the Black Sea? And if so, do you think Boris is with them?" "About Boris, I do not know.
Her face was set and stern and white as snow, and Thora's was a duplicate of it; but Ragnor, during his short interval of rest, had arrived at that heighth and depth of confidence in God's wisdom which made him sure that in the end the folly and wickedness of men would "praise Him"; so he was ready to help, and calm and strong in his sorrow.
Mother and aunt were soon deep in the fascinating gossip of an Edinburgh winter season, and Thora and Ian went into the greenhouse and the garden and found plenty to talk about until Conall Ragnor came home from business and supper was served. And the wonder was, that Conall bent to the young man's charm as readily as Thora had done.
I will sleep I will tell mother in the morning I wish I had let her stop with me mother always knows what is the best way " And thus the heart-breaking session ended in that blessed hostel, The Inn of Dreamless Sleep. There was, however, little sleep in the House of Ragnor that night, and very early in the morning Ragnor, fully dressed, spoke to his wife.
Then she lifted her work-bag and left the room. During this conversation Conall Ragnor had been slowly making his way home, after leaving his warehouse when the work of the day was done. Generally he liked his walk through the town to his homestead, which was just outside the town limits. It was often pleasant and flattering.
A messenger from the warehouse came quickly to the house, with a letter from Ragnor to Rahal and a letter from Ian to Thora. Ragnor's letter said they had had a rough voyage southward, the storm being in their faces all the way to Leith.
She had learned self-restraint and she had hoped through evil days, till good days came; so then, she knew how to look for good when all appeared wrong and by faith and will, bring good out of evil. After Thora and her husband left for London a great change took place in the Ragnor home.
We shall have got all there is to get before McLeod could compete with Vedder and Ragnor." "That scheme would please Boris, I know." "A boat could be built on the Clyde in about four months, I think. Shall I speak to Boris?" "Yes, Boris will not fly in the face of good fortune; but mind this it is easier to begin that reel than it will be to end it.
Then he had sent word to Rahal, and consequently she ventured on the prediction that "Aunt Barbara might already be at her home." However, it had not been told the Mistress of Ragnor, that her sister-in-law had actually "picked up someone on the way"; and that for this reason she had gone directly to her own residence.
Young as he was his experiences had taught him to expect only injury and wrong. The Ragnor home and its love and truth had been the miracle that had for nine months turned his brackish water of life into wine. Was it going to fail him, as everything else had done?
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