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The next room was the antechamber to the marquis's bedroom: timorously on tiptoe he stepped through it, fearful of waking the two young gentlemen for Scudamore's place had been easily supplied who waited upon his lordship. Opening the inner door as softly as he could, he crept in, and found the marquis fast asleep.
Tom Fool had just been boasting of his exploit in escaping from Raglan, and expressing his conviction that Dorothy, whom he had valiantly protected, was safe at Wyfern, and Rowland was in consequence dressing as fast as he could to pay her a visit, when Tom caught sight of Richard riding towards the cottage, and jumping up, ran into the chimney corner beyond his mother, who was busy with Scudamore's breakfast.
There was a great reduction of the army at the end of the war, and the Scudamores were both placed upon half pay. This was a matter of delight to Rhoda, and of satisfaction to themselves. They had had enough of adventure to last for a life-time; and with the prospect of a long peace the army no longer offered them any strong attraction. When they returned to Miss Scudamore's their old friend Dr.
Why, we owe the security of the coast to him. And so, if you please, ladies, be quite ready, and allow me the honour of conducting you." With a low bow, he set off about his business, leaving the ladies in a state of sweet disturbance. Blyth Scudamore's mother wept a little, for ancient troubles and present pleasure.
'I have had but one glimpse of him since the morning, and if he looks now as he looked then, I fear your lordship would be minded rather to drive him from your table than welcome him to a seat beside you. As she spoke, lady Margaret caught a glimpse of a peculiar expression on Scudamore's face, where he stood behind his master's chair.
"Add," said Rolls, "that you succeeded in securing the silver only through Scudamore's treachery." "True," replied Barthelemy, adding the sentence. "Gentlemen!" interposed Scudamore trembling, "what are you going to do with me?" "Nothing," said Barthelemy. "We promised that we would not harm a hair of your head."
In six months we shall be at war again, hammer and tongs, as sure as my name is Twemlow." "So be it!" cried the Admiral, with a stamp on his oak floor, while Scudamore's gentle eyes flashed and fell; "if it is the will of God, so be it. But if it once begins again, God alone knows where France will be before you and I are in our graves.
"All right; I'll see to it," replied the other voice, now quite familiar to me as that of General O'Brien. A gentle click of the cabin-door latch succeeded; and I opened my eyes languidly, to see Scudamore's sharp-cut features bending close to mine, with an earnest, intent look in his kindly eyes. "Well," he exclaimed heartily, as our eyes met, "how do you feel now?"
The rumour of approaching troops kept gathering, and at every fresh report Scudamore's eyes shone. 'Sir Rowland, said the governor one day, 'hast not had enough of fighting yet for all thy lame shoulder? ''Tis but my left shoulder, my lord, answered Scudamore. 'Thou lookest for the siege as an' it were but a tussle and over a flash and a roar. An' thou had to answer for the place like me well!
Captain Zebedee shook his head, and the golden sheaf of his Olympian beard ruffled and crisped, as to an adverse wind. "Can't a'most believe it," he replied, with his bright eyes steadily settled on Scudamore's; "the English country, as I belongs to, can't quite 'a coom to that yet!"
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