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'Accidental death, of course; couldn't be otherwise; but censure on the delay and neglect of precaution, which the common opinion of the Court naturally concentrated on the absent; though, no doubt, the first omission was young Stebbing's; but owing to the hurry of his start for Italy, that was easily excused.
'And old White is a beast, and no mistake. He was perfectly savage to Stebbing's major, and he said he wouldn't be under him, at no price. 'Perhaps Mr. White might say the same, put in Aunt Ada. 'He is a downright old screw and a bear, I tell you, persisted Fergus. 'He jawed Frank Stebbing like a pickpocket for just having a cigar in the quarry.
Her health had certainly been improved by Frank Stebbing's departure for America. Something oozed out that made Miss Mohun suspect that he had been tampering with the accounts, and then it proved that there had been a crisis and discovery, which Mr. White had consented to hush up for his partner's sake.
Or -Did any one else see you leave the letter? 'Mr. Stebbing's son -the young one, George, was in the drive and slanged us for not going to the back door. 'That is important. Thank you, my boy. Give my -my compliments to your master, and ask him to be kind enough to spare this Sydney Grove to me for a few moments.
She would gladly have lingered longer, but this was a very dull room in Fergus's estimation, and perhaps Aunt Jane did not desire a long continuance of the conversation under Mr. Stebbing's eyes, so Gillian found herself hurried on. Mr. Stebbing begged Miss Mohun to come in to his wife, who would have tea ready, and this could not be avoided without manifest incivility.
His account of his strenuous fighting lacked nothing of fire or picturesqueness on that account. He was too modest to say in so many words that but for his martial qualities there would have been no Great Push at all, and that any success it had had was due to those martial qualities, but that was the impression he left on Mr. Stebbing's simple and rather plastic mind.
'And you don't believe all that about poor Captain White? 'Not the more for Mrs. Stebbing's saying so. 'But you will find out and refute her. There must be people who know. 'My dear, you had better not try to rake up such things.
Stebbing's house, and then consulted her whether to let all come out at the examination before the magistrates, or to induce the Stebbings to drop the prosecution. 'It would serve them right if it all came out in public, she said. 'But would it be well? 'One must not be vindictive! And to drag poor Kalliope to Avoncester would be a dreadful business in her mother's state.
Only imagine if some recent history of England, Adolphus's, or Stebbing's, contained an account of a certain day in George the Fourth's reign having had twenty-four hour's daylight instead of the usual admixture; could the intolerable falsehood last a minute? Such a placard would be torn away from the records of the land the moment a rash hand had fixed it there.
He seems to have been bitterly disappointed at what must have appeared like neglect and offence -and oh! you know how silly youths can be -and he had Southern blood too, poor fellow, and he went mooning and moping about, I am afraid really not attending to his business; and instead of taking advantage of the opening young Stebbing's absence gave him of showing his abilities, absolutely gave them the advantage against him, by letting them show him up as an idle fellow.
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