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"Can you not get it elsewhere?" "No, not that amount. I have tried and failed. Six thousand was the best any one would do. I hope you can favour me, sir," and Stubbles turned his eyes beseechingly upon the lawyer's face. "It all depends upon my young friend here," Garton replied, "and that is the reason why I have asked him to remain in the room." "It depends upon him!"

I shall get along somehow, but I will have satisfaction for the injury that was committed last night. Ben is my son, and I am going to stand by him no matter what happens." "Steady, Mr. Stubbles, steady," the lawyer advised. "You must not talk that way. You are not out of deep water yet." "I will stay in, then, and you can all go to blazes.

The winter pasturage, however, as has been already observed, did not take place entirely on ground kept for the purpose, but was partly the grazing of the stubbles. Horses, oxen, asses, and mules were reared, chiefly to supply the animals required by the landowners, carriers, soldiers, and so forth; herds of swine and of goats also were not neglected.

His head was bent, and his face was turned to the ground as if in deep thought. Douglas at once stepped forward and touched him on the arm. Stubbles gave a sudden start and looked quickly around. "Oh, it's you, is it?" he gasped. He did not altogether relish the idea of meeting the man he had ordered from the parish. "Yes, that's who it is," Douglas replied. "I want to have a word with you."

Lord was no sportsman, and one morning, when all his guests were engaged among the stubbles of September, he mounted his quiet palfrey, and gladly took his way to the Manor-house. It was towards the latter end of the month, and one of the earliest of the autumnal fogs hung thinly over the landscape.

Now arrish-mows little thatched stacks some eight feet high glimmered in the pale gilded stubbles of the fields; the orchards gleamed with promise; the foliage of the elms was at its darkest before the golden dawn of autumn. Well-remembered sights rose on Joan's misty eyes with the music proper to them; then came the smell of the sea and the jolting of the cart, going slowly over rough stones.

"I am anxious to hear how you are getting on with your book," he told him. "But we can have a long talk when I come again." Nell accompanied Douglas to the front door, and for a while they stood there looking out upon the beautiful night. Then Douglas told her about Simon Stubbles' financial embarrassment, and how he had appealed to Garton for assistance.

"Well, what is your decision as to the Stubbles' affair?" the latter asked. "I suppose you have it all cut and dried." "Not altogether," was the reply. "I spent much of the night thinking it over, but am not fully decided yet. But there is one thing I would like you to do." "What is that?" "Come to Rixton and let us both meet Stubbles and have it out with him. What do you think of the idea?"

"Didn't you receive my message?" Stubbles asked. "I did, and I want an explanation." "There's nothing to explain. You have made yourself very obnoxious here, and you must get out." "And suppose I do not obey?" "Then you will have to put up with the consequences." "That is a pretty serious threat. This is a free country, and if anything should happen to me, what then?

"Well, let it rest at that, then. I don't wish to carry the matter any further. Give Mr. Stubbles the money, and save him from failure." At these words Stubbles sprang to his feet, while a new light of hope gleamed in his eyes. "And you won't humiliate me?" he asked. "You won't demand a public confession?" "Not if you agree to our wishes, and I think you understand now what they are."