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I caused Dacre to be shadowed, and during one of his absences made the acquaintance of his man Hopper, a surly, impolite brute, who accepted my golden sovereign quickly enough, but gave me little in exchange for it.
And when the time was up the sergeant, throwing the lines to the constable, sprang off his horse, leaped past the surly Chief, entered the tepee and kicked out the centre pole, thus bringing the wigwam down nearly on the head of the defiant Indian.
Heron walked across to the opening and lifted the iron bar. With scant ceremony he pushed his colleague aside and strode into the cell, whilst Chauvelin, seemingly not resenting the other's ruffianly manners and violent language, followed close upon his heel. In the centre of the room both men paused, and Heron turned with a surly growl to his friend.
Because she knew Frank was surly about doing little things to help his wife, she was always sending Emil over to spade or plant or carpenter for Marie. She was glad to have Emil see as much as possible of an intelligent, city-bred girl like their neighbor; she noticed that it improved his manners.
"You had best let the snuffling waistrel go," said one of the men in a surly tone. "Maybe he never fainted at all." It was the blacksmith who had growled at the mention of Ralph's name in Ralph's absence. They called him Joe Garth. "Be silent, you loon," answered Robbie Anderson, turning upon the last speaker. Ralph seemed not to have heard him.
There was nothing by which he could relieve the dreadful wearisome time. He heard no voice save that of the surly jailer, once a day, bringing him a rough jug of water and half a loaf of black bread. He had no books with which to while away the long, tedious hours, nor was there light enough to read, had there been a whole library in the cell.
He pretended to feel safe, for he was going "to see his friends." He began to make up to his guard, whose name was Tutelu. For all his surly looks Tutelu proved to be good-natured. He and the doctor proceeded to fool each other. "When we reach the Shawnee towns, you and I will live together in the same cabin, as brothers," the doctor proposed. Tutelu grinned.
So hot was the firing that the hour's respite was reduced to half-an-hour, and a surly old soldier was sent to inform them that he had orders to carry out their execution at once, if they would not speak. They refused, without hesitation. Jack Lorrimer was unbound, and led around to the side of the farmhouse. They tied him to a halter-ring on the wall.
A peasant with a bushy beard and a surly face, dishevelled and unkempt, came into the church, and at once fell on both knees, and began directly crossing himself in haste, bending back his head with a shake after each prostration. Such bitter grief was expressed in his face, and in all his actions, that Lavretsky made up his mind to go up to him and ask him what was wrong.
Lionel Dacre presents his compliments to Monsieur Eugène Valmont, and would be obliged if Monsieur Valmont could make it convenient to call upon him in his chambers tomorrow morning at eleven. Had the young man become aware that he was being shadowed, or had the surly servant informed him of the inquiries made? I was soon to know.
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