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It would, he observed to me, be in his opinion a long and possibly indecisive war, and must result in much of the overseas trade of both countries passing to a tertius gaudens, by which he meant the United States. I had little doubt that what he said to me on this occasion represented his real opinion. But I had in my mind the apprehension of an emergency of a different nature.
Selwood will you take Miss Wynne out to the car? And then, please, come back to me I want your assistance for a while." Peggie walked out of the room and to the car without demur or comment. But as she was about to take her seat she turned to Selwood. "Why didn't Mr. Tertius come into the room just now?" she demanded. Selwood hesitated.
'Member the snow all white on his eyebrows, Tertius? 'Member when Stalky moved the lamp and it looked as if he was alive?" "Ye-es," said Tertius, with a shudder. "'Member the beastly look on Stalky's face, though, with his nostrils all blown out, same as he used to look when he was bullyin' a fag? That was a lovely evening." "We held a council of war up there over Everett's body.
"We got into a mess up in the Khye-Kheen Hills a couple o' years ago, and Stalky pulled us through. That's all." McTurk gazed at Tertius with all an Irishman's contempt for the tongue-tied Saxon. "Heavens!" he said. "And it's you and your likes govern Ireland. Tertius, aren't you ashamed?" "Well, I can't tell a yarn. I can chip in when the other fellow starts bukhing. Ask him."
However, that's what we found and, as I said before, one chamber had been discharged. The doctor here says the revolver had been fired at close quarters." Mr. Tertius, who had watched and listened with marked attention, turned to the police surgeon. "The wound may have been self-inflicted?" he asked.
But I'll tell you you must listen with your usual meticulous care for small details. The truth is Jacob Herapath has, I am sure, been murdered!" "Murdered!" exclaimed the Professor. "Herapath? Murder eh? Now then, slow and steady, Tertius leave out nothing!" "Nothing!" repeated Mr. Tertius solemnly. "Nothing! You shall hear all.
There was a moment's pause before Rosamond said, "Do you know, Tertius, I often wish you had not been a medical man." "Nay, Rosy, don't say that," said Lydgate, drawing her closer to him. "That is like saying you wish you had married another man." "Not at all; you are clever enough for anything: you might easily have been something else.
Tell us is it the worst?" "Yes," said Selwood. "It is." "He is dead?" she asked in a low voice. "You are sure? Dead?" Selwood bent his head by way of answer; when he looked up again the girl had bent hers, but she quickly lifted it, and except that she had grown pale, she showed no outward sign of shock or emotion. As for Mr. Tertius, he, too, was calm and it was he who first broke the silence.
Tertius handed it to her with a dismal shake of his head. "I suppose it's only what was to be expected, after all that Halfpenny told me this afternoon," he remarked. "But I scarcely thought it would occur so soon. My dear, I am afraid you must prepare yourself for a great deal of unpleasantness and worry. Your cousin seems to be determined to give much trouble. Extraordinary! most extraordinary!
And we ought to go on that, if we want to save the family honour." Mr. Tertius nodded and murmured assent, and Mr. Halfpenny stirred uneasily in his chair. "Family honour!" he said. "Yes, yes, that's right, of course. It would be a dreadful thing to see a nephew hanged for the murder of his uncle quite right!"
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