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Nor again was it the face of a man squeamish in the case of malefactors; there was even a touch of Brutus there, and something of the hanging judge. In short, he seemed the last character for the part assigned him in my theories; and wonder and curiosity contended in my mind. "There is nothing the matter with my body, Dr. Urquart," said I, as soon as we were alone.
Urquart: but he wrote himself so clear upon my memory that I think I see him still. And indeed I had cause to remember the man for the sake of his communication. It was hard enough to make a theory fit the circumstances of the Flying Scud; but one in which the chief actor should stand the least excused, and might retain the esteem or at least the pity of a man like Dr. Urquart, failed me utterly.
"That's a nice thing of yours," I pursued, "that panel. The foreground is a little clayey, perhaps, but the lagoon is excellent." "You ought to know," said he. "Yes," returned I, "I'm rather a good judge of that panel." There was a considerable pause. "You know a man by the name of Bellairs, don't you?" he resumed. "Ah!" cried I, "you have heard from Doctor Urquart?"
"That's a nice thing of yours," I pursued, "that panel. The foreground is a little clayey, perhaps, but the lagoon is excellent." "You ought to know," said he. "Yes," returned I, "I'm rather a good judge of that panel." There was a considerable pause. "You know a man by the name of Bellairs, don't you?" he resumed. "Ah!" cried I, "you have heard from Dr. Urquart?" "This very morning," he replied.
Urquart begging him to set Carthew on his guard; the morrow saw me in the ferry-boat; and ten days later, I was walking the hurricane deck on the City of Denver.
Urquart; but he wrote himself so clear upon my memory that I think I see him still. And indeed I had cause to remember the man for the sake of his communication. It was hard enough to make a theory fit the circumstances of the Flying Scud; but one in which the chief actor should stand the least excused, and might retain the esteem or at least the pity of a man like Dr. Urquart, failed me utterly.
Nor again was it the face of a man squeamish in the case of malefactors; there was even a touch of Brutus there, and something of the hanging judge. In short, he seemed the last character for the part assigned him in my theories; and wonder and curiosity contended in my mind. "There is nothing the matter with my body, Dr. Urquart," said I, as soon as we were alone.
Urquart, begging him to set Carthew on his guard; the morrow saw me in the ferry-boat; and ten days later, I was walking the hurricane-deck on the City of Denver.
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