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At this such a yell went up from the bystanders that a crowd from the outside rushed in, and as the word passed and others voiced their approval as loudly, the Manager of The King's Basin Land and Irrigation Company in his rooms across the street thought that another fight was on. The Manager was not far wrong in his conclusion.
Each felt aggrieved that the other had not modified his habits to secure his society a little longer; but as Roger voiced it in his thoughts: 'Always a stubborn beggar, Nick! And as Nicholas expressed it to himself: 'Cantankerous chap Roger always was! There was little sentimentality about the Forsytes.
A muttered "I understand perfectly," showed this, and he did not strive to conceal the alarm which possessed him when Theydon spoke of the joss stick. He murmured distinctly, "Great Heavens! Then I was not mistaken," and again voiced his distress on hearing of the letter.
Conjecture was rife, but futile, until old 'Lias Hunster, who though he hated Williams, was shocked at the deed, voiced the popular sentiment by saying, "Look a here, folks, I tell you that's the work o' niggers, I kin see their hand in it." "Niggers, o' course," exclaimed every one else. "Why didn't we think of it before? It's jest like 'em."
Charlie Jones, always an influence among the men, voiced the situation as we all stood together in the chill morning air: "What we want to do, boys," he said, "is to make for the nearest port. This here is a police matter." "And a hanging matter," someone else put in. "We've got to remember, boys, that this ain't like a crime on land. We've got the fellow that did it. He's on the boat all right."
As the heat increased, Kearton took a step farther away and stood again. Every one knew that the Sotik had failed us and that it was time for us to go, and so eventually when the Colonel spoke he only voiced the general conclusion. "We've got to go back," he said, speaking straight in front of him at the nearest of the sleepy horses.
As we talked, I found that they, at least, had kept in touch with the thought of the east, and Ella understood in some degree the dark mood which I voiced. She, too, occasionally doubted whether the life they were all living was worth while. "We make the best of it," she said, "but none of us are living up to our dreams."
With hearts too full for words, and with eyes dimmed with tears, these veterans embraced their chief and bade him farewell. A few days before Christmas, Washington gave up the command of the army, and hurried away to spend the holidays at Mount Vernon. "The times that tried men's souls are over," wrote the author of "Common Sense," a man whose writings voiced the opinions of the people.
The papers!" voiced Cora. "Get them before they burn, or Mrs. Lewis will lose the land!" "I'll get them!" shouted Jack. He flung himself upon Bruce as he had often flung himself upon a player in tackling him on the football field. "Look out for yourself!" threatened Bruce. But Jack was not afraid. He twisted himself about Bruce, and sought to reach the papers.
They could be so cruel; but then, Billy was a favourite. What had happened? It was proof of Billy's spiritual and physical change that Peggy did not cuff him and demand an explanation. Billy ate long and uninterruptedly. Peggy supplied his demands before they were voiced, and Maggie, the small and unimpressed sister, eyed him from across the table with keen, unsympathetic stare.
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