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The Consul and some of the British in the place made every inquiry in their power, but no information whatever could they obtain. There could, however, be no doubt that some slave-dealers had carried out the nefarious plot, while, by the employment of bribes, they easily contrived to escape detection. Waller felt the matter very severely.
Now, look here; you remember what you said about the honour of a gentleman?" The lad bowed his head slightly. "You are a gentleman?" "Yes." "Then give me your word that you won't try to escape." "I will not try to escape. I could not if I wished. I tell you it is all over now, I am taken at last." "I say," cried Waller, gazing at the poor fellow anxiously, "why are you here? What have you done?"
I am keeping up pretty well, however, and, after all, visitors will come, and calls must be made. I must not let Anne forego the custom of well-bred society. Died in 1842. Bryan Waller Procter, author of Dramatic Scenes, and other Poems, 1819. He died in London in 1874. A favourite expression of Scott's, from Robinson Crusoe. Lord Medwyn died at the age of seventy-eight in 1854.
And Tony Gusset said there was a reward of a hundred pounds offered for every one that was caught, and he meant to catch one and make himself rich." "He had better mind his mending shoes and hammering his old lapstone," cried Waller, with an unwonted show of anger. "What's it got to do with him?" "There, now, if that isn't funny!" said the girl, clapping her hands.
I thought so," observed Bounce gravely, shaking his head and looking unutterably profound, while Gibault gave a low whistle and winked to Big Waller, who returned the mystic signal with the addition of a knowing nod, all of which movements were observed by poor March, who became very red in the face and felt very angry and remarkably uncomfortable, and quite unable to decide whether it were better to laugh or storm.
"Because I am not going to sleep upstairs if he's got live snakes to come crawling out of his room at all times in the night." But though guilty of many such acts as the maid charged him with, Waller was not engaged with any taxidermic preparations, for his time during the past two days had been taken up in attendance upon the young fugitive.
The men began to descend, while Waller carefully locked the door and pocketed his key. "I don't like servants to meddle with my knick-knacks," he said. "Of course you don't, sir. I used to be very fond of that sort of thing when I was a boy, in Devon."
"It is months in arrears and I have no idea of losing it." Dr. Harper had not noticed that Josie had come in the office behind Mrs. Waller. Josie had a way of being able to efface herself almost entirely she stood so still and was so silent. At Dr. Harper's words she made herself seen and heard, however.
I dare say that, since the world began and men learned to fight, was never an army moderately prosperous and yet fuller of grumblers than was ours during the latter weeks of November and the first fortnight of December, 1643. In part the blame lay upon our general, Sir William Waller, and his fondness for night attacks and beating up of quarters.
The Zerlina was leading, and being by far the faster vessel of the two, was already a mile ahead of us. However, I was pressing on all sail to keep up with her, while Waller shortened sail to enable me to effect this object. The fog grew thicker and thicker, and at last night came on, and we lost sight of our consort. The fog lasted two days.
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