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On the whole, I was not surprised. Certainly his motive for concealment, the fear of making Mr Abney nervous, was removed. An inrush of Red Indians with tomahawks could hardly have added greatly to Mr Abney's nervousness at the present juncture. 'Sent here by Mr Ford, I suppose? I said. I had to say something. 'Exactly. Ah precisely. He sneezed.
In this distressing season, doubly so to his active and pious spirit, he is invited to Sir Thomas Abney's family, nor ever removes from it till he had finished his days. Here he enjoyed the uninterrupted demonstrations of the truest friendship. Here, without any care of his own, he had everything which could contribute to the enjoyment of life, and favour the unwearied pursuit of his studies.
The old English pattern of the New England mansion-house, only on a somewhat grander scale, is Sir Thomas Abney's place, where dear, good Dr.
'I'm sorry to disturb you, I began, when Buck, ever the man of action, with a scorn of palaver, strode past me, and, having prodded with the pistol that part of the bedclothes beneath which a rough calculation suggested that Mr Abney's lower ribs were concealed, uttered the one word, 'Sa-a-ay! Mr Abney sat up like a Jack-in-the-box. One might almost say that he shot up. And then he saw Buck.
He paused and blew his nose, his invariable custom after these occasional outbursts of his. Sam had not wilted beneath the storm. He waited, unmoved, till all was over: 'I am afraid I shall have to be more explicit, he said: 'I had hoped to avoid scandal and unpleasantness, but I see it is impossible. Mr Abney's astonished face emerged slowly from behind his handkerchief.
'That is a boy called Ford, Mr Burns, he said, when he had closed the door. 'A rather er remarkable boy. He is an American, the son of a Mr Elmer Ford. As he will be to a great extent in your charge, I should like to prepare you for his ah peculiarities. 'Is he peculiar? A faint spasm disturbed Mr Abney's face. He applied a silk handkerchief to his forehead before he replied.
I heard Glossop speak, and gathered from Mr Abney's reply; that he had made his suggestion about the telephone once more. 'I think that will be ah unnecessary, Mr Glossop. The man has undoubtedly ah made good his escape. I think we had all better return to the house. He turned to the dim figure beside me. 'Ah, Mrs Sheridan, you must be tired after your journey and the ah unusual excitement.
His eyes were dull, and his mouth dropped discontentedly. He had the air of one who is surfeited with life. I am disposed to imagine, as Mr Abney would have said, that my manner in addressing him was brisker and more incisive than Mr Abney's own. I was irritated by his supercilious detachment. 'Throw away that cigarette, I said. To my amazement, he did, promptly.
By sheer weight of boredom, Glossop drove me from the house, so that it came about that, at half past nine, the time at which the affair began, I was patrolling the gravel in front of the porch. It was the practice of the staff of Sanstead House School to assemble after dinner in Mr Abney's study for coffee. The room was called the study, but it was really more of a master's common room.
Mr Abney's reedy tenor voice was issuing directions, each of which reached a dizzier height of futility than the last. Glossop was repeating over and over again the words, 'Shall I telephone for the police? to which nobody appeared to pay the least attention. One or two boys were darting about like rabbits and squealing unintelligibly.
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