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Pomeroy was offering three to one against his friend, when Lord Almeric danced in upon them. 'Give me joy! he cried breathless. 'D'you hear, Pom? She'll take me, and I have bussed her! March could not have done it quicker! She's mine, and the pool! She is mine! Give me joy! Mr. Thomasson lost not a minute in rising and shaking him by the hand.
And from that alone her lover should have taken warning. But Lord Almeric saw nothing, feared nothing. Crying 'Most lovely Julia! he tripped forward to embrace her, and, the wine emboldening him, was about to clasp her in his arms, when she checked him by a gesture unmistakable even by a man in his flustered state.
Hubert and his followers shuddered; but they were a little more hardened to the sight of such things, which were not unknown in those times even in "merry England," than we should be. "Where does that trap door lead to?" said Almeric, pointing to an arrangement of two folding doors in front of a rude image. "It looks firm." "Nay, trust it not. Here is a rude stump, once used as a seat.
Recollection of the listeners, whom he had momentarily forgotten, revived, and overwhelmed him. With an oath he sprang to shut the door, but before he could intervene Mr. Pomeroy appeared smiling on the threshold; and behind him the reluctant tutor. Lord Almeric swore, and Julia, affronted by the presence of strangers at such a time, drew back, frowning. But Bully Pomeroy would see nothing.
The wazir took care that the gathering should not be ended before the soldiers of Noureddin had reached the frontier, and Almeric found too late that he was caught in the trap which his own greed had laid for him. He could himself do nothing but retreat, and his retreat was as disastrous as it was ignominious. The Greek fleet had shown itself off the mouths of the Nile, and had sailed away again.
The cheese came and went, and left Lord Almeric cooler than it found him. The tutor was overjoyed at the success of his tactics. But when the board was cleared, and the bottles were set on, and the men withdrawn, Bully Pomeroy began to push what remained of the Brooks and Hellier after a fashion that boded an early defeat to the tutor's precautions.
He was standing, holding by the back of a chair. 'I tell you I where is she? You are jealous! That's what you are! Jealous! She is fond of me pretty charmer and I shall go to her! But Mr. Thomasson shook his head; not so much because he shrank from the outrage which the other contemplated with a grin, as because he now wished Lord Almeric to succeed.
'I don't know, she answered, in the same absent manner. Then with an effort which was apparent in her tone, 'Lord Almeric Doyley was there, she said. 'He was there too. 'Ah! the lawyer replied, accepting the fact with remarkable apathy. Perhaps his thoughts also were far away. 'He was there, was he? 'Yes, she said.
At length with a large and powerful army Almeric left Jerusalem, pretending that his destination was the Syrian town of Hems; but after a while his march was suddenly turned. In ten days he reached Pelusium; and the storm and capture of that city were followed by a wanton carnage which served to increase, if anything could increase, the reputation of the Christians for merciless cruelty.
Deign, madam, to Oh, I say, you don't mean to say you are really of offended? Lord Almeric stuttered in amazement, again falling lamentably from the standard of address which he had conned while his man was shaving him. 'You you look here 'You must be mad! Julia cried, her eyes flashing lightning on the unhappy beau. 'If you do not leave me, I will call for some one to put you out!
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