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In either case, to hasten the man's departure, and to induce Flavia to remain in the background in the meantime, became Asgill's chief aim. James McMurrough, on the other hand, saw in the unwelcome intruder an English officer; and, troubled by his guilty conscience, he dreaded above all things what he might discover. True, the past was past, the plot spent, the Spanish ship gone.
But he had not Asgill's self-control, and his sulky tone belied his words. "Still I come at an awkward time, perhaps?" Payton answered, looking with a grin from one to the other. For the first time it struck him that the suspicions at headquarters might be well-founded; in that case he had been rash to put his head in the lion's mouth. For it had been wholly his own notion.
"I will answer for him," she said impulsively. "Uncle Ulick, go, I beg, and see it done." "I will go with you," Colonel Sullivan said. "And doubtless Mr. Asgill will accompany us, and lend the weight of his authority in the event of any difficulty arising." Asgill's countenance fell, and he looked the uncertainty he felt.
My friend Asgill's picture of you, warmly as he painted it, fell infinitely infinitely below the reality!" Colonel John rose and walked unsteadily to the window. He rested a hand on either jamb and looked through it, peering to right and left with wistful eyes. He detected no one, nothing, no change, no movement, and, with a groan, he straightened himself.
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