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Lord Hartledon turned and stared at the speaker in wonder what could be so exciting her? "She has soft brown hair and eyes, and a sweet gentle face; she is a graceful, elegant, attractive girl," said he, curtly. "She sat alone yesterday; for Arthur was in another part of the church, and Mrs. Ashton was not there. Mrs. Ashton is not in good health, she tells me, and cannot always come.
When called by Isobel, Gowan came forward to join the party, with rather less than his usual reserve in his speech and manner. Ashton was the last to seat himself on the springy cushion of brown pine needles, and he sat throughout the meal in moody silence. Blake and the ladies attributed this to the fatigue of working through the long hot morning while suffering from his unhealed wound.
"I suppose all the people you introduced him to are all right?" he asked. "Oh, they're all right!" affirmed Mr. Van Hoeren, with a laugh. "Give my word for any of 'em, eh? But Ashton if he pulls that diamond out to show to anybody out of the trade, you understand well, then, there's lots of fellows in this town would settle him to get hold of it what?" "I think you're right," said Mr. Pawle.
"If ever I pass another night in such a damned ark " came the voice again, as its possessor, Colonel Van Ashton, enveloped in a much wrinkled traveling coat, stepped with difficulty from the coach to the ground. "I'm so stiff I can hardly walk! Ough!" he cried, and his right hand went to his back as a fresh spasm of pain seized him. "It's just what I told you it would be like!
"Ah, there's nothing to do on the radar deck. Besides, I've got the emergency alarm on." He wiped his forehead. "Brother! Of all the crummy places to be stuck!" "Could be worse," said Tom, his eyes sweeping the monitors. "Nothing could be worse," groaned Roger. "But nothing. Think of that lovely space doll Helen Ashton alone on earth and me stuck here on a space station."
Breakfast is ready." At this the puncher sullenly went to rouse the sleeper. Ashton came out rubbing his eyes; but after a dip in the pool, he declared himself restored by his long sleep and ready for a day's work. During the night his bandage had come loose. He would have tossed it away, but Blake insisted upon re-dressing the wound.
"Arrange it as you will," said Ravenswood; "leave me but this day in peace, and I will have no dearer employment on earth to-morrow than to give you all the satisfaction you can desire." The other gentlemen left the apartment; but Sir William Ashton lingered.
"We can hire a carriage to take us to Ashton and to the college. Some farmer will be glad of the chance to earn the money." "Let us wait and see if the train moves first," answered Dick. "She won't move just yet," answered the brakeman with a sickly grin. The boys stood around for a quarter of an hour and then decided to walk up to the country road that had been mentioned.
Of this advantage Lady Ashton so far and so ingeniously availed herself that, according to the wording of the letter, the reader would have supposed Lucy was calling upon her lover to renounce a contract which was contrary to the interests and inclinations of both.
He talks about her a good deal, and took her to a concert at Ashton one evening. He said he was going to give her an autograph album for Christmas and write in it an original poem sixteen verses long, on 'The Clasp of a Friendly Hand, That is pushing matters some, isn't it? We all wish him luck." "There, that ought to make her understand how I feel about Miss Sanderson," said Dick to himself.
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