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"Who the hell are you?" blustered the yardmaster. "Engineer in charge," answered Blake, holding out Ashton's order. "Bridge in danger error in plans overloaded and weather report says wind! Jones, toot up your whistle fire-call anything! I want every man of every shift out here in two shakes."
The doctor says he thinks you will soon be well enough to come to it, and we are only waiting for that now." Then the little party left with a renewed promise to return and let her know how the day had turned, and took their way to Miss Ashton's.
Ashton's health, complimenting Anne upon her charming looks; making herself, in short, as agreeable as she knew how, and completely ignoring the past in regard to her son-in-law.
"Not too honest, not too much of the soldier neither; but such as thou art, it is my luck to need thee, for I must have spurs put to Lady Ashton's motions." "I'll dash them up to the rowel-heads," said Craigengelt; "she shall come here at the gallop, like a cow chased by a whole nest of hornets, and her tail over her rump like a corkscrew."
Ashton's property his watch, chain, the other ring, his purse, and wasn't there a pocketbook? How is it this man wasn't found in possession of them?" "Easy enough for him to hide all those things, Mr. Viner," said Drillford, with an indulgent smile. "What easier? You don't know as much of these things as I do he could quite easily plant all those articles safely during the night.
They looked at each other, as they walked away and sneered. One of them was Sir Henry Ashton's uncle. Inside, in the servants' part of the house, the half-clad domestics were talking in low whispers to each other. Old Mrs. Leaf was crying and wringing her hands. Francis was as pale as death. After about a quarter of an hour, he got the coachman and one of the footmen and crept upstairs.
"I'm afraid I shan't be able to see much of you, to-day," he apologized to Kennedy, "but you're going to Miss Ashton's suffrage evening and dance, aren't you?" "I should like to go," temporized Kennedy. Carton glanced about to see whether there was anyone in earshot. "I think you had better go," he added.
The terms in which Lady Ashton's billet was couched rendered it impossible for him, without being deficient in that spirit of which he perhaps had too much, to remain an instant longer within its walls. The Marquis, who had his share in the affront, was, nevertheless, still willing to make some efforts at conciliation.
So now in a few words he praised them for their earnest and faithful efforts; said that he had been treated to a perusal of many of the compositions written during the last term in order that he might himself have an opportunity of judging whether Miss Ashton's verdict were just, and that he had been both surprised and gratified to observe the improvement made by almost every member of the class.
"There's no doubt whatever that the ring in question was Ashton's; there's also no doubt that this man did offer it to Pelver this morning. Either the fellow is a fool or singularly ignorant, to do such a mad thing! But he did it! And I know why." "Why, then?" demanded Viner. "Because he was just starving," answered Drillford.
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