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Bastow will send in his resignation to the Bishop, and I shall write and tell him that I have appointed you, and you can continue to officiate as you have done lately until you can be formally inducted as the Rector. Perhaps you would not mind going round to your Rector at once and telling him of the offer you have had.
Bastow. I hear that he fainted when he heard the news, and that he is completely prostrate." "Two such shocks might well prove fatal to him," Mark said; "he has been weak and ailing for some time." "Two shocks?" the doctor repeated interrogatively.
It had been arranged that Sir Philip Haverstone should remain in the town, to take charge of the defence; and that the mounted men should, under Sir John Burgon, endeavour to check the Welsh plundering parties in the open. Sir William Bastow was to remain, to assist Haverstone in the defence of the town.
I don't think that the leave taking is likely to be an affectionate one." The Rector rose at once. "I will come with you, Squire. I may tell you now, what I have not told you before, that my son has more than once raised his hand against me, and that I do not care to be left alone with him." "I judged him capable even of that, Mr. Bastow." "Goodby, Arthur," his father said.
It was more than a year before the reply came, and then the Governor reported that Arthur Bastow, who was believed to have been the leading spirit of the mutiny, was among those who had escaped, and had not yet been recaptured. It was generally believed that he had been killed by the blacks, but of this there was no actual proof. Mr. Bastow was much disturbed when he heard the news.
"If I had before known as much as you tell me now, I would have taken some steps to have him watched, and to nip the matter before it went too far. Do you think that he will take your notice, and come no more to the house?" Mr. Bastow shook his head. "I fear that the only effect will be to make him worse, even when he was quite a small boy punishment only had that effect with him.
"You, Sir John Burgon, have had a full share of honour, by your defeat of him, the other day; therefore, I will send Sir William Bastow. "Do you, Sir William, take thirty of the best mounted men of the garrison, together with Lord Percy's troop, and ride to Chester.
I will leave you a candle here, and you can keep guard over them while I go and wake Mr. Bastow." The Rector needed no waking; he was walking up and down his room in great distress. He had not undressed, but had thrown himself upon his bed. "What has happened, Thorndyke?" he asked as the Squire entered. "I heard two heavy falls, and I felt that something terrible had taken place."
Have you on some occasions heard the sound of horses' hoofs in your yard at about the time that your son came in?" Mr. Bastow said in a low voice: "I have." "Had you any suspicion whatever of the character of your son's visitors?" "None whatever. I supposed that those with him were companions with whom he had been spending the evening." Mr.
"Whatever shall we do with all our money, Mark?" "I rather wonder myself, dear. However, there is one thing, there are always plenty of people who will be glad to relieve us of anything that we don't want. I can tell you that in the course of my search for Bastow I have seen an amount of poverty and misery such as I never dreamt of, and I certainly should like to do something to relieve it.
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