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You will sometimes find milk useful for puddings and that sort of thing for the sick; and they will appreciate it all the more than if they had to look solely to us for their supply." "How is Mr. Bastow, sir?" "He is better than could be expected.
"You scoundrel!" Mark said. "You know well enough that you came back, stole into his room, and stabbed him." Bastow looked at him with a puzzled expression. "I don't know what you are talking about," he said. "I fired at him through the window I don't mind saying so to you, because there are no witnesses and saw him jump up, but I fancied I had missed him.
On the arrival of the Earl of Talbot, and Lord Grey, Sir William Bastow called, at the inn where they put up, and delivered the letter from Sir Edmund Mortimer. "'Tis well done of Sir Edmund," the Earl of Talbot said; "and although Ruthyn lies beyond his government of the marches, he is defending his own command, by aiding Lord Grey and myself against this presumptuous traitor.
The man next to him turned, but I did not see what took place, for, as the Squire had ordered me, I made a rush at Mr. Bastow and got my arms round him pretty tight, so as to prevent him using his pistols, if he had any. He struggled hard, but without saying a word, till I got my heel behind his and threw him on his back.
Drunken men would shout jeeringly as they passed the Rectory on their way home from the alehouse; women no longer feared reproof for the untidiness of their houses and children; the school was half emptied and the church almost wholly so. For seven or eight years Mr. Bastow had a hard time of it.
However, his father was afraid that he might come in during the night and make a scene, so I said I would stop with him, and I took our village constable with me. At two o'clock this morning the young fellow came with two mounted men, who, I have no doubt, were highwaymen. We had locked up down below. Bastow took a ladder, and the three got in at a bedroom window on the first floor.
Besides these, a large number of people from Reigate and the surrounding villages were present, attracted rather by the crime that had caused the death than by the loss of the Squire himself. The church was crowded, and it was with difficulty that Mr. Greg read the service. The Squire was laid by the side of his father, Mr. Bastow in the spot where many of his predecessors had slept before him.
I shall do my share, and anyone who is not prepared to do the same had better look out for another holding at once." No one rejoiced more at the coming home of the Squire than Mr. Bastow, the Rector. He had had a pleasant time of it during the life of the old Squire. He was always a welcome guest at the house; Mr.
You have health and strength, you will get rid at once of your bad associates, and will start afresh in a life in which you may redeem your past and be useful to your king and country." Young Bastow smiled. "Thanks," he said sarcastically. "I have my own plans, and shall follow them." "I would think, Mr. Bastow," the Squire said quietly, "it would just be as well for you to come home with me.
Do you know that I have a strong suspicion that it was Arthur Bastow?" Mark had, of course, heard of Bastow's escape, but had attached no great importance to it.
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