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Gladwyne made a little abrupt movement and Batley saw that his shot had told. "It would be enough to place you under a cloud," he went on. "People might think that you had at least not been very reluctant to leave him to starve.
Lisle was a good swimmer, but it did not seem possible that any man could reach Clarence before he was washed out at the tail of the rapid. It became evident, however, that somebody else meant to try, for Batley, running hard down the beach, plunged in. "It's awful!" gasped Jim Crestwick behind Nasmyth. "It's not the risk of drowning; they'll be smashed to bits!
"No," he said; "a deal of that kind is out of my line. Why not sell them through a broker and get your full profit?" "It would take some days," answered the other. "Besides, they won't move up until the directors let things out at the next meeting. Something of that kind, anyway; I forget Batley explained it." He paused and added irritably: "Believe I told you I'm in a hole."
They had been detained at a junction during the afternoon, and the engineer was evidently bent on making up the wasted time. Presently the door of the next car opened, and Gladwyne started violently as a dark figure came out on to the platform. "Batley!" he cried. "What in the name of wonder has brought you here!" Batley moving forward into the moonlight, regarded him with a mocking smile.
The man was engaged in a business that was regarded with general disfavor, but there was something he liked about him and he did not resent his bluntness. "Well," he answered, "it isn't for the reason you've given that I mean to stop the match." "Can you do so?" "I'm going to try." Batley smiled reflectively. "And the present journey is somehow connected with the attempt?
My demands might be contested by the Gladwyne trustees the deal was a little irregular in some respects but I parted with the money and I'm going to make an effort to get it back." "How much did Clarence owe you?" Batley told him and Nasmyth looked thoughtful. "Well," he requested, "if you meet with strong opposition, come to me before you decide on any course, and I'll see what can be arranged.
Jim's going to Canada and Bella to Sussex. I understand from Marple that it will be some time before she visits us again." Millicent was glad to hear it, but she made no comment. "It's unreasonable to blame Lisle," Gladwyne went on; "though he did make some unpleasantness with Batley; but I have had so many annoyances and troubles since he arrived.
Bettesworth and Batley were put in the stocks on Ludgate Hill and fined heavily, and he, Thomas Maitland, was ordered to be arrested, flogged and imprisoned. "But," wrote Maitland, "I was not to be caught napping.
Gladwyne spent the first few days that followed Lisle's visit in a state of dread and indecision. He had allowed the Canadian to understand that he would endeavor to prevent Crestwick's being further victimized, but he had already failed to induce Batley to abandon the exploitation of the lad and he had no cause for believing that a second attempt would be more successful.
"In fact, I think I was very nearly crying." "What's the trouble?" He showed both interest and sympathy. "Oh, you needn't ask. It's Jim again. I've tried every means and I can't do anything with him." "He is pretty uncontrollable. Seems to have gone back to Batley again. I wonder if it would be any good if I looked for an opportunity for making a row with the fellow?"
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