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He tested the latter clause, and attempted to reject it: he had done nothing to provoke such a terrible actuality. He rehearsed the entire chain of events which had resulted in the purchase of the pearl necklace; he followed it as far back as the evening when, from the minister's lawn, he had seen Meta Beggs undressing at her window. He could nowhere discover any desperate wrong committed.
"Right well, Cousin Diggory; and from this moment I shall, I can tell you, regard myself as a rich man." The unloading of the Swan occupied some time. There was no undue haste, in those days. The bales were hoisted by whips from the hold, and then carried up to Master Beggs' warehouse.
The gems could be sent over, a few at a time, to Amsterdam; and there sold to merchants who would care nothing whence they came; and the partners of Diggory Beggs, in the venture of the Swan, would be only too glad to receive their money back again, and to ask no questions as to how it had been obtained. And so matters were carried out.
I showed them what room they were to occupy," added the lady of the mansion. "Fine!" cried Roger. "I'll put the car away for the present, and then we'll fix up for dinner and listen to those stories Shadow had to tell." "Somebody said Buster Beggs was coming," said Luke. "Yes, he'll be here the night before the Fourth." Quarter of an hour later found the whole crowd of boys upstairs in the house.
He imagined that paper effigy of inanimate clay moved, turned its dull head to regard him. "I'm getting old," he told himself contemptuously, repressing an involuntary start of surprise. His heart rested like a lump of lead in his breast; it oppressed him so that his breathing grew labored. His mind returned to Meta Beggs: coldness like hers was not natural, it was not right.
Meta Beggs blew into fresh flame the embers of dying years. And yet, as he had told her by the stream, an involuntary lassitude, a new stiffness, had fallen upon his desire. Although his marriage was burdensome it was an accomplished fact; Lettice's wishes, her quality of steadfastness, exerted their influence upon him.
Men were pushing and shouting- -and some one kicked him savagely upon the leg. He crawled on a little way, still keeping his head down, underneath the feet of the contendents. He heard Beggs shouting for help, and heard the Bremers answering; he heard the roar of the throng all about, the sharp commands of the police sergeant, and the crack of clubs, falling upon the heads of men and women.
I don't like her either, and I don't want you to give her the satisfaction of making up to you. It's what she'd like laughing at my back!" "Miss Beggs never spoke any harm of you." She made a gesture, hopeless, impatient, at his innocence. Her resentment burst out again, "Why does she want to speak to you another woman's husband? Anybody knows it's low down. When did you see her?
The girls started, and Laura cried out: "How do you know it cost that much?" "I heard Miss Beggs say so," Billie replied dully. "Now I certainly have done it. Girls, what shall I do?" "It it couldn't be put together again, could it?" suggested Violet weakly, leaning down to examine the pieces.
August Turnbull's feelings disentangled and grew clearer, there was a conventional memory of his wife as a young woman, the infinitely sharper realization that soon he must be free, a vision of Meta Beggs as she had been at dinner that night, and intense relief from nameless strain.
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