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Belknap-Jackson heartily joined the moment his head appeared above the surface, calling "Help!" in the quite loudest of tones, which was thoughtless enough, as we were close at hand and could easily have heard his ordinary speaking voice.
"The poor creature's demented," remarked Mrs. Belknap-Jackson pityingly. "Always been that way," said Mrs. Effie hopelessly. Belknap-Jackson contented himself with a mere clicking sound of commiseration. "All right, then, if you're so smart," continued Cousin Egbert.
"Then that's settled," she continued briskly, as both Belknap-Jackson and Mrs. Effie would have interposed "Ruggles shall do everything: take it off our shoulders ices, flowers, invitations." "The invitation list will need great care, of course," remarked Belknap-Jackson with a quite savage glance at me. "But you just called him 'the capable Ruggles," insisted the fiancee.
Then almost at once I detected curiously cold glances being darted at each other by the ladies. "Of course we will be only too glad to put him up," said Mrs. Belknap-Jackson quickly. "But, my dear, he will of course come to us first," put in Mrs. Effie. "Afterward, to be sure " "It's so important that he should receive a favourable impression," responded Mrs. Belknap-Jackson.
I am aware there can be none. I can only plead that I had already been vexed not a little by his unjust accusations of stupidity, and dismiss with as few words as possible an incident that will ever seem to me quite too indecently criminal. Briefly, then, with my well-intended "Best not lower yourself, sir," Mr. Belknap-Jackson forgot himself and I forgot myself.
Belknap-Jackson on this occasion drove his car with the greatest solicitude, proceeding more slowly than I had ever known him do. As I attended to certain luggage details at the station he was regretting to his lordship that they had not had a longer time at the country club the day it was exhibited. "Look a bit after silly old George," said his lordship to me at parting.
Even Belknap-Jackson dined in a lounge-suit, though he wore gloves constantly by day, which was more than I could get Cousin Egbert to do. As we went ever farther over these leagues of fen and fell and rolling veldt, I could but speculate unquietly as to what sort of place the Red Gap must be.
Belknap-Jackson now telephoning to know if I had heard this report "canard" he styled it I confirmed it and remarked that his lordship was undoubtedly by way of bringing strong pressure to bear on the woman. "But I had expected him to meet a few people here this evening," cried the host pathetically.
I mean to say, only the Honourable George had stopped on with them, unless, indeed, the woman actually counted me as one. Between herself and Mrs. Belknap-Jackson, I understood, there ensued early that morning by telephone a passage of virulent acidity, Mrs. Effie being heard by Cousin Egbert to say bluntly that she would get even.
Belknap-Jackson as he had played Oswald, approached the prisoner and smartly drew forth a handful of his beard which she stuffed into a pipe and proceeded to smoke, after which they pretended that the play went on.
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