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"Mine," said Blessington, with an energy that denoted how deeply rejoiced he felt at the fact, and without giving the adjutant time to reply. "And mine," impetuously added Captain Erskine; "and, by G ! I will answer for them; they never embarked on a duty of the sort with greater zeal than they will on this occasion."
"Five men were in it these four and a fifth called Cartwright. Tobin, the care-taker, was murdered, and the thieves got away with seven thousand pounds. This was in 1875. They were all five arrested, but the evidence against them was by no means conclusive. This Blessington or Sutton, who was the worst of the gang, turned informer.
The Duke and Duchess of Gordon were here lately, and expressed themselves in similar terms. Lady Blessington did not withdraw her friendship, but Willis admits, in one of his letters, that he had no deeper regret than that his indiscretion should have checked the freedom of his approach to her.
The letter to Lady Byron, which he afterwards showed to Lady Blessington, must have borne about the same date; and we have a further indication of his thoughts reverting homeward in an urgent request to Murray written on December 10th, Ada's sixth birthday to send his daughter's miniature. After its arrival nothing gave him greater pleasure than to be told of its strong likeness to himself.
He added that he would ask for nothing better than to have the opportunity of beating Dunburne's head to a pudding, and that he would give a crown to have the three of them within arm's-reach for a minute. Upon this Captain Blessington swore that he should be immediately accommodated, and therewith delivered an order to that effect to the watermen.
Mary and Marian's near enough alike, ain't they? And what's Lessing but Blessington docked goin' and comin'?" "Wait a second. If I understand you, George, you're trying to imply that Miss Lessing is identical with Marian Blessington." "You said somethin' then, all right."
"It is I, rather, Blessington, who should ask you to forgive my petulance; but, indeed, indeed," and again his tone faltered, and his eye was dimmed, "I am more wretched even than I am willing to confess. Pardon my silly conduct it was but the vain and momentary flashing of the soldier's spirit impatient of an assumed imputation, and the man less than the profession is to be taxed with it.
"By Jove!" said Blessington Eve said nothing. Loder was parting with Lakely, and his was the laugh that had attracted them both. The interest excited by his talk was still reflected in his face and bearing as he made his way towards them. "By Jove!" said Blessington again. "I never realized that Chilcote was so tall." Again Eve said nothing.
"If you had reason to know HIM into whose hands she has fallen, as I do, you would think differently, Captain Blessington," returned the governor. "That mysterious being," he pursued, after a short pause, "would never have made this parade of his conquest, had it related merely to a few lives, which to him are of utter insignificance.
Captain Blessington, this is trifling with the court, who are assembled to try the prisoner for his treason, and not to waste their time in listening to a history utterly foreign to the subject."
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