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Blessington, I think, sat upright in the bed, but of that I cannot be absolutely certain. "Well, it ended by their taking Blessington and hanging him. The matter was so prearranged that it is my belief that they brought with them some sort of block or pulley which might serve as a gallows. That screw-driver and those screws were, as I conceive, for fixing it up.
But, confound my stupid head! where are Charles de Haldimar and Sir Everard Valletort?" "Poor Charles is in a high fever, and confined to his bed," remarked Captain Blessington, who now came up adding his congratulations in a low tone, that marked the despondency of his heart; "and Sir Everard I have just left on the rampart with the company, looking, as he well may, the very image of despair."
Sofas, couches, ottomans, and busts, arranged in rather a crowded sumptuousness through the room; enameled tables, covered with expensive and elegant trifles in every corner, and a delicate white hand in relief on the back of a book, to which the eye was attracted by the blaze of diamond rings. All this "crowded sumptuousness" was due to the taste of Lady Blessington.
The singularity of this occurrence riveted the officers for a moment in silent observation; until Captain Blessington at length ventured a remark, that, judging from the direction, and the deceptive nature of the element at night, he should incline to think it was the hut of the Canadian burning.
Even all authoritative as he was, however, he felt that military etiquette and strict discipline prevented his interfering further in this advanced state of the proceedings. "Prisoner," again remarked Captain Blessington, "your statement in regard to the means employed by Captain de Haldimar in effecting his departure, is, you must admit, unsupported by appearances.
"But you meant it, Blessington; yet, think not," and he warmly pressed the hand of his captain, "think not, I repeat, I take your hint in any other than the friendly light in which it was intended.
"Faith you are right, Blessington; the governor is not one to run these sort of risks on every occasion. My chief surprise, indeed, is, that he suffered me to venture even upon the common; but if we are not designed for some hostile expedition, why leave the fort at all?" "The question will need no answer, if Halloway be found to accompany us."
"By a rifle shot fired from the common, near the old bomb proof," observed Captain Blessington, as the adjutant looked to him for the particular explanation he could not render himself. "Ah! this reminds me," pursued the austere commandant, "there was a shot fired also from the ramparts. By whom, and at what?"
"Captain Blessington," returned the prisoner with deep emotion, "I feel all the kindness of your motive; and if any thing can console me in my present situation, it is the circumstance of having presiding at my trial an officer so universally beloved by the whole corps.
"What an idea!" she said, but she could not help laughing at his little joke. Of course they talked and talked of their entertainment, of their fine audience, of the applause, and the delight of their friends. They were on their way to school one morning, Nina, Jeanette, and their cousin, Lola Blessington. "Nancy Ferris danced just beautifully," said Lola, "I wonder where she learned."
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