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Nevertheless, she felt indebted to him. To extricate both Bower and herself from an awkward situation she took a keen interest in Barth's method of adjusting the rope. The man did not show any amazement at Bower's order. He was there to earn his fee.
'I've been to Totty, she added. 'She didn't seem to wish to help me; she spoke as if she didn't care, and said I'd better ask you. Do you know anything more? He was mute at first. His mind naturally turned to one thought. Then he said, speaking slowly: 'I know nothing more, except that lots of people have heard Bower's story. Does Grail know? 'Not unless he has heard since this morning.
"You speak of a false version, and that implies a true one," she managed to say constrainedly. "How far was Mr. Bower's statement false or true?" "I settled that point too. Mr. Bower told you the facts. The deduction he forced on you was a lie. To my harmless notion of gratifying a girl's longing for a holiday abroad he added the motive that inspired his own journey.
She prepared a number of sarcastic little speeches, each with a subtle venom of its own, and even rehearsed a pose or two with a view toward scenic effect. But she had neither taken Bower's measure nor counted on Mrs. de la Vere's superior strategy.
She was passing Mrs. Bower's without intention of entering, when Mary appeared in the doorway and beckoned her. Mrs. Bower was out; Mary had been left in charge of the shop. 'You were asking me about Mr. Ackroyd, she said, when they had gone into the parlour. 'Would you like to know something I heard about him last night?
His drollery evidently consisted in hiring a cripple as guide. "Is the American monsieur named Charles K. Spencer?" she said, speaking very clearly. "I do not know, madam. But Marie, who is on the second, can tell me. Shall I ask?" "Do, please." Léontine bustled out. Just then Millicent was amazed by Bower's extraordinary leap at Stampa and the guide's agile avoidance of his would-be assailant.
'Serve you right if she chucks you now, said Jinny. 'I'll bet it's right about Annie Nixon an' you. 'Tha bets so much, said Harry. 'Yi but you can't deny it, said Jinny. 'I can if I've a mind. His father looked at him inquiringly. 'It's no more mine than it is Bill Bower's, or Ted Slaney's, or six or seven on 'em, said Harry to his father. And the father nodded silently.
Though he was an aged and ignorant man, he kept the secret so well that our ancestor was never even suspected, till his letters came to light after his death, and after Laird Bower's death too, luckily for both of them. So you see we can depend on it that this pair of domestics, and their family, were not concerned in this new abomination; so far, the robbery was not from within.
"I reckon we were teachin' him our canoe was too full," was the Left Bower's unexpected reply. "That's about the size of it." The Right Bower shot a rapid glance under his brows at his brother. The latter, with his hands in his pockets, stared unconsciously at the rushing waters, and then quietly turned away. The Right Bower followed him. "Are you goin' back on us?" he asked.
Lydia was still kneeling. New fears were making themselves heard. Was it possible for Thyrza to marry Gilbert under such circumstances, and within five days? What if Gilbert heard Bower's story? Nay, in any case, what of the future? Egremont would be constantly at the library. 'Thyrza, do you never think of Gilbert? Thyrza raised herself, again the look of wild dread in her eyes.
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