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Louis, with mixed penitence and effrontery, reminded him that he could not change the descent of the title; promised amendment; declared that he had done only as do other young men of fortune; and hinted that the tutor was a strait-laced ass. The father and the son returned together to Boxall Hill, and three months afterwards Mr Scatcherd set up for himself in London.
We were paddling along as at first, all this time, though, as we made but slow progress towards the shore, Boxall began to suspect that the current was carrying us to the southward.
"We had better do as Ben suggests stand on, and hope to be carried safe through them. Hold fast, all of you!" cried Boxall; "here we are close upon them." As he spoke, we saw the waters hissing and foaming and dancing up to a prodigious height, as it appeared, directly before us, while the land rose still more distinctly behind them. The next instant we were in their midst.
As she approached, Boxall shouted to Ben, and advised him not to approach too near telling him of the disorderly state of those with us, and that they would certainly attempt to take from him any water or provisions he might have. Ben on this hauled down his sail, and we saw him apparently endeavouring to make his companion understand the warning he had received.
Frank should be lord of Boxall Hill in his own right; and as to those other liens on Greshamsbury, let Frank manage that with his father as he might think fit. She would only trouble herself to see that he was empowered to do as he did think fit. "But," argued the ancient, respectable family attorney to the doctor, "that amounts to two-thirds of the whole estate. Two-thirds, Dr Thorne!
"Do you mean that Mary is the owner of Boxall Hill?" said he. "Indeed, I do," said the doctor; and he was just going to add, "and of Greshamsbury also," but he stopped himself. "What, the whole property there?" "That's only a small portion," said the doctor. "I almost wish it were all, for then I should not be so bothered.
"That's settled, at any rate," said he. "What's settled?" said Mary. "Why, I must go to Boxall Hill again to-morrow. I must go early, too, so we'd better both be off to bed. Tell Janet I must breakfast at half-past seven." "You couldn't take me, could you? I should so like to see that Sir Roger." "To see Sir Roger! Why, he's ill in bed."
Among the last articles sent down to us had been a top-gallant-sail, which Boxall, Halliday, and I at once got ready for hoisting on a long spar set up as a mast in the fore-part of the raft, that we might, should it be necessary, get clear of the ship; for although we were anxious to save as many people as possible, we knew that all would be lost should too many get upon it.
I should have said that the caterer for our mess was a steady old mate, Reuben Boxall; a most excellent fellow, for whom I entertained a great regard. He followed the principle my father had advised me to adopt, and never threw away a piece of string that is to say, when an opportunity occurred of acquiring knowledge he never neglected it.
Boxall, Halliday, and I, seeing no advantage in irritating the fanatical feelings of our captors, had said nothing, except that we would not turn Mohammedans; but Ben shouted out, in the best Arabic he could command, "I believe in one God; but I know very well that Mohammed was not one of His prophets; and only blind, ignorant fools such as you are would believe in him or the stupid book he wrote.
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