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Captain Branscome stared at her in weak bewilderment; and, indeed, the snort which accompanied Miss Belcher's question seemed to accuse him of impregnating the morning air with a scent of onions. "You can answer a plain question, I hope?" said she. "When did you eat last, and what was it?" "To be precise, ma'am though I don't understand you it was an apple, and about let me see seven hours ago."
With a splash her anchor plunged over, took the ground, and in another twenty yards brought us up standing. "Hallo!" Miss Belcher scanned the shore. "You're giving the boats a long trip, Captain." "I take my precautions, ma'am," answered Captain Branscome, almost curtly. In a sweating hurry I helped Mr. Rogers and Mr. Goodfellow to furl sail, coil away ropes, and tidy up generally.
It is true that I suffered from the curiosity which outspoken critics have called the bane of my sex; yet, believe me, I was far from accusing you, knowing how many responsibilities must weigh on the captain of an expedition, even though it fare as prosperously as ours." "True, ma'am," Captain Branscome tapped his spyglass absent-mindedly, and seemed on the point of lifting it again.
The alley where Captain Branscome lodged lay a gunshot on this side of the Market Strand; and while I ran I kept as the saying is my eyes skinned for a sight of the enemy. The coast, however, was clear. But at Captain Branscome's door a wholly unexpected disappointment awaited me.
The rest of us that is to say, Miss Belcher, Captain Branscome, and I under I know not what compulsion, followed and came to a halt a few paces behind him. Standing so, I felt, rather than saw, that Plinny and Mr. Goodfellow, attracted by the report of the pistol, were peering at us over the ridge of rocks on the right. "You fool!" Dr.
"And there's one thing," said Plinny, "we may thank God for, if it is possible to be thankful for anything in this dreadful business. The murderer, whoever he was, got little profit from his crime, for I know pretty well the state of your poor father's finances, Harry; and if, as Captain Branscome tells us, he had taken ten guineas from the box, there must have been very few left in it."
Centre tree in clump 5 branch bearing N. and by E. 1/2 point, two forks. R. fork 4ft. red cave under hill 457yds. foot of tree N.N.W. N.B. The stones here, under rock 4 spans L side. That was all, except two short entries. The first scribbled aslant under No. 1, and in Captain Coffin's own handwriting so Captain Branscome, who knew it, assured us.
"Good Lord!" said Captain Branscome, slowly. As if in absence of mind, he stepped to a side-cupboard and looked within. It was bare but for a plate and an apple. He took up the apple, and was about to offer it to me, but set it back slowly on the plate, and locked the cupboard again.
He compared the gentle distinction of her bearing with his own flaunting resentment. "I am sorry," he said, "I have wronged you in thought and word and action. The fact is, I never saw you plainly before; myself stood in the way." Mrs. Branscome barely heeded his words. The feelings her watchfulness had hitherto restrained having once broken their barriers swept her away on a full flow.
They set off very cautiously, the Doctor leading, Miss Belcher close at his heels. Captain Branscome a couple of paces behind her; gained the ridge, and passed out of sight around an angle of the rocks. Now, to be left in this fashion was not at all to my mind. It seemed to me that, when serious business was on hand, every one conspired to treat me as a baby.
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