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The man whipped up his horse and drove in the direction of Constitution Hill, evidently intending to avoid the congested traffic of Piccadilly and take the longer, but more pleasant, route through the Green Park and the Mall. "By the way," said Brett, "did the driver of the hansom which conveyed Mr. Talbot and his companion from Albert Gate on Monday night tell you which road he followed?"
And my dear little dog that somebody sent me, does seem to take an extraordinary fancy to you, doesn't he?" Mr. Jim Brett laughed, and kept his hat off, which made him look very nice with the dappling green and gold light waving over his thick, short black hair, and his forehead, which is whiter than the rest of his face.
The long-nosed ex-sergeant entered. His sallow face was browned after his long journeys and exposure to the Italian sun in midsummer. He was soiled and travel-stained. "Excuse my appearance," he said. "I have had no time for even a wash since this morning. On board the boat I thought it best to keep a constant watch on Capella and his companions." "Who are they?" demanded Brett. Mr.
Anyhow, it's that going-home-to-sleep-on-it expression of the Merrimac's that I've been seeing in the Sappho." "You were on the Monitor, weren't you?" asked Powers cheerfully. The old man did not answer, but he was quite willing that Powers and Brett, and the whole world for that matter, should think that he had been. Powers and Brett, though in no cheerful mood, exchanged winks.
"He is a favoured lover of La Belle Chasseuse?" demanded Brett sharply. "The Worm" recovered his equanimity somewhat at this question. He softly drew his hand over his chin as he replied with a smirk: "There are others!" "I think not," came the quick retort. "No; there are none on whom mademoiselle bestows such favours. She left Paris with him last night." "The devil!" ejaculated the little man.
Eastham to select prize books for the school treat to-morrow at eleven. " With love, yours, "Who brought this note?" inquired Hume from the waiter as he picked up pen and paper. "A man from Sleagill, sir. Any reply?" "Certainly. Tell him to wait in the tap-room at my expense." He commenced to write. "Any message?" he asked Brett. "Yes.
Fêted in London. Experiments with Dr. Whitehouse. Mr. Brett. Dr. O'Shaughnessy and the telegraph in India. Mr. Cooke. Charles H. Leslie. Paris. Hamburg. Copenhagen. Presentation to king. Thorwaldsen Museum. Oersted's daughter. St. Petersburg. Presentation to Czar at Peterhoff.
"There would be a terrible dust-up," smirked Winter. "Possibly; but it would be a fight for life or death. No half measures. A matter of decanters, fire-irons, chairs. Let us return to the hotel." Whilst Hume went to summon the others, Brett seated himself at a table and wrote: "A curious chapter of accidents happened in Northumberland Avenue yesterday. Early in the morning, Mr.
If the mystery of Sir Alan's death is ever solved, I feel assured that its genesis will be found in circumstances not only beyond your control, but wholly independent, and likely to operate in the same way if both you and your fiancé had never either seen or heard of Beechcroft Hall." "Oh, Mr. Brett," she cried impulsively, "I wish I could be certain of that!"
He then spliced the ship's cable to the shoreward end and resumed his paying-out; but after seventy miles in all were laid, another rapid rush of cable took place, and Mr. Brett was obliged to cut and abandon the line. Another attempt was made the following year, but with no better success. Mr.
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