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"This here's just what I like, mates," said Billy Widgeon, as he sat on the sand in the full light of the blazing fire with his fellow-sailor opposite to him, and a large piece of palm-leaf for a table-cloth. Jack was on his right munching fruit, and Bruff on his left, sitting up, patiently attentive, waiting for bones from the hissing, hot maleo bird that had been kept for the sailors' dinner.
"Betteredge," says Mr. Franklin, "I have been to the lawyer's about some family matters; and, among other things, we have been talking of the loss of the Indian Diamond, in my aunt's house in Yorkshire, two years since. Mr. Bruff thinks as I think, that the whole story ought, in the interests of truth, to be placed on record in writing and the sooner the better."
However, here were three of the guests, at any rate, whom it was clearly advisable for me to see before I left town. I drove off at once to Mr. Bruff's office; not knowing the addresses of the persons of whom I was in search, and thinking it probable that he might put me in the way of finding them. Mr. Bruff proved to be too busy to give me more than a minute of his valuable time.
The third bequeathed the Moonstone as a birthday present to his niece, on condition that my father would act as executor. My father at first refused to act. On second thoughts, however, he gave way, partly because he was assured that the executorship would involve him in no trouble; partly because Mr. Bruff suggested, in Rachel's interest, that the Diamond might be worth something, after all."
"We may as well take him in," said the captain; and giving orders for the men to cease pulling, they waited till Bruff came alongside, Billy Widgeon receiving orders to help him in at the bows, where he was allowed to have his customary shake and go off like a water firework as the drops flew in all directions, glittering in the sun. "Now, men, give way again," said the captain.
"I only regret that she could not prevail on herself to speak more plainly to me at the time." "You might as well regret that Rachel is not somebody else," rejoined Mr. Bruff. "And even then, I doubt if a girl of any delicacy, whose heart had been set on marrying you, could have brought herself to charge you to your face with being a thief. Anyhow, it was not in Rachel's nature to do it.
Bruff limped up eagerly, and sometimes put down his injured paw, which he had been dressing after nature's fashion by licking it well, and trotted by their side; but it was evident directly that another was to be of the party, for before they had gone fifty yards Jack bounded up and placed himself beside the dog. The major hesitated for a moment. "He won't do any harm," he said at last.
We got in after him. There were latent reserves of youth still left in Mr. Bruff. I assert it positively when he took his seat in the omnibus, he blushed! The man in the grey suit stopped the omnibus, and got out in Oxford Street. We followed him again. He went into a chemist's shop. Mr. Bruff started. "My chemist!" he exclaimed. "I am afraid we have made a mistake." We entered the shop. Mr.
The outer office with the long counter, behind which the cashiers sat was crowded with people; all waiting their turn to take money out, or to pay money in, before the bank closed at five o'clock. Two men among the crowd approached Mr. Bruff, as soon as he showed himself. "Well," asked the lawyer. "Have you seen him?" "He passed us here half an hour since, sir, and went on into the inner office."
However, they had the merit of seeing for themselves that they had taken a false step for, as you say, again, with plenty of time at their disposal, they never came near the house for weeks afterwards." "Why, Mr. Murthwaite? That's what I want to know! Why?" "Because no Indian, Mr. Bruff, ever runs an unnecessary risk. Very well. Tell me which was the safest course for men in their position?
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