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And with a couple of keen arrows he made Duryodhana carless. And then Arjuna pierced both the palms of the Kuru king. Beholding that great bowman afflicted with the shafts of Dhananjaya and fallen into great distress, many warriors rushed to the spot, desirous of rescuing him.
If only that unfortunate man, Ashton, had lived, he could have cleared this matter up at once. I feel convinced that he possessed papers which would have proved this girl's claim beyond dispute. Those papers, of course " "Now, what particular papers are you thinking of?" interrupted Mr. Carless. "Well," replied Mr. Pawle, "such papers as proofs of her father's marriage, and of her own birth.
Bowless, and carless, Sutasoma then, uplifting a scimitar of the hue of the blue lotus and equipped with an ivory handle, uttered a loud shout. That scimitar of the intelligent Sutasoma of the hue of the clear sky, as it was whirled by that hero, was regarded by Shakuni to be as fatal as the rod of Death.
"Remember that, Carless!" "A most extraordinary coincidence!" exclaimed Mr. Carless excitedly. "I don't care twopence what anybody says we all know that the most surprising coincidences do occur. Nothing but a coincidence! I assert what is it, Portlethwaite?" The elderly clerk had been manifesting a strong desire to get in a word, and he now rapped his senior employer's elbow. "Mr.
"You had everything you wanted, I dare say! Clothes, pocket-money, and so on?" "I've always had everything I wanted," replied Miss Wickham. "And you were at Ryedene twelve years?" "Except for the holidays yes." "You must be a very learned young lady," suggested Mr. Carless. Miss Wickham looked round the circle of attentive faces.
Carless looked at his client, who nodded his head as if in assent to something in the glance. "Well, as I'm now in possession of the facts," said he, "I'll tell you, Pawle His Lordship has given me a clear account of what his first callers said, and what you and Mr. Viner added to it.
Portlethwaite to come here," commanded Mr. Carless. "And just find out if Mr. Driver is in his room. Portlethwaite can tell me when he comes." An elderly, grey-haired man presently appeared and closed the door behind him as if aware of the sacred nature of the proceedings. "Mr. Driver is out, Mr. Carless," he said. "You wanted me, I think?" "Our senior clerk," observed Mr.
Who was Ashton?" "A man who had lived in Australia for some thirty-five or forty years at least," replied Mr. Carless, "and who recently returned to England and settled down in London, in this very square. He lived chiefly in Melbourne, but we have heard that for some four or five years he was somewhere up country. You never heard of him out there? He was evidently well known in Melbourne."
I have some uneasy feeling that " "I think you 'd better wait," said Viner. "There'll have to be some queer explanations. We must let Mr. Pawle and Mr. Carless know of what's happened they're the proper people to deal with this affair." And then, as they turned into Markendale Square, they saw Mr. Pawle and Mr.
The three men he had left there were deep in conversation, and as he entered, Mr. Carless smote his hand on the desk before him. "This is certain!" he exclaimed. "We must have this Miss Avice Wickham here at once!" Mr. Pawle nodded assent to this proposition and rose from his chair. "It's the only thing to do," he said.
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