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A pile of books, MSS., and letters lay to the Chairman's right hand. On the blotting-pad before him was the voluminous written report of the commission which only awaited the signatures of the Commissioners, and as to one paragraph in it a final interview with Meynell himself, which had been fixed for noon. Business was now practically over till he arrived, and conversation had become general.
'Perhaps it has taught her a lesson, she agreed; 'and it is a blessing that it has ended better than we expected. Then the three started for the City with Doreen, who, of course, knew nothing of what had happened. 'There's the chairman's motor at the school-gate, exclaimed the latter, as she and Vava approached the City school. 'Mr. Montague Jones's, you mean? So it is!
Strange thoughts surged through the chairman's head; he took counsel with this neighbor and that, secret counsel. Behind the barn they whispered, like pairs of lovers, or far out on the open field, where only the quivering heat could overhear them. Appealing to courts of law is always bad business; one never knows whether one is going to get justice or injustice.
You've been the best ever and " "Cut that," cried Monty, and his confidence in himself was fast returning. "This is no time to throw bouquets." "We like you, Brewster." Mr. Valentine came to the chairman's assistance because the others had looked at him so appealingly. "We like you so well that we can't take the responsibility for your extravagance. It would disgrace us all."
As the cheering went on, a smile gradually bent the speaker's broad expressive mouth; the crowded benches became silent, waiting the fulfilment of the smile's promise. A roguish look came into Quisanté's face, he glanced at his audience, then at his friends on the platform, lastly at his wife who sat on the other side of the chairman's table.
Then I suppose I will have to use them as pawns in my political and financial intrigues." Through this gaping at the client from Rio she had missed the chairman's speech. Dr. Munro had just sat down. Her sensible square face looked red and stern, as though she had just been obliged to smack someone, and from the tart brevity of the applause it was evident that that was what she had been doing.
Jodderel was mistaken as to the desires of the class. Meanwhile, young Mr. Banty, who had been to Europe, and listened to much theological debate in cafes and beer-gardens, remarked: "I'm not a member of this respected body, but I seem to be included in the chairman's invitation.
Loose straggling scrawls they were, and of very uninviting exterior; but they had weighty purpose in them, if the chairman's face were any index to the character of their contents. The progress of Mr Nadgett's secret satisfaction arising out of the effect they made, kept pace with the emotions of the reader.
But Miss Gordon gazed at him coldly, thanking herself that she had put an end to all nonsense between him and Annie before it was too late. The grandson of a tavern-keeper, though he might rise to have good morals, could never reach the height of genteel manners. At last the chairman's halting remarks were concluded, and the programme fairly started.
The chairman's breach of his own rules drowned the termination of his speech in an uproar. Re-seating himself, he lifted his glass, and proposed: 'The Antediluvians! Farmer Broadmead echoed: 'The Antediloovians ! appending, as a private sentiment, 'And dam rum chaps they were! The Antediluvians, undoubtedly the toast of the evening, were enthusiastically drunk, and in an ale of treble brew.
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