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Updated: June 21, 2025
It is astonishing how unfeeling even ordinary good-natured boys can be at times. Chawner sat at his desk with raised shoulders, rubbing his hands, and grinning like some malevolent ape: "I told you, Dickie, you know," he murmured, "that it was better not to cross me." And still the Doctor lingered. Some kindly suggested that he was "waxing the cane."
And, be it as it will, time must pass oceans of time afore I can figure all this out and say whether 'tis to be, or whether it ain't." They expected something like that, and Cicely had a plan. "If Sam was to come and live along with you, father," she said, "then I shouldn't leave you at all and we would go on nice and comfortable together." "For you, yes," said Chawner, winking his eye.
"We haven't kept company in vain for ten months and four days, Chawner Green," he said. "I mean me and your girl. She's the soul of upright dealing, and if you was a better man, you'd know it so well as I do." "She may be," said the other, "but she'll honour her father's name afore she'll see him in your hands.
He was unpleasantly reminded, too, of the disfavour he had acquired amongst his companions, by some one or other of them running up to him every moment when the Doctor's attention was called elsewhere, and startling his nerves by a sly jog or pinch, or an abusive epithet hissed viciously into his ears Chawner being especially industrious in this respect.
Doing much in the sneaking way lately?" "You know him!" exclaimed the Doctor with naive surprise. "No, no; I don't know him. I've heard of him, you know heard of him!" Chawner looked down his nose with a feeble attempt at a gratified simper, while his neighbours giggled with furtive relish. "Well," said Dick at last, after a long look at all the old familiar objects, "I must be off, you know.
It was just about to take place as you came in; and I've every reason to believe it is merely postponed!" "I say, though," said Dick, "you must have been going it rather, you know. I've never been expelled. Has Chawner been sneaking again? What have you been up to?" "Nothing. I solemnly swear nothing! They're finding out things you've done, and thrashing me."
For, to the boy's amazement, Inspector Chowne leapt from his seat with delight, and first he shook Chawner's hand so hearty as need be and then he shook Sam's fist likewise; and Chawner, the fox that he was, showed a lot of emotion and his voice failed him and he shook Samuel by the hand also!
It chanced that the under-keeper at Trusham was but three year older than Samuel Borlase himself and a lifelong friend, so Samuel got influenced and came to view Chawner Green very unfavourable. He found himself in rather a delicate position then, but his simple rule was to do what he thought his duty.
His brow was a bit low and his brain didn't move far out of his appointed task; but a country policeman has a lot of time on his hands, and upon his long country beats, while his eyes surveyed the scene, Sam's intellects would turn over affairs and, no doubt, arrive at conclusions about 'em. And his conclusion about Chawner Green was that he must be a devious bird, else he wouldn't be so idle.
In brief, he achieved, in regard to tickets, the rare feat of ridding himself of preconceived notions, and of approaching a subject with fresh, virginal eyes. When he indicated the nature of his wishes to Mr. Chawner, the wholesale stationer who supplied all the Five Towns with shop-tickets, Mr. Chawner grew uneasy and worried; Mr. Chawner was indeed shocked. For Mr.
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