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"But even while he sprang up to seize the check-string the door had opened, the pale sister's face had dropped upon the shoulder of the figure in the cloak, and he had carried her away; and Melchior stormed and raved in vain. "'To take her, and to leave the rest! Cruel! cruel!
She pulled the check-string and gave the order, "Home!" In her present condition she felt unable to go into Society. When she got to Cadogan Square she said to the footman who opened the door: "His lordship isn't in yet?" "No, my lady." "Did he say what time he would be in to-night?" "No, my lady." The man paused, then added: "His lordship told Mr. Lucas not to wait up." "Mr.
Take a reef in your regulator, and drop into your proper place." Obedient to orders, Leo pulled the regulator or check-string until the kite's position was altered so as to present less resistance to the wind, and dropped astern of the Faith, which was the name given by Benjy to his father's boat, the other two being named respectively the Hope and the Charity.
Curwen, a member of the Opposition, took him home in his carriage. Burke at once began to declaim against the French. Curwen dropped some remark on the other side. "What!" Burke cried out, grasping the check-string, "are you one of these people! Set me down!" It needed all Curwen's force to keep him where he was; and when they reached his house Burke stepped out without saying a single word.
She hastily pulled the check-string, and the footman came to the door. "Drive down the Mile-End road," she said; "I will fetch Sir John home." Lady Tamworth read the address on the bill. "Near the Pavilion Theatre," Mr. Dale had explained. She would just see the place this evening, she determined, and then reflect on the practical course to be pursued.
As this was not very intelligible, and Jack seemed to have his own reasons for silence, they asked him no further questions; but in about three-quarters of an hour, during which time the coach had been driving through the trees, they came to a standstill by a sudden pull of the check-string from Jack, who said, "Hilloa! take in sails, and drop anchor." "Is this the place?"
He started and changed colour: the lady herself now seemed suddenly to recognise him; for their eyes met, and she bent forward eagerly. She pulled the check-string the carriage halted she beckoned to the mechanic's wife, who went up to the roadside. "I worked once for that lady," said the man with a tone of feeling; "and when my wife fell ill last winter she paid the doctors.
"Pardieu!" said he, "it would be an excellent manoeuvre." And, stepping up to the carriage, he examined the arms upon the panels, and the livery of the coachman, who was sleeping on the box. "It is the Coadjutor's carriage," said D'Artagnan to himself. "Providence is decidedly in our favour." He opened the door without noise, got into the coach, and pulled the check-string.
Lady Lysle put up her hand to pull the check-string. "Pray, auntie, don't do that. Maggie isn't the daughter of a grocer, and she can't help her mother having married this dreadful man. I want Maggie to have nothing to do with her stepfather in the future, and I mean to carry out my ideas, and you have got to help me." "Indeed, I will do nothing of the kind. What a disgraceful girl!
Jael Dence sat beside him, sewing; and Grace saw, in a moment, she was sewing complacently. It was more than Grace could bear. She pulled the check-string, and the carriage stopped. Henry Little, at this moment, was in very low spirits.
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