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Excellent servant though he was, nature had not bestowed upon him those gifts which enable a man to meet a crisis firmly. "Can you suggest anything that we ought to do, madam?" he asked Mrs. Weatherley. "I think," she replied, "that Mr. Chetwode has something to tell you." Arnold took the key of the safe from his pocket and turned to the cashier. "A few days ago, Mr. Jarvis," he said slowly, "Mr.
So bad were the conditions that the question was considered as to whether it would not be advisable to postpone the attack, but General Chetwode, than whom no general had a greater sympathy for his men, decided that as the 53rd Division were within striking distance by the enemy the attack must go forward on the date fixed. That night was calculated to make the stoutest hearts faint.
"Sit down, Chetwode sit down quickly," he ordered, in a curious, dry whisper. "You see, it was like this," he went on, leaning over the table. "I heard a noise in the room and down I came. He was hiding there behind a curtain, but I saw him. Before I could shout out to the servants, he had me covered with his revolver.
I never went out of England till I was over forty. I had plenty of friends, but they were all of one class. They wouldn't suit Mrs. Weatherley or the Count Sabatini. I have lost a good many of them.... You weren't brought up to business, Chetwode?" he asked suddenly. "I was not, sir," Arnold admitted. "What made you come into it?" "Poverty, sir," Arnold answered.
"Won't any one else come with us?" Fenella shook her head. "I am going to talk to Miss Lalonde," she said. "After we have had an opportunity of witnessing your skill, Mr. Chetwode, we may trust ourselves another time. Au revoir!"
Tunbridge Wells, thence shifting to Chetwode Lodge, Mr. Babington-Herle's house, on Rusthall Common, within two miles of the town. PROEM: Introductive of Captain Francis Audaine It appears convenient here to pursue Miss Allonby on her stroll about the Pantiles in company with Captain Audaine.
The Duke made his escape to-day, and, emboldened by his illustrious example, Charles Faulcon, Lord St. Jerome, and some other heroes followed, to the great disgust of Sir Chetwode and Sir Tichborne. As the evening glided on conversation naturally fell upon the amusements of society. 'I am sure we are tired of dancing every night, said Miss Dacre. 'I wonder if we could introduce any novelty.
"At the inquest yes, yes! Poor Rosario!" He watched the smoke from his cigar curl up to the ceiling. Then he turned to some papers on his table. "Get your desk in, Chetwode," he ordered, "and then take down some letters. The American mail goes early this afternoon." Arnold swung around the corner of the terrace that evening with footsteps still eager notwithstanding his long walk.
"I dare say I might manage that, sir," he admitted. "Very well very well, then," Mr. Weatherley repeated. "Have your desk moved in here at once, Chetwode. You can have it placed just where you like. You'll get the light from that window if you have the easy-chair moved and put in the corner there against the wall.
"I'm sure she will be very pleased to see you again, sir," Arnold said. "Do you think she will, Chetwode? Do you think she will?" Mr. Weatherley demanded, anxiously. "Has she missed me while I have been where the devil have I been, Chetwode? You must tell me tell me quick! She'll be here directly and she'll want to know. I can't remember.
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