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But at last they joined Clary at the fire, and the three, while they continued to carry on the interrupted cooking of their captives, discussed ways and means of returning to La Paz, and it was decided to send the setter with a message.
"Rochfort," said he, one day, to his friend, "damme, if I was to think of Belinda Portman in any way you take me Clary would look damned blue hey? damned blue, and devilish small, and cursed silly too hey?"
Straight away the wool is recognized as being of excellent quality, so much so that, during the three or four weeks of nest-building, I can daily witness the gleaning, now on the clary, now on the centaury. Nevertheless the Babylonian plant appears to be preferred, no doubt because of its whiter, finer and more plentiful down.
"Yes, Clary, go ahead, and stay as long as you're needed," was the kindly answer. "Is it to your room I'll be takin' him, sor?" asked Clary, rising and holding his burden across his breast. "Of course, and place him on my bed. Corporal Duffey, send a man for the surgeon and hospital steward, and send another with the pony to the stable."
The banker so far overcame his timidity that he put his eyeglass closer to his eye in order to look more exactly at the horses and their riders; and as soon as he recognized Clary he came forth resolutely. Oh, one is not a banker for nothing, and one knows what wealth amounting to a million pounds sterling really signifies! Mr.
To sit and watch the two was an all-sufficient delight for him sometimes withdrawing his mind from the present, to weave the web of his boy's future. "I shall send him to Westminster, Clary," he said it was a long time, by the way, since he had called his wife Clary, though she herself was hardly aware of the fact. "I shall certainly send him to Westminster.
Why, Sister, said I, you are as angry, as if there were more in the hint than possibly might be designed. My wish is sincere, for both our sakes! for the whole family's sake! Do not, do not, dear Bella, give me cause to suspect, that I have found a reason for your behaviour to me, and which till now was wholly unaccountable from sister to sister Fie, fie, Clary! said my aunt.
But in his present humour it was not displeasing to him to find that the owner of Arden Court had been especially polite to Clarissa. "Then he is really a nice fellow, this Granger, eh, Clary?" he said airily. "I did not say nice, papa." "No, but civil and good-natured, and that kind of thing. Do you know, I hear nothing but praises of him about Arden; and he is really doing wonders for the place.
Clary exclaimed, in a clear, bright voice, "courage! Help is coming." "Count of Monte-Cristo," came from another voice, "thanks, in the name of my mother." Breathless, with his arm about Spero's neck, the count leaned against the wall, and he whom nothing surprised uttered an exclamation of astonishment when he looked down. A man was climbing up the smooth wall.
But there was something a vast deal more scandalous lurking in the background: there was word of another fellow of the same kidney buzzing about Clary Clary with her six thousand pounds' fortune, her Uncle Barnet, her youth, her handsome person, her what not? Now, as sure as Uncle Barnet's name was Barnet, as he wore a wig, as there was justice in the country, he would have the law of the fellow.
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