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But the only way of avoiding that fall, and indeed most others, is to keep both hands firm between hip and shoulder-blade, and the moment Elzevir felt one hand off his back, he had the jailer off his feet and gave him Compton's Toss.
"I wouldn't even use his name in connection with the thought," Jimmy interrupted; "but he is the only man of whom I know who could have profited by Mr. Compton's death, and, on the other hand, whose entire future would have been blasted possibly had Mr. Compton lived until the following morning."
Refreshments were served us, among which were some hot-house peaches, ethereally delicate as if they had grown in the Elysian Fields and been stolen from a banquet of angels. After this we went out on the lawn, where, at Lady William Compton's request, I recited one or two poems; the only time I did such a thing in England.
Well I knew with whom they were played. One was with Despard, the other with Brandon. This then was the reason why he had sent for me from China. The knowledge of his purpose made my life neither brighter nor darker. I still lived on as before. During these months Mrs. Compton's tender devotion to me never ceased. I respected her, and forbore to excite that painful fear to which she was subject.
Mother so thoroughly pitied Alfred, that she not only pretended oblivion of our friendship, but even promoted it in many ways; and in the course of time Dr. Orman began to recognize its value. I was requested to walk past Mr. Compton's windows and say 'Good morning' or offer him a flower or some ripe peaches, and finally to accompany the gentlemen in their short rambles in the neighborhood.
And realizing that Compton did not care to discuss the matter of the efficiency expert further Bince returned to his own office. The following afternoon the office boy entered Mr. Compton's office. "A gentleman to see you, Sir," he announced. "He said to tell you that he came in reply to your advertisement."
"How long have you been in Mr. Compton's office?" said George, as they walked along, "Nearly two years," he replied; "I went there as soon as I left school. I was then about seventeen years old; and there I have been ever since." "Then you are my senior by two years," said George. "I left school a year ago, and this is my first situation. How do you like the office?"
"You called the defendant on the telephone a half or three-quarters of an hour before the police discovered Mr. Compton's body, did you not?" Murray started to deny that he had done so. Jimmy's attorney stopped him. "Just a moment, Mr. Murray," he said, "if you will stop a moment and give the matter careful thought I am sure you will recall that you telephoned Mr.
Compton's office; then I think of George Weston of to-day, and I feel amazed at the change a few years has made. I have asked myself a hundred times, am I really the same? Oh, uncle! you do not know what I would give to be that boy again to live once more in that old world of sunshine." Tears started to George's eyes as he spoke, and Mr.
Trust in me, and you shall both go back to him and live in peace." Tears fell from Mrs. Compton's eyes. She seized Brandon's hand and pressed it to her thin lips. "You will protect me?" said she. "Yes." "You will save me from him?" she persisted, in a voice of agony. "Yes, and from all others like him. Do not fear. Speak out." Mrs. Compton clung to the arm of her son. She drew a long breath.
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