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The little vessel, it now appeared, was a coaster, sailing under French colours, and was bound from Jean Rabel to Porto Caballo. She was consequently a prize, though utterly valueless to us; and Courtenay's instructions had been that, if such proved to be the case, he was to take her crew out of her and set her on fire.
There were limits even to his audacity "Well, how is my chief hydrographer progressing?" Courtenay's cheery voice banished the unwelcome specter of Ventana. Elsie started. "I do believe you were day-dreaming," said the captain with a surprised smile. "A penny for your thoughts?" "I don't think you can pay me," she retorted, hoping to cover her confusion. "Won't you accept Chilean currency?"
This was the first gift a man had ever given her, other than De Courtenay's red flower, and somehow it pleased her vastly.
"And why did you do that, pray?" asked the coroner, looking at him fixedly. "I thought that someone might be lurking in the garden," the man responded, a trifle lamely. The solicitor of Mrs. Courtenay's family, to whom she had sent asking him to be present on her behalf, rose at this juncture and addressing the coroner, said: "I should like to put a question to the witness, sir.
It is taken from Courtenay's Life of Sir William Temple, vol. i. p. 345. He quotes it as the only letter written after Lady Temple's marriage which has come into his hands. THE HAGUE, October 31st, 1670. My Dearest Heart, I received yours from Yarmouth, and was very glad you made so happy a passage.
They both heard Courtenay's hurried order: "Leave the ladies here until we can come for them. Follow me at once." The door slammed behind the men. Even the missionary was fired to action by Courtenay's manner. Elsie helped Mrs. Somerville to a chair.
Water was all he craved, but Aggie was at last obliged to give over, and say she was afraid to give him any more. James Courtenay's state was speedily made known to his father, and in a few minutes, from old Aggie's conversation with him, the groom was on his way to a neighbouring town to hasten the family physician.
Only for sake of the dead chief at my feet was I given such seemingly free leave among them, for myself, I had been shipped as were poor De Courtenay's Nor'westers at Wenusk Creek. And now is the time when I must go farther back and tell you of the good chief who was my father, indeed, at heart." Ridgar paused a moment, and his eyes took on a look of distant things
"They are going to row us across the river," volunteered Eleanor, helplessly. "Good-morning, Mr. Windomshire," called Mrs. Van Truder. Windomshire started and got very red in the face. Miss Courtenay's bow went unnoticed by the old lady. In sheer despair, the Englishman turned to Dauntless, a fellow-sufferer. "I say, old man," he began nervously, "I'd like to ask a favour of you."
Walpole and Mr. Mason. One day at Mr. Courtenay's, when a gentleman expressed his opinion that there was more energy in that poem than could be expected from Mr. Walpole; Mr. Warton, the late Laureat, observed, 'It may have been written by Walpole, and buckram'd by Mason .
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