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As he got thus far, Crofts leaned over and drew the counsel towards him while he whispered some words rapidly in his ear. A brief dialogue ensued between them; at the conclusion of which the lawyer turned round, and addressing Darby, said, "You may go down, sir; I 've done with you."
"Mamma," she said, pointing to the drawing-room door, and speaking almost in a whisper, "you must not go in there; come into the parlour." "Who's there? Where's Bell?" and Mrs Dale went into the parlour as she was bidden. "But who is there?" she repeated. "He's there!" "Who is he?" "Oh, mamma, don't be a goose! Dr Crofts is there, of course. He's been nearly an hour.
His narrative not only confirmed all that Darby asserted, but also disclosed the atrocious scheme by which he had been first induced to join the ranks of the disaffected party. This was the work of Crofts, who knew and felt that Fortescue was the great barrier between himself and a large fortune.
In one instant the whole crew were scrambling up the ladder. Even Jim Crofts, who was really ill, rolled out of his bunk and staggered on deck, saying he would have a "go after foxey if he should die for it!" The game of fox is simple. One man is chosen to be the fox. He runs off and the rest follow. They are bound to go wherever the fox leads.
An inner impulse rent the veil Of his old husk: from head to tail Came out clear plates of sapphire mail. He dried his wings; like gauze they grew; Through crofts and pastures wet with dew A living flash of light he flew. Of our more common, typical forms of Dragon flies, we figure a few, commonly observed during the summer.
But the matter was going on, and he knew it. Dr Crofts was already in treaty on their behalf for a small furnished house at Guestwick. The squire was very sad about it, very sad indeed.
"Crofts has invited them here for a feast with us. How shall we get rid of them? Hamilton has become a mere milksop, and Churchill always was too cautious and politic for this sort of a game. Not only will they refuse to go with us if we tell them of our purpose, but they will try to keep us from going." "Let us take them with us," suggested Crofts.
"It's false! every word untrue! The man was dead at the time." The court rebuked the interruption, and Darby went on. "No, my lord; he was alive. But Mr. Crofts is not to blame, for he believed he was dead; and, more than that, he thought he took the sure way to make him so."
I have not even a house in which it would be fit that you should live." "Dr Crofts, if I loved you, if I wished to marry you " and then she stopped herself. "But you do not?" "No; I think not. I suppose not. No. But in any way no consideration about money has anything to do with it." "But I am not that butcher or that baker whom you could love?"
When nearly two miles from the city, Crofts, Berkeley, and Wentworth met Roger's coach and delivered the attack as silently as possible. Just the manner in which it was done I have never learned, since Hamilton himself did not know the particulars of it, and Frances told me it happened so quickly that it was over almost before she knew it had begun.
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