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It doesn't matter a pin anyhow, because a telegram from me to him would place the yacht at our disposal, and he would join us by express at the first possible stopping-place. You do not know what a good chap Daubeney is." "No," said Edith shortly. "He is evidently a most useful acquaintance."
When Lord Daubeney of Barrington Court was constable in 1497 Taunton saw thousands of gaunt Cornishmen marching on to London to protest against the king's subsidy, and they aroused the sympathy of the kind-hearted Somerset folk, who fed them, and were afterwards fined for "aiding and comforting" them. Again, crowds of Cornishmen here flocked to the standard of Perkin Warbeck.
He had hardly set foot on the roof before he exclaimed "Well, I'm d d!" Edith turned round quickly. "What on earth is the matter?" she cried. "Why are you using such horrid language? Mr. Daubeney only hurried a little too fast, that is all." Fairholme dropped his voice to a whisper. "Look," he said, indicating with his eyes a distant corner.
Whilst the answering flags were being displayed Daubeney asked "What does it all mean?" "It means," said Brett, "that if the Blue-Bell has another yard of speed in her engines we shall need it all. It perhaps will make no material difference in the long run, but as a mere matter of pride I should like to reach Palermo before Gros Jean.
She had a strange illogical desire to go out and find Miss Daubeney and snatch her blue parasol from her startled hands and stamp upon it. "Well," said Jane, "I don't envy any one who marries Johnny to be shut up in that house with all those old women!" Betty shook her head very solemnly and tried to look older than her years. The afternoon was drawing on.
Still, this was a safer topic than his previous conversation with Hussein-ul-Mulk, so he persevered gamely. They soon reached the quay. Sir Hubert became almost incoherent with agitation when they passed the Blue-Bell and came into full view of Edith, Jack, Fairholme and Daubeney, who happened to leave the hotel shortly before five o'clock in order to visit the yacht and secure a good cup of tea.
She instantly understood that they must continue to talk and act in the guise of ordinary tourists. In this respect the presence of Daubeney was invaluable, for he naturally could not guess the community of interest between his aristocratic friends and the motley group in the corner. As soon as he regained his breath, Edith and he commenced a lively conversation.
As the morning wore, this vessel came nearer, and Daubeney, important now in his capacity of commander, announced that she was the P. and O. steamship Ganges, bound for Brindisi and the East, via the Straits of Messina. "She left Marseilles at a late hour last night," he said, "and will call at Brindisi for the Indian mails." An idea suddenly struck Brett.
Winter, must sail on the Blue-Bell to-night for Marseilles. That is, if Mr. Daubeney is agreeable," he added, turning to that worthy gentleman, whose face was a trifle paler than it had been for years. "I am at your service, gentlemen," he announced promptly. "But what about Fairholme and the young lady," he went on, turning to Sir Hubert. "I think I understand," replied the baronet. "Mr.
"When we return to England, if you are willing, we can be married within a week." A bright flush suffused her beautiful face. She bent her head and was silent. It is quite certain that Fairholme would have kissed her had not Daubeney shouted "Look here, you two, flirting on the bridge is strictly forbidden. You will demoralize the whole crew. Even the pilot cannot keep his eyes off you."
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