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Updated: May 31, 2025
When Vavasor reached their encampment in the Imperial Hotel, he went to his own room, got out his Russia-leather despatch-box, half-filled with songs and occasional verses, which he never travelled without, and set himself to see what he could do with the dog-fish in what kind of poetic jelly, that is, he could enclose his shark-like mouth and evil look.
So reasoned the good attorney, as with a languid smile and a sigh of content, his long hand laid across the cover of the despatch-box by his side, he looked forth through the plate-glass window upon the sunny fields and hedgerows that glided by him, and felt the blessed assurance, 'look, whatsoever he doeth it shall prosper, mingling in the hum of surrounding nature.
They are both trusty servants who have been with us for some time. Besides, neither of them could possibly have known that there was anything more valuable than the ordinary departmental papers in my despatch-box." "Who did know of the existence of that letter?" "No one in the house." "Surely your wife knew?" "No, sir; I had said nothing to my wife until I missed the paper this morning."
"They want the despatches they tricked me into carrying," cried Hilary; "but they go overboard if I am beaten." To secure this he placed them in the despatch-box, in company with a couple of heavy shot, and placed all ready to heave overboard should matters go wrong.
The Anglo-Indian sat in his private sitting-room at the George Hotel, writing, and examining his papers perpetually writing, perpetually sorting and re-sorting those packets of letters in the despatch-box while he waited for the coming of Mr. Balderby. The postponement of the coroner's inquest was a very good thing for the landlord of the Foresters' Arms.
I yet hope to place it in your hands by the 21st, still, if my eyes grow worse " "Still, if my eyes grow worse " The unfinished sentence was grimly prophetic. Unknown to his attendants at the hospital, among the papers in his despatch-box he had secreted his service revolver.
The Chancellor drew sheaf after sheaf of notes from the red despatch-box on the table in front of him and explained with an air of intensive reasonableness the huge sums he proposed to draw from the property-owners in the country. New inroads were to be made on the profits of land and liquor. Coal-mines were to pay royalties.
Eric smiled indulgently and tossed the note into a despatch-box before ringing for his secretary. He must be more careful in future. . . . When he looked at his engagement-book on Saturday morning, he found that Barbara had named no hour; which was characteristic of her.
After all, I thought and perhaps the thought was laughably vain we were here three very noble human beings to perish in defence of a thieving banker. Before we sat down to table I looked forth from an upstairs window. The day was beginning to decline; the links were utterly deserted; the despatch-box still lay untouched where we had left it hours before. Mr.
Where is the despatch-box?" "Still in his bedroom." "What a stroke of luck! Quick, madam, bring it here!" A moment later she had appeared with a red flat box in her hand. "How did you open it before? You have a duplicate key? Yes, of course you have. Open it!" From out of her bosom Lady Hilda had drawn a small key. The box flew open. It was stuffed with papers.
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