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There was the boat, the lascar resting motionless on his oar. Ten minutes later Diggle was assisted up the side of the Kent, and handed over to the officer of the watch. Then Desmond made his report to Clive. "All the enemy are withdrawn within the fort, sir. The whole ground between the fort and the shore is clear. There is nothing to obstruct your landing." "I thank you.
I opened my window to look out, and that man pointed me out with his whip and said to the girl beside him: 'That's our Mr. Diggle. If you like our chutney, try our cheddar. I shall go down and speak to the policeman at once. This sort of thing must be stopped. Come, come, Sharper, give me the name, please." "The lady who called to see me," said Luke, "was Lady Tyburn.
As he came nearer to the singers, he distinguished the words of the song, and remembered the occasion on which he had heard them before: the evening of Clive's banquet at Market Drayton the open window of the Four Alls, the voice of Marmaduke Diggle.
The attacking party were coming forward in close order, and five of the men fell. But the rest sprang forward with shrill yells, Diggle, who was untouched, urging them on. Even the fire of Desmond's second rank failed to check them.
Some hours passed. About midday he heard footsteps approaching the shed. The door was opened, and in the entrance Diggle appeared. "You will excuse me," he said with a sniff, "if I remain on the threshold of your apartment. It is, I fear, but imperfectly aired." He pulled a charpoy to the door, and sat down upon it, as much outside as within.
Why, Governor Pitt was an interloper; and your own father: yes, he was an interloper, and an interloper of the best." "But not a pirate," said Desmond hotly, his scornful silence yielding at last. "True, true," said Diggle suavely; "but in the Indies, you see, we don't draw fine distinctions. We are all bucaneers in a sense; some with the sword, others the ledger.
If you refuse, I shall kill you; no, I shall not kill you, for death is sweet to a slave; I shall inflict on you the tortures I reserve for those who provoke my anger; you shall lose your ears, your nose, and " Diggle again interposed. If you will deign to leave him to me, I think that in a little I shall find means to overcome his hesitation." "But even then, how can I trust the boy?
Mr. Diggle?" "A friend of mine a friend of the captain. He has arranged everything." "I believe you, matey. He's arranged everything. Supercargo! Well, to be sure! Never a supercargo as I ever knowed but wanted a man to look arter him, fetch and carry for him, so to say. How would I do, if I might make so bold?" "Thanks," said Desmond, smiling as he surveyed the man's huge form.
Desmond felt in a maze of bewilderment. It was clear that Diggle was ignorant of the whereabouts of the ladies; where had they been spirited to, and by whom? Apparently there had been an attack on the house, and they had been carried away: was it by friends or foes? What was the meaning of the paper found by Diggle?
At a second glance he saw with surprise that the mounted man was his brother; the other, Diggle. A well-filled moneybag hung at Richard Burke's saddle bow; he was on his way to the Hall to pay his rent. His back was towards Desmond; but, as the latter paused, Richard threw a rapid glance over his shoulder, and with a word to the man at his side cantered away.
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