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He opened the door suddenly and, closing it behind him, breathed the rest to Dialstone Lane. An aged woman sitting in a doorway said, "Hush!" Miss Drewitt sat for some time in her room after the visitors had departed, eyeing with some disfavour the genuine antiques which she owed to the enterprise, not to say officiousness, of Edward Tredgold.
"Much more," said the other, still contemplating the fire. "It is priceless." Miss Drewitt sat up suddenly and then let herself back slowly into the depths of the chair. Her face turned scarlet and she hoped fervently that if Mr. Tredgold looked at her the earth might open and swallow him up.
Tredgold has come indoors to talk sense," said Prudence, demurely. "Talk sense?" repeated the astonished captain. "That's what he says," replied Miss Drewitt, taking a low chair by the captain's side and gazing composedly at the intruder. "I told him that you would like to hear it." She turned her head for a second to hide her amusement, and in that second Mr.
Tredgold made an elaborate attempt to appear confused. "I was going to say," he murmured, gently, "unless, perhaps, one begins on coarse-cut Cavendish rolled in a piece of the margin of the Sunday newspaper." Miss Drewitt suppressed an exclamation. "I wanted to see where the fascination was," she indignantly. "And did you?" inquired Mr. Tredgold, smoothly.
What about your word to Don Silvio then?" "I've got it somewhere," said the captain, brusquely; "I'll have a hunt for it. All the same, I don't know that it's quite fair to interfere in a bet." Miss Drewitt waved the objection away, remarking that people who made bets must risk losing their money. "I'll begin to save up," said Mr. Tredgold, with a lightness which was not lost upon Miss Drewitt.
"My man'll be in soon," he said, releasing the girl, "and then we'll see about some tea. He met me at the station and I sent him straight off for things to eat." "Your man?" said Miss Drewitt. "Yes; I thought a man would be easier to manage than a girl," said the captain, knowingly. "You can be freer with 'em in the matter of language, and then there's no followers or anything of that kind.
Tredgold, in a low voice, to Miss Drewitt. "Well, it's done now," said the captain, genially. "You you're not going?" "Yes, I am," said Mr. Stobell. He bade them good-night, and then pausing at the door stood and surveyed them; even Mr. Tasker, who was gliding in unobtrusively with a jug of water, shared in his regards. "When I think of the orphans and widows," he said, bitterly, "I "
"No," said the girl. "It's a fine piece of work," said Mr. Tredgold. He opened the door leading into the kitchen and stepped out into the garden. Miss Drewitt, after a moment's hesitation, followed, and after one delighted glance at the trim old garden gazed curiously at a mast with a barrel fixed near the top, which stood at the end. "There's a fine view from up there," said Mr. Tredgold.
He opened the door suddenly and, closing it behind him, breathed the rest to Dialstone Lane. An aged woman sitting in a doorway said, "Hush!" Miss Drewitt sat for some time in her room after the visitors had departed, eyeing with some disfavour the genuine antiques which she owed to the enterprise, not to say officiousness, of Edward Tredgold.
"Glad to see you, my lad," he said, shaking hands with Mr. Tredgold and glancing covertly at his niece. "I hope you haven't been waiting long," he added, turning to the latter. "No," said Miss Drewitt, regarding him with a puzzled air. "I missed the train," said the captain. "We must try and manage better next time. I0-I hope you'll be comfortable." "Thank you," said the girl.
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