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I understand there is a chance of his being our chaplain. He is Sergeant Dunbar's son." "I wish to Heaven we could take him with us! What about it, Fraser? We've got the father, why not the son, too? They'd both like it." "I say, Colonel, for Heaven's sake, have a heart. I hated to surrender my company sergeant major. I don't think I ought to be asked to surrender our chaplain."
His face was white, and he found himself hoping to God that this tale of Dunbar's would not bring back to him those horrible nights he had had at the beginning of the voyage. 'Tranter was the captain of the boat, said Dunbar, 'and Tranter was about the worst sort of coward you are likely to meet on this side of Jordan. E. W. Smith, on the other hand, never lost his head.
Singleton added: "I believe I told you, Miss Gordon is Mr. Dunbar's sweetheart. Their engagement is no secret, and he is a lucky man; for she is as good as she is pretty, and as sweet as she is rich. She has shown such a tender interest in you, and manifests so much sympathy, that I am sure she will influence him in your favor, and I feel so encouraged about your future."
"Miss Gordon, your uncle wishes to know whether you are ready to go home; as he has an engagement that calls him away?" Did Leo imagine the look of relief that seemed to brighten Mr. Dunbar's face, as he said promptly: "With your permission, I will see you safely down stairs, and commit you to Judge Dent's care." Standing beside the cot, she watched Mrs.
Dunbar's failure to present himself on an occasion at which she had especially desired his presence; and as she recalled the affectionate phraseology of her note of invitation, her fair cheek burned with an intolerable sense of humiliation. Was it partition, or total loss, of her precious kingdom?
His small colonial experiences were more interesting than Mrs Dunbar's domestic ones; and his account of a tiger hunt more exciting than his father's history of the run he had had after a fox. Frances was an equally welcome resource to him.
Henry Dunbar's deadly pallor that wild, scared look in his eyes, as they slowly reopened and glared upon Laura's anxious face were ever present to the young lawyer's mind. Why was this man frightened of his beautiful child? for that it was fear, and not love, which had blanched Henry Dunbar's face, the lawyer felt positive. Why was this father frightened of his own daughter, unless ? Unless what?
Dunbar's portrait may be amongst them. "Oh, I should be so very much obliged if you would allow me to examine those pictures," said Laura. "You think you would recognize the portrait?" "Yes, surely; I could not fail to do so.
Dunbar's professional reputation is more precious in his sight than a poor girl's life; moreover, even if he desired to undo his work, he could not. I am beyond human succor. Fate nails me to a cross, but God consents; so I make no struggle, for behind fate stands God and my father." Wearily she leaned back on her pillows, and turned her face to the wall. Mrs.
Only for one moment had she peeped wonderingly into the splendid interior of Henry Dunbar's mansion; but the objects seen in that one brief glance had stamped themselves upon the girl's memory. "He is rich," she thought, "and they say that wealth can buy all the best things upon this earth. But, after all, there are few real things that it can purchase.
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