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There were others who were anxious on account of the peril which threatened the life of "the Golden Shoemaker." Mr. Durnford was weighted with grave concern.
This incident gave rise to an irrational indignation in the colony, and for a while he himself was designated by the ungenerous nickname of 'Don't fire Durnford. It is alleged, none can know with what amount of truth, that it was the memory of this undeserved insult which caused Colonel Durnford to insist upon advancing the troops under his command to engage the Zulus in the open, instead of withdrawing them to await attack in the comparative safety of a 'laager.
In the loves of Hester Murgatroyd and Durnford in The Head Station, of Mrs. Lomax and Leopold D'Acosta in The Bond of Wedlock, and of Mrs. Borlase and Esmé Colquhoun in Affinities, it is the woman who directly, or by implication, insists upon respect of the marriage tie so long as it remains a legal obligation. But it should be made clear that Mrs.
His name was Durnford; and he was a man of strongly-marked individuality a godly, earnest, shrewd, and somewhat eccentric, minister of the Gospel. He was always accessible to his people in their trouble or perplexity, and they came to him without reserve.
Durnford, with an emphasis which caused Mr. Caske to start so violently, that the stem of his pipe, which he had just replaced in his mouth, clattered against his teeth. "No, never! And least of all in the case of friend Horn." The three critics of "the Golden Shoemaker" stared at the minister in amazement. They had been led to think Mr. Durnford was substantially in agreement with their views.
"Well," was the reluctant response, "I suppose I shall have to follow suit." Mr. Durnford smiled. "Thank you, gentlemen, all," he said. "Keep that up, and it will afford you more pleasure than you think." When, shortly afterwards, the minister took his departure, the three friends resumed their smoking; but they did not return to their criticism of "the Golden Shoemaker."
"It concerns Captain Durnford," I replied. "He has been injured in the street, and is in Charing Cross Hospital." "Ah!" she cried. "I see. You do not explain the truth. By your face I can tell there is something more. He's dead! Tell me the worst." "No, Miss Leithcourt," I said gravely, "not dead, but the doctors fear that he may not recover. His wound is dangerous.
"To be sure!" broke in the minister, leaping to his feet, and grasping his visitor's hand, "Pardon me; I quite forgot. Let me congratulate you. Of course it's true?" "Yes, sir, thank you; it's true too true, I'm afraid." Mr. Durnford laughed. "How if I were to commiserate you, then?" he said. "No, sir," said "Cobbler" Horn gravely, "not that either.
The man consulted the big book before him, and answered: "Captain Durnford went out at 9:27 last night, sir, but has not returned." Strange, I thought, but although I waited in the club nearly an hour, he did not put in an appearance. I called again at noon, and he had not come in, and again at two o'clock, but he had not even then made his appearance. Then I began to be anxious.
I can tell you of some good people who have found one." "Cobbler" Horn gave a slight start. "Found a child! What child?" Such were the thoughts which darted, like lightning, through his brain. Then he smiled sadly to himself. Of course what he had imagined, for an instant, could not be. "Well" he said calmly, "who are they? Let me hear!" For one moment only, Mr. Durnford hesitated to reply.
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