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"Of course!" cried the minister, with twinkling eyes. "The birds of prey will be upon you from every side; and your being a religious man will, by no means, mitigate the evil." "Ah, I have no doubt you are right, sir! And it's a sort of compliment to religion, isn't it?" "Of course it is," said Mr. Durnford; "and a very beautiful way of looking at it too." "Thank you, sir.
According to the evidence of Lieutenant Cochrane given at the court of inquiry, Colonel Pulleine thereupon stated to Colonel Durnford the orders that he had received, to 'defend the camp, and it would appear that either then or subsequently some altercation took place between these two officers.
But to return to what we were talking about just now, perhaps, sir, you could give me a hint or two, this morning, with regard to my money?" Thus invited, Mr. Durnford ventured to mention several cases of individual necessity with which he was acquainted, and to indicate various schemes of wide-spread benevolence in which a man of wealth might embark.
On my return to London next day I made inquiry at the Admiralty and learned that the battleship Bulwark was lying at Palermo, therefore I telegraphed to Jack Durnford, and late the same afternoon his reply came at the Cecil: "Due in London twentieth. Dine with me at club that evening Jack." The twentieth! That meant nearly a month of inactivity.
Caske and his friends, to resume the conversation which had been in progress previous to the entrance of Mr. Durnford. When the pipes had been blown up, and were once more in full blast, there was no longer any excuse for silence. Mr. Caske, being the host, was then the first to speak.
This force, under the command of Colonel Glyn, and accompanied by Lord Chelmsford himself, left Isandhlwana at dawn on the 22nd, a despatch having first been sent to Lieut.-Colonel Durnford, R.E., who was in command of some five hundred friendly Natal Zulus, about half of whom were mounted and armed with breech-loaders, to move up from Rorke's Drift and strengthen the camp, which was now in charge of Lieut.-Colonel Pulleine of the 1st battalion 24th regiment.
Durnford, alighted from the train at the station which served for Daisy Lane, and were met by Mr. Gray. "Well, Mr. Gray," said "the Golden Shoemaker," who was in a buoyant, and almost boisterous mood, "How are things looking?" "Everything promises well, sir," replied the agent, who was beaming with pleasure.
The four figures are intended to represent Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. The #Lectern# of brass was presented to the church as a memorial of Richard Owen, of Chichester, by his daughter. The #Font# under the south-western tower is a copy of an old one in the church at Shoreham. It was the gift of Bishop Durnford, as a memorial of his wife.
One of the newcomers was Major Bartlett, whom I at once recollected as having been a guest of Leithcourt's up at Rannoch, and the other a younger man whom Durnford introduced to me as Captain Hanbury. "Oh, Major!" I cried, rising and grasping his hand. "I haven't seen you since Scotland, and the extraordinary ending to your house-party." "No," he laughed. "It was an amazing affair, wasn't it?
But there's another thing; it seems so dreadful that one man should have so much money. Do you know, sir, I'm almost a millionaire?" He made this announcement in very much the same tone in which he would have informed the minister that he was stricken with some dire disease. "Is your trouble so great as that?" asked Mr. Durnford, in mock dismay. "Yes, sir; and it's a very serious matter indeed.
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