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Eltham began to pace up and down the rug, his pipe bubbling furiously; and something in the way he carried his head reminded me momentarily of Nayland Smith.
President of the Woolwich Antiquarian Society. Comprising Woolwich, Plumstead, Charlton, Shooters' Hill, Westcombe Park, Eltham, Abbey Wood, Belvedere, Erith, and Bexley.
His servant for he needed assistance must have been in hiding somewhere outside; Heaven knows where! During the day they could come or go by the gates, as we have already noted." "You think it was the Doctor himself?" "It seems possible. Who else has eyes like the eyes Miss Eltham saw from the window last night?"
"My dear Petrie!" cried Eltham, in his enthusiastic way "you no doubt can do something to alleviate the poor man's suffering immediately. I will run back to your rooms for the bag and rejoin you at 280, Rectory Grove." "It's awfully good of you, Eltham " He held up his hand. "The call of suffering humanity, Petrie, is one which I may no more refuse to hear than you."
For I, within my very bones, felt it to be the calm before the storm. When, later, we men passed to the library, we seemed to leave that atmosphere behind us. "Redmoat," said the Rev. J. D. Eltham, "has latterly become the theater of strange doings." He stood on the hearth-rug. A shaded lamp upon the big table and candles in ancient sconces upon the mantelpiece afforded dim illumination. Mr.
Coincident with my recognition of Mr. Eltham he leaped, plunging into the shrubbery in the wake of the dog. But the night held yet another surprise; for Nayland Smith's voice came: "Come back! Come back, Eltham!" I ran out into the passage and downstairs. The front door was open. A terrible conflict waged in the shrubbery, between the mastiff and something else.
Who married them?" "There was a Bishop, a dean; and a couple of clergymen present. I imagine the knot was very securely tied." "Was the squire present?" "No. They were married from the earl's town house. The squire was unable to take the journey. He was very quiet and somber about the affair." "George Eltham, I suppose, was Antony's chief friend?" "He was not there at all.
Reference to the counterfoil of the ticket-book showed that it had been deposited about the time of arrival of the Continental express on the twenty-third of November, so that its owner must have gone straight on to Eltham.
Wilfrid could not repress a despondent shrug. "But you can get released," she cried; and ultimately counselled him: "Mention the name of Lord Eltham before her once, when you are alone. Watch the result. Only, don't be clumsy. But I need not tell you that."
Some elms bordered the road, and there was a large clear-looking pond, and flocks of geese would waddle over the common, hissing and thrusting out their yellow bills to every passer-by. The cottages were pretty and rustic-looking, and had gay little gardens in front. They belonged to Mr. Lucas; and Eltham Cottage, as Mr. Lambert's house was called, was his property also.
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