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Adler did not understand; his wits could not adjust themselves to such information. Ferriss was dead, but how was Bennett to blame? The king could do no wrong. Adler did not understand. No doubt Bennett was referring to something that had happened during the retreat over the ice something that had to be done, and that in the end, and after all this lapse of time, had brought about Mr.
Bennett waited for a moment, then repeated the name, "Chief Engineer Richard Ferriss " Again he was silent; but after a few seconds he called aloud in agony of anxiety, "Chief Engineer Richard Ferriss, answer to the roll-call!"
"What orders, sir?" repeated Adler. A clamour of voices filled the tent. Ferriss came quickly up to Bennett, trying to make himself heard. "Listen!" he cried with eager intentness, "what I told you a while ago about Lloyd I thought it's all a mistake, you don't understand " Bennett was not listening. "What orders, sir?" exclaimed Adler for the third time. Bennett drew himself up.
Oh, you can look at the address," added Bennett as Ferriss, turning the envelope bottom side up, was thrusting it into his breast pocket; "you know her even better than I do. It's Lloyd Searight." Ferriss's teeth shut suddenly upon his pipestem. Bennett rose. "Tell Muck Tu," he said, "in case I don't think of it again, that the dogs must be fed from now on from those that die.
We'll have a regular beano. We both need it." In the seclusion of her room that night Esther took out her best new evening gown, bought in Paris, and examined it with satisfaction. She had worn it only once; it had been a present from Miss Ferriss. Layers of filmy chiffon, peach-coloured, it presented a delectable picture as she spread it out on the bed.
Ferriss says we've got nearly a quarter of a mile of level floes." On again at one o'clock; but the hummock of which Bennett had spoken proved absolutely impassable for the loaded sledges. It was all one that the men lay to the ropes like draught-horses, and that Muck Tu flogged the dogs till the goad broke in his hands.
I don't know whether he took this thing from Ferriss or not. Both of them were exposed to the same conditions when their expedition went to pieces and they were taken off by the whaling ships bad water, weakened constitution, not much power of resistance; in prime condition for the bacillus, and the same cause might have produced the same effect; at any rate, he's in a bad way."
And the chanting cries of the street rolled to her like the tremendous diapason of a gigantic organ: "Rescued, rescued, rescued!" "Have just arrived in the City. When may I see you? News of Ward Bennett and of Richard Ferriss had not been wanting during the past fortnight or so.
Now her anger grew suddenly hot against Ferriss. How had he dared? How had he dared to put this indignity, this outrageous insult, upon her? Now her wrath turned upon Bennett. What audacity had been his to believe that she would so forget herself? She set her teeth in her impotent anger, rising to her feet, her hands clenching, tears of sheer passion starting to her eyes.
The windows were wide open; a stale odour of drugs pervaded the air, while upon the bed nothing remained but the mattress and bolster. For a moment Bennett looked about him bewildered, then he started sharply. This was had been the sick-room. Here, upon that bed, Ferriss had died; here had been enacted one scene in the terrible drama wherein he, Bennett, had played so conspicuous a part.
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