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She shook off his hands, not because she rebelled against his touch, against his sympathy, merely because she had come to that nervous state where she scarce realized what she did. "Oh," she choked, "I can't bear it. My baby, my little baby boy. The one bright spot that's left, and he has to suffer like that. If he dies, it's the end of everything for me." Fyfe stared at her.
Then she sends them to Switzerland, where brothers and sisters are kept unseparated in family groups until the war is over. The Queen busies herself with these children. For the newest generation of Belgians Miss Fyfe has established a Maternity Hospital. Nearly one hundred babies have come to live there. It was my work to keep track of clothes and supplies.
Mr Cheyne, the town-clerk, was likewise present, a most discreet character, but being a lawyer by trade, and come of an episcopal stock, he was rather a thought, it was said, inclined to the prelatic sect. Divers others, douce and religious characters, were also there, especially Mr Jaddua Fyfe, a merchant of women's gear, then in much renown for his suavity.
THE BRITISH NAVY, Sir Thomas Brassey, 1884. THE TORPEDO IN PEACE AND WAR, F. T. Jane, 1898. SUBMARINE WARFARE, H. C. Fyfe, 1902. THE SUBMARINE IN WAR AND PEACE, Simon Lake, 1918. FOUR MODERN NAVAL CAMPAIGNS, Lissa, W. L. Clowes, 1902. THE AUSTRO-ITALIAN NAVAL WAR, Journal of the United Service Institution, Vol. XI, pp. 104ff.
Always she rose in the morning heavy-eyed and stiff-muscled. Youth and natural vigor alone kept her from breaking down, and to cap the strain of toil, she was soul-sick with the isolation. For she was isolated; there was not a human being in the camp, Katy John included, with whom she exchanged two dozen words a day. Before the snow put a stop to logging, Jack Fyfe dropped in once a week or so.
She was still hot with the spirit of mutiny when morning came, but she cooked breakfast. It was not in her to act like a petulant child. Morning also brought a different aspect to things, for Charlie told her while he helped prepare breakfast that he was going to take his crew and repay in labor the help Jack Fyfe had given him. "While we're there, Jack's cook will feed all hands," said he.
Here and there blackened, fire-scorched patches abutted upon its northern flank, stumps of great trees smoldering, crackling yet. At the first such place, half a dozen men were busy with shovels blotting out streaks of fire that crept along in the dry leaf mold. No, they had not seen Fyfe. But they had been blamed busy. He might be up above.
Nevertheless, she lightened the day's labor, and Stella put up with her slowness since she needs must or assume the entire burden herself. This time Katy thoughtlessly left with both water pails empty. Stella was just picking them up off the bench when a shadow darkened the door, and she looked around to see Jack Fyfe. "How d' do," he greeted. He had seemed a short man.
You see my hunch was correct, too." She looked up at him in some wonder. She hadn't accustomed herself to associating Jack Fyfe with actions based on pure sentiment. He was too intensely masculine, solid, practical, impassive. He did not seem to realize even that sentiment had influenced him in this. He discussed it too matter-of-factly for that. She wondered what became of the bride-to-be.
She could only visualize him progressing step by step from one lawless deed to another. And in her mind every step led to Jack Fyfe, who had made a mock of him. She found her hands clenching till the nails dug deep. Linda's head drooped over the teacup. Her eyelids blinked. "Dear," Stella said tenderly, "come and lie down. You're worn out." "Perhaps I'd better," Linda muttered.
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