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All seemed loath to speak, being deeply impressed by the ceremony in which they had taken part. At last Fawkes made ready for departure, being desirous of reaching London ere daybreak. As he approached the door of the room the Superior arose and passed toward him. "Friend Guido," said Garnet, as the other stood ready for the journey, "I will not see thee ere thou and Sir Winter return from France.
In a moment Garnet was upon him, both hands at the soldier's throat, the long fingers pressing firmly the windpipe; one more strong clasp and the priest released his hold, seized the other's sword, which had fallen to the floor, and stood with its point upon the man's breast. "Swear by the God thou fearest, and upon thine honor, that thou wilt remain in this room until I leave the house!
It may perhaps be said without immodesty that the new "candidate for popular favor" was not distinguished by servile flattery of the British character and meek subservience to the British Government, as might perhaps be inferred from the following extract from an article on General Sir Garnet Wolseley, who had just received the thanks of his Sovereign and a munificent reward from Parliament for his successful plundering expedition through Ashantee: "We feel a comfortable sense of satisfaction in the thought that The Lantern will never fail to shed the light of its loyal approval upon any unworthy act by which our country shall secure an adequate and permanent advantage.
Ravenel sat and whittled. The day was hot, yet in his suit of gray summer stuffs he looked as fresh as sprinkled ferns. In a pause Major Garnet, with bright suddenness, asked: "Brother March, where's John been going to school?" The Judge glanced round upon the group as if they were firing upon him from ambush, hemmed, looked at John, and said: "Why, eh who; son?
Sir Garnet Wolseley set up his Kilkenny cat Government in Zululand, or the Home Government did it for him, I do not know which. In place of one king, thirteen chiefs were erected who got to work to cut the throats of each other and of the people.
"Why, John," came the mother's sweet complaint, "I wanted to see Brother Garnet." "Oh, I'm sorry," said the complaisant son. Garnet paused on the coach's platform to get rid of his tremors. "He'll not tell," he said aloud, the uproar of wheels drowning his voice. "He's too good a Rosemonter to tattle. At first I thought he'd got on the same scent as Cornelius.
We've got to justify our expenditure while the season's open." "You haven't got your authority to buy the plant yet." Garnet chuckled. "It was ordered, provisionally, the day you came down; the makers are only waiting for a wire from the Board meeting. In fact, I shouldn't be astonished if some of the work isn't in progress now."
In the veranda, under the moonlight, Garnet turned and said, in a voice almost friendly: "Cornelius." "Yass, sah." "Cornelius, why did you go off and hire yourself out, sir?" At the last word the small listener in the kitchen trembled. "Dass jess what I 'How to 'splain to you, sah." "It isn't necessary.
His service is perfectly dreadful." "It's a little terrifying on first acquaintance." "But you're better at golf than at tennis, Mr. Garnet. I wish you were not." "This is special pleading," I said. "It isn't fair to appeal to my better feelings, Miss Derrick." "I didn't know golfers had any where golf was concerned. Do you really have your off-days?" "Nearly always.
"Yes, my dear boy, my feet had well-nigh slipped." "I oughtn't to have spoken as I did, Major Garnet." "It was the word of the Lord, John. It saved me and my spotless name! The mistake had just begun, in mere play, but it might have grown into actual sin of impulse, I mean, of course not of action; my lifelong correctness of " "Oh, I'm sure of that sir! I only wish I " "God bless you!
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