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In consequence of this, he proposed to remove, when the Earl of Huntingdon, being made acquainted with this circumstance, and hearing very favourable accounts of our author, interested himself to prevent his removal. He made application to Mr. Gilby, promised to make him his chaplain, and promote him in the church, provided he would relinquish his place in the college, in favour of Mr. Hall.
'See them, said Gilby; 'they look like streaks of yellow light! 'I see, said Zilda, and she did see for the first time. Now Gilby had a certain capacity for rejoicing in the beauties of nature; it was overlaid with huge conceit in his own taste and discernment and a love of forcing his observations on other people, but the flaws in his character Zilda was not in a position to see.
There was no reason why she should not go to see the mishap. Truly there had been many a breakdown on this road before and Zilda had never stirred foot to examine them, but now she walked on steadily. Her fear told her that Gilby might find some means of getting on to the next station, some engine laden with supplies for the workmen from the other station might take him back with it.
Excited by success, she would climb the wood pile, large and heavy as she was, and, standing upon its edge, would flap her arms and flutter back in a frightened manner and brace herself to the leap, as Gilby had done. She was aided in this representation by her familiarity with the habits of chickens when they try to get down from a high roost.
'Don't you speak English? 'Yes, sir, said Zilda. This was not very interesting for Gilby. He had about him a good deal of the modern restlessness that cannot endure one hour without work or amusement.
'I will give you a watch, Zilda, he said, 'a gold watch; you will like that. 'No, monsieur. Zilda's face was flushed and her head was high in the air. 'I will give you a ring; you would like that a golden ring. 'No, monsieur; I would not like it at all. Gilby retired from the discussion that day feeling some offence and a good deal of consternation.
This was mortifying to little Gilby; his manner was quite huffy for some minutes after. Zilda had her own ideas of what she would do. She presently left him alone and walked on swiftly to the place of the breakdown. There she borrowed a hand-car; it was a light one that could be worked easily by two men, and Zilda determined to work it alone.
I talked to him wildly, and he went away sad at heart. After a fit of weeping, I felt in a more reasonable mood when we met at night. "I cannot," my husband said, "look upon Miss Gilby through a mist of abstraction, just because she is English. Cannot you get over the barrier of her name after such a long acquaintance? Cannot you realize that she loves you?"
Armand, but most of the strangers which chance brought that way spoke English, so that the St. Armand folks could speak English also. Anything which is repeated at appreciable intervals has to occur very often before the unscientific mind will perceive the law of its repetition. There was a little red-haired Englishman, John Gilby by name, who travelled frequently that way.
Zilda worked at the handles of the machine; she was very large and strong, all her attitudes were statuesque. The May day beamed on the flat spring landscape through which they were travelling; the beam found a perfect counterpart in the joy of Zilda's heart. So she brought Gilby safely to the hotel and installed him in the best room there. The sprain was a very bad one.
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