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"Isn't your grandmamma afraid to let you run up and down here, Miss Gladwyn?" I said. "Me!" she exclaimed, apparently in the utmost surprise. "That WOULD be fun! For, you know, if she tried to hinder me but she knows it's no use; I taught her that long ago let me see, how long: oh! I don't know I should think it must be ten years at least.
I made this so plain to my conscience that in five minutes more I was on the road to Gladwyn, and before the church bells had stopped ringing I had entered the dark shrubberies, and was looking at the closed windows, wondering which of them belonged to Miss Hamilton's room. I was agreeably surprised when a pretty-looking maid admitted me.
To omit this formality would be equivalent to a declaration of war. It had been understood that his followers were to fall upon the English officers the moment he should make this presentation, and there had been no opportunity to alter this prearranged programme. So the great chief hesitated, held out the fatal belt, and then made a motion as though to withdraw it. Gladwyn extended his hand.
This question baffled me; it was impossible for me to answer it. I could not understand his manner to her. He was perfectly kind and gentle to her, as he was to all women, but he was also reserved and distant; in spite of their long acquaintance, for he had visited at Gladwyn for years, there was no familiarity between them.
'They have accused him falsely, I seemed to hear her say: 'Eric never took that cheque. What a mystery in that quiet household! No wonder there was something unrestful in the atmosphere of Gladwyn, that one felt oppressed and ill at ease in that house. Fragments of my conversation with Mr. Hamilton came unbidden to my memory.
I heard Captain Hamilton's name again shortly afterwards. I was calling at Gladwyn one afternoon. I was loath to do so in Gladys's absence, but I dared not discontinue my visits entirely, for fear of Miss Darrell's remarks. To my surprise, I found her tête-
Gladys's letter made me very anxious. There was a tone about it that seemed as though her nerves were giving way. The heat was intense, and most likely anxiety about Eric was disturbing her night's rest. Want of sleep would be serious to Gladys's highly-strung organisation. I was determined to speak to Mr. Hamilton, or go myself to Gladwyn.
We must not expect perfection in this world, finished the little lady sententiously. 'I have never met any one half as good as Uncle Max, was my warm retort. 'He is the most unselfish of men. 'Unselfish men make mistakes sometimes, she returned drily. 'Giles and he are great friends. He is up at Gladwyn a great deal; so is Mr. Tudor. Mr.
"While thanking you, I beg you not to inconvenience yourself to do so," remarked Gladwyn, frigidly, and with this the interview ended.
The number of warriors under the command of Pontiac is variously estimated from six hundred to two thousand. The garrison consisted of one hundred twenty soldiers, eight officers, and about forty others capable of bearing arms. Two armed schooners, The Beaver and The Gladwyn, were anchored in the river near the Fort.
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