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De Vasselot was looking through a pair of marine glasses across the hills to where the Perucca rock jutted out of the mountain side. "No; I hate it. But I am glad to come back," he said. "Monsieur will be welcomed by his people. It is a great power, the voice of the people." For the captain was a Republican. "It is the bleating of sheep, mon capitaine," returned de Vasselot, with a laugh.
He paced the deck nervously, and was constantly sweeping the horizon with his marine glasses. Not a boat was in sight. As sunset arrived, he even sent Chris aloft to the mizzen-topmast-head, but with no better luck. The boats could not possibly be back before midnight.
"I know all the families of this place and its neighborhood," he answered. "We have the young lady studying with us at the Institute," said Mr. Bernard. "I know it," the Doctor answered. "Is she a good scholar?" All this time the Doctor's eyes were fixed steadily on Mr. Bernard, looking through the glasses. "She is a good scholar enough, but I don't know what to make of her.
Such a wine cannot disagree at any hour. Do! I am allowanced two glasses three hours before dinner. Stomachic. I find it agree with me surprisingly: quite a new man. I suppose it will last our time. It must! What should we do? There's no Law possible without it. Not a lawyer of us could live. Ours is an occupation which dries the blood."
His tone was excited and his manner distraught. "Yes?" the Hawk muttered thickly. "What is it?" "It's the asteroid, sir! I was instructed to watch it at intervals, but I I guess I fell asleep, and just now " Carse sat up. "Yes? What?" " when I looked, through the glasses it was gone!" "Gone? You're sure? Let me see."
"We're a committee," repeated young Herricote, sitting down on the edge of a chair, and looking around most uncomfortably at the luxurious apartment. He had not realized it would be like this. He was beginning to feel like a fish out of water. As for the rest of the committee, they were overawed and dumb, all except the little fellow with the tortoise-rimmed glasses.
He let it lie beside him for half a minute while he opened and shut his right hand, and then, taking it up quickly, fired. Still there was no blur on the white surface of the card and Gladwyne sharply shut his glasses, while two of the onlookers ran toward the target. They came back in silence and one significantly held up the ace. There were three small holes in the black center.
Of furniture there was not much, only an open cupboard, displaying two silver cups and tankards, a sauce-pan of the same metal, a few tall, slender, Venetian glasses, a little pewter, and some rare shells.
His opinions were usually expressed without ceremony; and his speech was not the most circumspect NOW, as since his return to the fort he had swallowed, fasting, two or three glasses of a favourite spirit, which, without intoxicating, had greatly excited him.
After looking attentively I guessed the meaning of this quite unusual illumination in the rear of the trenches. The lights came from some large fir-trees, placed there under cover of night, and beautifully lighted up. With my glasses I could make them out distinctly, and even the figures dancing round them; and we could hear their voices and shouts of merriment.
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