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The precise day, therefore, of Sir Halbert's return, was not fixed, but that which his lady's fond expectation had calculated upon in her own mind had long since passed, and hope delayed began to make the heart sick.
They fell far short certainly of those which might have afflicted a mind regulated by better religious precepts, and more strictly trained under social laws; but still they were deep and severely felt, and divided in Halbert's heart even the regret with which he parted from Mary Avenel and the tower of his fathers.
You have the same agreeable, gentlemanly manners." "Do you mean to say that I am not a gentleman?" blustered Halbert. "Not at all. You may be one, but you don't show it." "I have a great mind to put you out of the yard." Robert glanced at Halbert's figure, slight compared with his own, and laughed. "I think you would find it a difficult undertaking," he said.
Before Sir James had done more than hear the outline of Halbert's tale, however, the watchers on the mound gave the signal that the reivers were coming that way a matter hitherto doubtful, since no one could guess whether Walter Stewart would make for Edinburgh or for Doune.
He had realized eighty cents from his sales the previous day, and he felt that picking berries was much better than remaining idle. Halbert's sneers did not for a moment discompose him. He had pride, but it was an honorable pride, and not of a kind that would prevent his engaging in any respectable employment necessary for the support of his mother and himself.
Some weighed sixty and eighty pounds or more, while those from sixteen to twenty-five pounds, in all varieties, Cuban Queens, Dixies, Halbert's Honey, and Cannon Balls, were procurable at one shilling the dozen, and nearly as much produce as sent away wasted in the fields for want of a market.
He was slightly surprised at the encounter, but was far from guessing the object of Halbert's call. Mr. Paine looked up as he entered, and had no difficulty in guessing his errand. "What can I do for you, Robert?" he asked, kindly. "I bring bad news, Mr. Paine," said our hero, boldly plunging into the subject which had brought him to the office. "It's about the boat, isn't it?" said the lawyer.
All Halbert's entreaties were unavailing, and he finally left his father's presence in a very unfilial frame of mind. The arrival of Captain Rushton, confidently supposed to be dead, produced a great sensation in Millville, and many were the congratulatory visits received at the little cottage. Mrs.
"Leave me," said the Lady; "Sir Halbert's return must now be expected daily, and he will look into these matters himself leave me, I say, Wingate, without saying more of it. I know you are honest, and I believe the boy is petulant; and yet I think it is my favour which hath set all of you against him."
The chaplain's marked dislike had the effect of recommending him to the attention of Sir Halbert's brother, Edward, who now, under the conventual appellation of Father Ambrose, continued to be one of the few monks who, with the Abbot Eustatius, had, notwithstanding the nearly total downfall of their faith under the regency of Murray, been still permitted to linger in the cloisters at Kennaquhair.
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