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"I know what you're holding back for," went on the other; "but going down there isn't the same sort of thing; really, it isn't." Jimmie started a little, inside, as he realized for the first time the base of his aversion to dragging himself out on the trip. He turned, half-mechanically, and began tugging at his collar.
Once more the suffering girl looked up, and her glance this time met the eye of the young priest, who immediately raised his hand, and half-mechanically, in a low voice, uttered the words of blessing; and then once more fixed his gaze on the dingy floor, and pursued his own reflections.
"I like to fancy that Stroud himself would have given it to me, if he'd been able to say what he thought that day." And, in answer to a question I put half-mechanically "Begin again?" he flashed out. "When the one thing that brings me anywhere near him is that I knew enough to leave off?" He stood up and laid his hand on my shoulder with a laugh.
It was no easy matter to find this spot by the dim light of a waning moon, and, half-mechanically, Loo joined in the search, and presently, when the jetty was reached, helped to make fast in a choppy sea. They left the luggage on the jetty and walked across the silent sand side by side. "There," said Colville, pointing forward. "It is through that opening in the pine-trees.
Half-mechanically he reached out and took her tea-cup, setting it down on the mantelpiece before her. "Don't be upset!" he said. "I didn't mean to upset you. I shan't go on, if it is against your wish." "It is," said Avery. She spoke tremulously, locking her hands fast together. "It must be my own fault," she said, "I'm dreadfully sorry. I hoped you weren't really in earnest."
She was yielding half-mechanically when suddenly, piercing her through and through, there came to her such a flash of revelation as almost deprived her for the moment of her senses. She stood stock still and faced him. "Oh, who is it?" she cried piteously. "Who is it?" The hand that held her tightened ever so slightly.
"I like to fancy that Stroud himself would have given it to me, if he'd been able to say what he thought that day." And, in answer to a question I put half-mechanically "Begin again?" he flashed out. "When the one thing that brings me anywhere near him is that I knew enough to leave off?" He stood up and laid his hand on my shoulder with a laugh.
Caryll knew of his father, than the supposition that so dull and practical and self-centered a nature could have been irradiated by a gleam of such tenderness as the hoarding of those letters might have argued. He continued to turn them over, half-mechanically, forgetful of the urgent need to burn the treasonable documents he had secured, forgetful of everything, even Hortensia's presence.
While these thoughts were passing through his mind, he was feeling, half-mechanically, for his purse. Suddenly his heart stopped beating; a feeling of cold scales passed up the back of his legs, and a cold blow seemed to fall upon his scalp. He stood petrified for a moment; then he felt again with one feverish movement; and then his loss burst upon him, and he was covered with perspiration.
It was no easy matter to find this spot by the dim light of a waning moon, and, half-mechanically, Loo joined in the search, and presently, when the jetty was reached, helped to make fast in a choppy sea. They left the luggage on the jetty and walked across the silent sand side by side. "There," said Colville, pointing forward. "It is through that opening in the pine-trees.
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