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He knew his nephew was graceless enough; but to see him with a pair of handcuffs on! "What does all this mean?" he authoritatively demanded of the officers. "It's no fault of ours, colonel, we have but executed the warrant," answered one of them. "The magistrate, issued it yesterday against these two gentlemen, on suspicion of their being concerned in the murder of Hallijohn."
Benjamin held it out to her, but she took no notice; she was unconscious of all external things save one. That she beheld the real murderer of Hallijohn, she entertained no manner of doubt. In every particular he tallied with the description given by Richard; tall, dark, vain, handsome, delicate hands, jewellery, and Captain Thorn! Barbara's cheeks grew white and her heart turned sick.
She could not at first distinguish who it might be, nothing but an arm and shoulder cased in velveteen met her view, but as their positions changed in conversation his and her father's she saw that it was Locksley; he had been the chief witness, not a vindictive one; he could not help himself, against her brother Richard, touching the murder of Hallijohn. Meanwhile Mrs. Hare had drawn Mr.
Afy flew upstairs, attired herself once more, put one or two things in a small leather bag, placed some money in her purse, and left the house. Sauntering idly on the pavement on the sunny side of the street was a policeman. He crossed over to Afy, with whom he had a slight acquaintance. "Good-day, Miss Hallijohn. A fine day, is it not?" "Fine enough," returned Afy, provoked at being hindered.
"Only he," nodding towards Sir Francis, "was not always the great man he is now." "Ah!" "I have held my tongue about it, for it's no affair of mine, but I don't mind letting you into the secret. Would you believe that that grand baronet there, would-be member for West Lynne, used, years ago, to dodge about Abbey Wood, mad after Afy Hallijohn? He didn't call himself Levison then." Mr.
"I'm sorry to do it in this public place and manner," spoke the officer, partly to Sir Francis, partly to the gentlemen around, "but I couldn't come across you last night, do as I would. And the warrant has been in my hands since five o'clock yesterday afternoon. Sir Francis Levison, I arrest you for the wilful murder of George Hallijohn."
Jiffin, quite lost in the contemplation of Afy's numerous attractions, unusually conspicuous as they were. "Had I known that you were abroad, Miss Hallijohn, and enjoying a holiday, perhaps I might have done it, too, in the hope of coming across you somewhere or other." His words were bona fide as his admiration. Afy saw that, so she could afford to treat him rather de haut en bas.
Hare to her son, almost in an apprehensive tone, her hand pressing his nervously, "was not that Afy Hallijohn I saw you speaking with at the gate?" "Did you? What a spectacle she had made of herself! I wonder she is not ashamed to go through the streets in such a guise! Indeed, I wonder she shows herself at all." "Richard, you you will not be drawn in again?" were the next whispered words.
I had gone into an open space, then, and he accosted me, asking if I had seen 'that hound' fly from the cottage? 'What hound? I asked of him. 'That fine fellow, that Thorn, who comes after Afy, he answered, but I stoutly denied that I had seen any one. Richard Hare continued his way, and I afterward found that Hallijohn was killed."
He was sweet upon Afy Hallijohn." "Where was he living at the time? I never remember him in West Lynne." "He was not at West Lynne, sir. On the contrary, he seemed to take precious good care that West Lynne and he kept separate. A splendid horse he rode, a thoroughbred; and he used to come galloping into the wood at dusk, get over his chat with Miss Afy, mount, and gallop away again." "Where to?
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