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Not bin wounded, I hope, sir?" "No, at least not in body," replied the merchant, with a faint smile and shake of the head; "but I've been sadly bruised and broken in spirit." Joe, remembering somewhat of Mr Hazlit's former state of spirit, had almost congratulated him on the beneficial change before it occurred that his meaning in doing so might have been misunderstood.
It upset Mr Hazlit's preconceived ideas regarding the two countries so completely that he was perplexed. Not being a man of rapid thought he changed the subject: "You are a diver, you say?" "I am, sur." "And Mr Baldwin's partner if I understand you correctly?" "Well, we work together whin we're not workin' apart pritty regular.
At the mention of a young lady Edgar's amused look changed into one of anxiety, for he had, through an English acquaintance in the port, become aware not only of Mr Hazlit's failure, but of his sudden departure for England with his daughter and Miss Pritty, and a vague suspicion of bad news flashed upon him. "You bring a message, I see?" he said, rising and speaking hurriedly. "Let me hear it.
Curious sentiment that of his: `We must risk something sometimes. Very curious, and quite new at least exhibited to me in quite a new light." While Mr Hazlit's mind ran on thus, and his eyes dreamily watched the bubbles on the surface of the sea, our hero was grubbing like a big-headed goblin among the wreckage at the bottom.
Mr Hazlit's usually pale countenance flushed, and he started up. "Hallo! My man, how came you here?" The man looked at the door and hesitated in his attempt to reply to so useless a question. "How comes it that you enter my house and drawing-room without being announced?" asked Mr Hazlit, drawing himself up.
They obeyed the summons, and even Miss Pritty was induced by Aileen to come on deck. Poor Miss Pritty! Her hysterical fit was now quite over, but pale cheeks and a trembling exhausted frame told eloquently of her recent sufferings. Mr Hazlit's limbs were also shaky, and his face cadaverous, showing that his temporary aberration of reason had told upon him.
In the first place, Edgar thought he should very much like to hear Mr Hazlit's views on that subject before speaking. He therefore said nothing. The course being thus left clear to him, the merchant thought as follows: "It's very awkward, excessively awkward and vexatious.
At last, when the shores of China were approached, and people began to talk earnestly about the end of the voyage, Mr Hazlit's shade once more made its appearance, with a spot of dark red on each cheek and on the point of his nose. These spots were hopefully regarded as signs of returning health.
In reply to this the diver told how he had originally become acquainted with the box and its contents, and said that he had more than once searched about the region of Miss Hazlit's cabin while down at the wreck in hope of finding it, but without success.
An event, however, was now pending, which was destined to remove his present difficulties in a very unexpected manner, and to saddle on the shoulders of Charles Hazlit, Esquire, difficulties which he had never in all his previous business calculations taken into account. During most part of the voyage out to China Mr Hazlit's visage had presented a sea-green aspect, edged with yellow.
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