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Before he could receive a reply, however, the house was almost crowded; and it was not without considerable difficulty, that, by the exertions of Mrs. Sullivan and Bartley, sufficient order and quiet were obtained to hear distinctly what was said. "Plase your Reverence," said several voices at once, "they're comin', hot-foot, into the very house to us!
"He's the curiousest critter we ever had in this town." "Yes," agrees Watty, "I guess he be." At this juncture comes an interruption; Tracey Tanner returns, hot-foot. Either he has been running, or his breathlessness is due to excitement. Before the two upon the bench he pauses in agitated glee, a bearer of tremendous tidings. "Hello," he pants.
His jealousy swept away the prudence that had dammed his anger. "Didn't you take him out driving? Didn't you spend a night alone with him and Dave Dingwell? Didn't you hot-foot it down to Hart's because you was afraid yore precious spy would meet up with what he deserved?" Beulah drew up Blacky abruptly. "Now you can leave me. Don't stop to say good-bye. I hate you.
He told of what he had learned from the housekeeper, and they discussed the probabilities of the woman reaching Dalehurst Grange. If she managed to escape Blake and the other detectives who were hot-foot on her trail there was little doubt but that she would walk blindly into a trap.
The boys walked faster until they came to the cross-passage and then turned to the right. Just as they left the main gangway, they heard the sound of running feet and directly the distant creaking the ladder rungs. "Some one's making a hot-foot for the surface!" exclaimed Tommy. "That's Ventner!" declared Sandy. "How do you know that?" "Because he wears heavy boots.
'That will do, said the tutor. 'I want to hear no gossip, And, hiding his joy, he went off hot-foot to communicate the news to his pupil. But Mr. Dunborough laughed in his face. 'Pooh! he said. 'I know where they are. 'You know? Then where are they? Thomasson asked. 'Ah, my good Tommy, that is telling. 'Well, Mr. Thomasson answered, with an assumption of dignity. 'At any rate they are gone.
Then he said very quietly: "M. Marmont, this is neither the place nor the opportunity which I should have chosen for confronting you with all the lies which you have told in the past ten months ever since you entered my house as an honoured guest. But M. de St. Genis has left me no option. Burning with indignation at your treachery he came hot-foot to unmask you, before my daughter's fair hand had affixed her own honourable name beneath that of a cheat and a traitor. .
I think we will go to Coligny's lodgings. Mounted, for a man on a horse has an advantage if the mob are out!" The two left the tavern, both sniffing the air as if they found it tainted. The streets were filling now, and men were running as if to a rendezvous, running hot-foot without speech and without lights. Most wore white crosses on their left sleeve.
I was like to have a bad enough time of it with my Lord Advocate Grant, the best of ways; but to go to him hot-foot from Appin's agent, was little likely to mend my own affairs, and might prove the mere ruin of friend Alan's. The whole thing, besides, gave me a look of running with the hare and hunting with the hounds that was little to my fancy.
The first rocket had fetched her over hot-foot and agog, and the captain had to run out and stop her tongue, and send her home with Ann Geen. But they didn't go till the preacher had touched off every single rocket, stepping back as they went whoosh! whoosh! and waving his hat and crying, "God save the King!"
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