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We had several other passengers on board, who, notwithstanding the risks which they knew must be encountered on the African coast, had, for the sake of seeing the country, come on board with the intention of proceeding on to Cape Town, to which, as I said, we were ultimately bound. I will mention first Captain Stanley Hyslop, a near relation of mine, a nephew of my mother's.
"Ye-hes. I think we shall do very comfortably here for the next seven years." He was thinking of old Hyslop. He had given him seven years. Mary inquired whether the doctor was in. Dr. Rowcliffe was in but he was engaged in the surgery. Mary thought she knew why Gwenda had come to-day. For the last two or three Wednesdays Rowcliffe had left Garthdale without calling at the Vicarage.
Grace Hyslop had beauty, but not much charm; Lister thought her cold, and imagined her prejudices were strong and conventional. Mortimer's talk and manners were colorlessly correct. Lister did not know yet if Hyslop was a prig or not. Cartwright was frankly puzzling. He looked like a sober country gentleman, and this was not the type Lister had thought to meet.
There's enough to keep him occupied, unless the pump plays out before I get back." Cartwright looked relieved, but asked meaningly: "Did you know Mrs. Cartwright and Miss Hyslop were at Las Palmas?" "I did not know until yesterday evening, twenty-four hours after I arrived; but we'll talk about this again. I expect you want to know how we are getting on at the wreck?" Cartwright nodded.
"You see," she confided, "Victor and I were engaged to be married, so naturally I let him help me a little. I shan't be able to stay on here now. They are bothering me about their bill already," she added, with a side-glance at an envelope which stood on a table by her side. He drew a little nearer to her. "Miss Hyslop " he began. "Daisy," she interrupted.
Vernon examine her supposititious injury, his business was to help, and he laughed. "Miss Hyslop's skin is not like my tough hide. You certainly fixed my arm, but it was a drastic cure, and I think Miss Hyslop ought to refuse. I try to indulge you, like a dutiful son, but you are not her mother." "I am her mother and she will not indulge me," Mrs.
"I for one am not going to stop here and be bullied by an ignorant greenhorn!" cried one. "Nor I," exclaimed another. "Well, mates, let us take the old boatswain, who was our friend at all times, and see what is to be got on shore. Would any of you ladies and gentlemen like to come with us?" Captain Hyslop now stepped forward.
Finally, on one of them I found a message, neatly written and covering the entire slate. It read: "Mrs. Piper is a genuine medium. She possesses powers of a very unusual nature. Her tests given Hyslop and others are genuine. Do not be a skeptic. You are making a mistake, dear friend. It is all plain to me now, and spirit is all there is.
Some looked gloomy and some stubborn; a few looked frankly bored. There were five or six women and two whispered, while the others glanced about with jerky movements. Cartwright's face hardened when he saw Mrs. Seaton, and then he noted Hyslop in a back row. He thought Hyslop looked languidly amused. When all was quiet, he took the notes Gavin handed him, glanced at the paper, and put it down.
"That being so," Francis continued, "I am going to make a proposition to you for what it is worth. Where were you going when I met you this morning, Shopland?" "To call upon you in Clarges Street, sir." "What for?" "I was going to ask you if you would be so kind as to call upon Miss Daisy Hyslop, sir." Francis smiled. "Great minds," he murmured.
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