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He owed three thousand francs to the upholsterer who had furnished his apartment, and as he could not pay immediately he was in danger of being prosecuted. "Who is the upholsterer?" Caffie asked, while holding his left jaw with his right hand. "Jardine, Boulevard Haussmann." "I know him.
Hugh noticed it particularly, for he chanced to be over at that side of the extensive field. There was a chauffeur at the wheel, and in the tonneau a lady and a boy sat, in whom Hugh quickly recognized Claude Jardine and his mother.
On the second day they sighted the ocean, and after travelling towards it, came to a river three-quarters of a mile wide, which they could not cross. Following it up through fearful country, as Jardine says, "too bad to describe," they had to at last camp where they were, being cut off from even approaching the river by a formidable belt of mangroves.
I am afraid she will be very tired. But Miss Scrotton will take care of her. Sincerely yours, "Karen Woodruff." "Les Solitudes, "March 17th. "Dear Mr. Jardine, I have taken up my pen for only two purposes since I left London to write my weekly letter to my guardian and to thank you over and over again. Only now you have quite spoiled Mrs.
For a considerable time before the arrival of the overland party, Mr. Jardine had not been without some uneasiness for the success and safety of the expedition. The time for their probable arrival had long elapsed.
It was not that Fanny Palliser was wanting in kindness or sympathy, but she was wanting in comprehension of Ida's feelings, and the stronger nature could not lean upon the weaker; and then the mother would be absorbed in her grief at the loss of her boy, who had become doubly precious since his illness. No, Ida felt that now John Jardine was gone she must bear her burden alone.
Hugh recognized the imperiled boy instantly, though utterly amazed at his discovery; he could not understand for the life of him how Claude Jardine, of all fellows in Scranton, could be placed in such a dreadful predicament. But Hugh did not waste a single precious second in trying to solve that puzzle; it could be all made plain after he had managed to save the poor chap.
Meanwhile, Sir William Jardine has published an elegant book, containing a series of drawings, in which the slabs of Corncockle are truthfully represented.
The extent of my familiarities with John Jardine consists in voluntarily kissing him twice last Sunday night for the first and last time, once for himself, and once for his mother, whom I have since ceased to respect." George Holt was watching her with eyes lynx-sharp, but Kate never saw it.
She felt utterly worn out in body and mind all the energy, the calm strength of purpose, which had sustained her up to a certain point, was now exhausted. Despair had taken possession of her, and with despair came that dull apathy which is like death in life. John Jardine took his wife aside before he went back to Brian's rooms. 'I want you to take care of Ida, to keep with her all day.
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