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She glanced up when she heard his step, and moving quietly forward he stopped on the opposite side of the table with his hand on a chair. He knew there was much against him and feared a rebuff, but delay might be dangerous and he could not wait. Standing quietly resolute, he fixed his eyes on the girl's face. "Is your father at home, Miss Kenwardine?" he asked. "No," said Clare.
As a matter of fact, Jake handled the subject with some judgment when Kenwardine, who had just finished his breakfast, gave him coffee in the patio. They sat beneath the purple creeper while the sunshine crept down the opposite wall. The air was fresh and the murmur of the surf came languidly across the flat roofs. "Aren't you in town unusually early?" Kenwardine asked.
I didn't exactly notice you perhaps I was too ill but I felt you were there, and that was comforting." "And yet you are surprised to see me now!" "I can't have explained it properly. I didn't know you were Miss Kenwardine; but I felt I knew you and kept trying to remember, but I was feverish and my mind wouldn't take your image in.
And you can't go very far; one can't be rude to one's guests." "Well," said Kenwardine, smiling, "it's kind of you to make an excuse for me. On the whole, of course, I like you to be fastidious in your choice of friends, but one should temper severity with sense. I don't want you to get as exacting as Brandon, for example." "I'm afraid he was right when he tried to keep Fuller away."
Because we value our trade with England and wish to attract British capital, he knew we would not interfere with him unless we had urgent grounds, and wished to learn how far we would let him go. It must be owned that in this country official suspicion can often be disarmed." "By a bribe? I don't think Kenwardine is rich," Dick objected.
It looks as if you were not very anxious to overtake Kenwardine." "I'm not," Jake admitted. "If you're determined to go, I'm coming, but I'd be glad of a good excuse for letting the matter drop." Somewhat to his surprise, Dick gave him a sympathetic nod. "I know; I've felt like that, but the thing can't be dropped. It's a hateful job, but it must be finished now."
"It's hard to see how a white man could make use of such poisonous colored trash," Jake remarked. "But I expect you don't want me, and I'll see what Don Sebastian is doing." He left them, and there was silence for a few moments until the screw began to throb and they heard the wash of water along the steamer's side. Then Kenwardine said quietly, "Fuller has tact.
Kenwardine's manner was careless, but Jake imagined he felt more interest than he showed. "It was blowing pretty fresh when she left us, and if the scows had broken adrift again, there'd have been some risk of losing them. This would delay the delivery of the coal, and we're getting very short of fuel." "I see," said Kenwardine.
Jake colored. "Bethune had given me a check to bearer." "I was afraid of that," Dick said gravely. "But go on." "I thought I'd bluff them, but Black and the Spaniard told me to play, though Kenwardine held back at first. Said they didn't want to take advantage of my rashness and I couldn't make good.
"Well, personally, I'm willing to accept your offer and give up the check; but I must consult the others, since their loss is as much as mine. Will you wait while I go to the telephone?" Dick waited for some time, after which Kenwardine came back and gave him the check. As soon as he got it Dick left the house, satisfied because he had done what he had meant to do, and yet feeling doubtful.
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