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'Th' whales hasn't mended their manners, as you call it, said Kinraid; 'but th' ice is not to be spoken lightly on.
One man left his fellows, and came running forwards, forwards in among the enemy's wounded, within range of their guns; he bent down over Kinraid; he seemed to understand without a word; he lifted him up, carrying him like a child; and with the vehement energy that is more from the force of will than the strength of body, he bore him back to within the shelter of the ravelin not without many shots being aimed at them, one of which hit Kinraid in the fleshy part of his arm.
Only I never dreamt but what she was troth-plighted wi' Charley Kinraid, said Sylvia, meditatively. 'That wench 'll be troth-plight to th' first man as 'll wed her and keep her i' plenty; that's a' she thinks about, replied Bell, scornfully. Before May was out, Molly Corney was married and had left the neighbourhood for Newcastle.
But I've na' lads to keep thee company, only one sprig of a wench. Sylvia, come here, an let's show thee to this young fellow! Sylvia came forwards, ruddy as any rose, and in a moment Kinraid recognized her as the pretty little girl he had seen crying so bitterly over Darley's grave.
He knew that on this long level field path he might easily be seen by any one following; nay, if he followed any one at a short distance, for it was full of turnings; and he resolved, late as he was, to sit down for a while till Kinraid was far enough in advance for him to escape being seen.
'She says he's either a soldier or a sailor, and a long way off at some place named in t' Bible. 'Philip Hepburn led away to be a soldier! said she, 'who had once been a Quaker? 'Yes, and a very brave one too, and one that it would do my heart good to look upon, exclaimed Mrs. Kinraid. 'He's been saving my husband's life in the Holy Land, where Jerusalem is, you know.
In a minute his cutlass was forced from him, and it became a hand-to-hand struggle, of which, from the difference in numbers, it was not difficult to foretell the result. Yet Kinraid made desperate efforts to free himself; he wasted no breath in words, but fought, as the men said, 'like a very devil.
Sylvia said nothing in direct reply; Kester almost thought she could not have heard him. But, by-and-by, she said, 'Yo'll have heared how Kinraid who's a captain now, and a grand officer has gone and got married. 'Nay! said Kester, in genuine surprise. 'He niver has, for sure! 'Ay, but he has, said Sylvia. 'And I'm sure I dunnot see why he shouldn't.
'Them were wicked, wicked words, as I said; and a wicked vow as I vowed; and Lord God Almighty has ta'en me at my word. I'm sorely punished, Philip, I am indeed. He pressed her hand, he stroked her cheek. But he asked for yet another word. 'I did thee a wrong. In my lying heart I forgot to do to thee as I would have had thee to do to me. And I judged Kinraid in my heart.
He saw his stooping figure, his rounded shoulders, with something like a feeling of disgust at his personal appearance as he remembered the square, upright build of Kinraid; his fine uniform, with epaulette and sword-belt; his handsome brown face; his dark eyes, splendid with the fire of passion and indignation; his white teeth, gleaming out with the terrible smile of scorn.
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