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"Oh, no, miss, the master didn't go out. At least not that I know of. Mr. Lablache didn't call exactly. I think he just came straight to the office. I shouldn't have known he was there, only I was passing the door and heard his voice and the master's." "Oh, that will do just wait a moment, though. Say, is Silas around? Just find him and send him right along. Tell him to come to the veranda."
Now that's a neat shack o' yours," he went on, pointing to the money-lender's mansion. "Wonder ef I could put a dose o' lead into one o' the windows from here." Lablache began to think he was dealing with a madman. He remained silent, and the Breed leveled his pistol in the direction of the house and fired. A moment's silence followed the sharp report. Then Retief turned to his captive.
You will the better be able to judge of the fellow's sincerity." At this moment the sound of horses' hoofs came in through the open window. Lablache glanced out on to the veranda. "Ah, here he is, and I'm glad to see they've sent Sergeant Horrocks. The very man for the work. Good," and he rubbed his fat hands together. "Horrocks is a great prairie man."
She was a graceful and charming contralto; but her timidity and an over-delicacy of expression did not permit her then to display her talents to the greatest advantage. The brother of the sisters Cruvelli was a fine barytone. At the close of 1851 Sophie went again to the Théâtre Italien, and the following year she again returned to London to sing with Lablache and Gardoni.
What else was there of his Lablache's that the Breed could attack? His store yes yes; his store! That was all that was left of his property in Foss River. And then what then? There was nothing after that, except, perhaps except his life. Lablache stirred in his seat and wheezed heavily as he arrived at this conclusion.
The door closed quietly after the clerk, and Lablache heard his two assistants close up the store and then go upstairs to their rooms. The money-lender was served well. His employees in the store had been with him for years. They were worked very hard and their pay was not great, but their money was sure, and their employment was all the year round.
The murderer himself was now looking in the direction of but not at the body of his victim. He was gazing with eyes which expressed horrified amazement at the sight of the crouching figure of Jacky Allandale. He was trying to fathom the meaning of her association with Retief. Bill closed the door. Now he came forward towards the table, always keeping Lablache in front of him. "Is he dead?"
They're spanking 'plugs, Lablache," he added, as he watched the horses being led down to the barn. "Come inside. Had breakfast?" rising and knocking the dust from the seat of his moleskin trousers. "Yes, I had breakfast before daylight, thanks," Lablache said, glancing quickly down at the empty corrals, where his horses were about to undergo a rubbing down.
"If there's nothing more you want this man for, gentlemen, I have quite finished with him for the present. With your permission," pulling out his watch, "I'll get him to take me to the er scene of disaster in an hour's time." The two men nodded and Lablache conveyed the necessary order to the man, who then withdrew.
It was at the Festival of 1858 that I heard the great Lablache for the first and only time. His appearance excited as much interest, perhaps more, than his singing he was so very large. His ruddy countenance, his white hair, and his great girth, combined to make him something to see as well as hear. When he sang his notes were as the tones emitted from a sort of human tun.
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