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It is always my luck to be left behind." The hard little smile that only he could ever provoke was on Sheila's lips as she turned to him. "For such a rapid rider, you are indeed unfortunate," she said. He laughed with careless effrontery. "Yes, the devil usually takes the hindmost, so I've been told. Miss Larpent anyway is quite safe, for she will always be an easy first."
Larpent was also taken to task; but, decidedly, Meta did not regret what she had done, though she felt as if she had never before known how to appreciate comfort, when she once more beheld Bellairs stationed at her toilette table. Meta was asked about her friends. She could not mention any one but Mrs. Charles Wilmot and the Misses May. "Physician's daughters; oh!" said Lady Leonora.
The governess asked after Norman, and no more was wanted to produce a volume of histories of his successes, till Flora turned as she walked before with Meta, saying, "Why, Ethel, you are quite overwhelming Mrs. Larpent." But some civil answer convinced Ethel that what she said was interesting, and she would not be stopped in her account of their anxieties on the day of the examination.
Lovel, severally passed me without notice, and surrounded the chair of Lady Louisa Larpent. I must own, I was rather piqued at the behaviour of Mr. Lovel, as he had formerly known me. It is true, I most sincerely despise his foppery; yet I should be grieved to meet with contempt from any body.
"I'm not asking anything from you," he said. "But I'd like you to know I'd have done more if I'd known." She threw him a quick look, choking back her tears. "It it it's rather funny, isn't it?" she said, with a little crack of humour in her voice. "I'm I'm very sorry. Captain Larpent." "Sorry?" he said. "For you," said Toby, with another piteous choke. "I've been foisted on to you so often.
"Not at all," said Bunny. "We enjoyed it. It's fun doing naughty things sometimes, isn't it, er Miss Larpent?" "Don't be an ass!" said Toby tersely. Maud raised her brows, but Bunny grinned with delight. "Thank you Toby! I take the hint. There shall be no more ceremony between us. Ah!
Captain Larpent is still unconscious; he is suffering from concussion. But I believe he will recover. And and " he hesitated, looking again at Saltash "the the person whose life you saved " Saltash leaned back in his chair, grinning mischievously. "To be sure! The person whose life I saved! What of that person, Dr. Hurst?" "Had you a passenger?" interrupted the captain.
I am persuaded that they will keep their words with me, as there is no one reason in the world why they should not. I will send your annual to Mr. Larpent, in a fortnight, and pay the forty shillings a-day quarterly, if there should be occasion; for, in my own private opinion, there will be no 'Charge d'Affaires' sent.
Usually Toby stood behind his master's chair, and the vacant place oppressed Saltash. He talked jerkily, with uneasy intervals of silence. Larpent talked not at all beyond the demands of ordinary courtesy. He ate well, drank sparingly, and when not listening to Saltash's somewhat spasmodic conversation appeared immersed in thought. When the meal was over, he refused coffee, and rose to go on deck.
She was standing with Jake in the many-hued glow of the lanterns, and she asked the question with a momentary anxiety, for she had looked in vain for Toby for some time. "She's with Bunny. She's safe enough," said Jake. "But they haven't come on board yet, and they've been gone so long," Maud said. "It's curious how little Captain Larpent seems to interest himself in her doings."
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