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Moreover, he was well aware that the twenty roubles that would be asked for the journey were a serious matter for her; Darya Alexandrovna's pecuniary affairs, which were in a very unsatisfactory state, were taken to heart by the Levins as if they were their own. Darya Alexandrovna, by Levin's advice, started before daybreak.
Trevison answered, and he and the Judge walked forward to meet Levins at the crest of the slope. "Slicker'n a whistle!" declared Levins, answering the question Trevison put to him. "I mailed the damn letter an' come back on the train that brought it to him!" He grinned felinely at the Judge. "I reckon you're a heap dry an' hungry by this time?" "The Judge has feasted," said Trevison.
Besides the Oblonskys, with all their children and their governess, the old princess too came to stay that summer with the Levins, as she considered it her duty to watch over her inexperienced daughter in her interesting condition. Moreover, Varenka, Kitty's friend abroad, kept her promise to come to Kitty when she was married, and stayed with her friend.
There was some laughter, mingled with jeers, and while this was at its height a man broke from the mass and walked rapidly toward Corrigan and Benham. It was Braman. Corrigan questioned him. "It's two professional gamblers. They've been fleecing Manti's easy marks with great facility. Tonight they had Clay Levins in the back room of the Belmont. It looked square, and Levins didn't kick.
Levins apologized for her husband's rudeness to his guest. "Clay feels awfully bitter against Corrigan. It's because Corrigan is fighting Trevison and Trevison is Clay's friend they've been like brothers. Trevison has done so much for us." Rosalind glanced around the cabin. She had meant to ask Chuck why his father had not come on the midnight errand, but had forebore. "Mr. Levins isn't here?"
"They're coming!" panted Trevison, his jaws setting as he plunged on toward the shoulder of the butte. "Run low and duck at the flash of their guns!" he warned Levins. A wide swoop brought the oncoming horse around the shoulder of the butte into full view. As the moonlight shone, momentarily, on the rider, Trevison cried out, hoarsely: "God, it's a woman!"
The crowd was for stringing them up, but Trevison wouldn't have it." "Marchmont?" interrupted Benham. "It isn't possible " "Why not?" grinned Corrigan. "Yes, sir, the former president of the Midland Company was shot to death yesterday for pocket-picking." "Lord!" said Benham. "So Levins' wife sent Trevison for hubby," said Corrigan, quietly. "She's that thick with Trevison, is she?"
I suppose he was going to the pueblo, expecting to meet Levins and Lindman there " "By God!" The big, broad-shouldered man standing at Judge Lindman's side interrupted her. He turned and faced the crowd. "We're damned fools, boys lettin' this thing go on like we have!
They had taken the handkerchiefs off while they ran, and now Trevison laughed with the hearty abandon of a boy whose mischievous prank has succeeded. "That was easy. I thought I heard a noise, though, when you backed against the door and shoved it open." "Nobody usually monkeys around a dynamite shed at night," returned Levins. "Whew!
"Trevison's my friend," grinned Levins coldly as he got to his feet. "There's nothin' doin' there understand? Get it out of your brain-box, for if anything happens to 'Firebrand, I'll perforate you sure as hell!" He stalked out of the office, leaving Corrigan looking after him, frowningly.
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