Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: June 28, 2025
She remembered the severe punishment which Jane Macalister had inflicted upon him a punishment which Jane had doubtless forgotten, but which Boris himself remembered. Kitty thought of Boris now as she stood by a blackberry-bush, and pricked her finger on purpose against one of the thorns.
'Ah, did you tell him? said Hamish, speaking quietly, but trembling between the fear of asking too much or too little; 'and when did you see Mrs. MacAlister last? A sly expression passed over the lad's face. 'Me and Mrs. MacAlister not friends, he said. 'Play her tricks. Suddenly he began to laugh. 'Played her a fine trick, though; she never find out!
He spilt some ink, and Jane Macalister said he must be punished by staying indoors for a whole hour after lessons were over. I expect she forgot all about Boris when we got a holiday so suddenly, but Boris didn't forget, and he stayed behind." "Dear little Boris!" exclaimed Annie; "dear, good, plucky little Boris! The moment I looked at him I knew I should adore him.
This evening Philip found them both there, and Lawson also; Lawson came more seldom now that he was beginning to know people in London and went out to dinner a good deal. They were all on excellent terms with themselves, for Macalister had given them a good thing on the Stock Exchange, and Hayward and Lawson had made fifty pounds apiece. Lawson was brimming over with satisfaction.
Lieutenant Macalister took them out and, going a mile up the river, was able to collect many followers and baggage animals, but could find no signs of the rear guard. Early in the morning a company of the 2nd Punjab Infantry went out, as a search party, and got into communication with the rear guard.
The little gatherings at the tavern in Beak Street were broken up: Macalister, having let down his friends, no longer went there, and Hayward was at the Cape.
Macalister bore it all with great philosophy, mildly satisfied that he had no money to lose and no personal property of any value. Their search concluded, the Germans held a short consultation, then one of them slipped round the corner of the traverse, and, returning a moment later, pointed the direction to Macalister and signed to him to go.
The officer spoke to the men, and then to Macalister. "Now," he said, "you will kneel, or they will thrust you through." Macalister stood without a sign of movement; but behind his back his hands were straining furiously at the lashings upon his wrist. They stretched and gave ever so little, and he worked on at them with a desperate hope dawning in his heart.
They were probably due to the circulation of the tale Macalister had told and demonstrated, and were altogether above and beyond anything that usually happens to a German prisoner.
Molly moved to one side of the window. Jane Macalister went on vigorously with her work, the fluff from the feathers rose in the air, the smell of the lime was pungent. "Faugh," continued Jane; "here's a lump for you. Susan Hicks, you'd better keep out of my way for the present. 'Pon my word! look at this quill, why I could make a pen with it; disgraceful, perfectly disgraceful.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking