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Well, well, there was no use fretting. His heart felt sore, of course, but he wouldn't be half a boy in his own opinion if he didn't take his punishment without a murmur. He drew his chair up to the table, pushed his ink-stained fingers through his curly brown locks, and looked around him. Miss Macalister had forgotten to set him any task, but he supposed he could set himself something.
McFarlane sent over another cargo of forty bullocks, thirty-seven of which averaged fourteen pounds; one was lost, and two belonging to Macalister, heavy weights, were sold for forty pounds ten shillings.
'Laddie, he exclaimed earnestly as I concluded 'ye hae dune well to come to me. Puir Tom Macalister was just as decent, straight-leevin' a Christian man as could be found i' braid Scotland. There's somethin' gey wrang wi' your uncle, I'm fearin' sadly. I'll no let any one blacken the memory o' Thomas Macalister.
He begins to weary already, and of course no man will ever believe that any one else will take his place. They're conceited creatures, my dear. Mr Macalister " "It is nice for him having so many companions. I suppose you know the other visitors quite well?"
He went up to Nell and began to kiss her. "I know," he said. "I understand. I saw him, too; but he'll be all right by-and-by. It's like a big battle, but he'll not flinch; father's made of the stuff that soldiers have in them. He'll be all right by-and-by." "I wish you'd let me look at that letter, Jane Macalister," said Guy. Guy was the heir of the Towers.
MacAlister herself, when she came forward to serve her customers, was pale and had red eyes. 'Is anything the matter, Mrs. MacAlister? asked Marjorie, while the others looked at the untidy shop in surprise.
At this time the blacks had quite recovered from the fright occasioned by the discharge of the nine-pounder gun, and were again often seen from the huts at the Old Port. Donald Macalister was sent by his uncle, Lachlan Macalister, of Nuntin, to make arrangements for shipping some cattle and sheep.
"Well, I suppose people want pillows, whether they're happy or miserable. I never knew before, at least, that they didn't." "Jane," said Molly, "you're hiding something from me." Jane Macalister suddenly rose to her feet. She came up to Molly and took her hand. "I didn't know you'd come over this morning, my love," she said.
There'll be a boom in South Africans again one of these days, and then I'll see what I can do for you." Macalister was in the Kaffir market and often told them stories of the sudden fortunes that had been made in the great boom of a year or two back. "Well, don't forget next time." They sat on talking till nearly midnight, and Philip, who lived furthest off, was the first to go.
When a man's out of health ye canna judge. When he's in his usual, there's no one to touch Mr Macalister." With an instinctive movement Margot turned her head upward till her eyes met those of George Elgood, and exchanged a flash of mutual understanding.
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