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"Well, I scarcely know, Nevvy, but that's what he done, and he stuck some words in front of it that ain't fitten I should repeat." Miss Malroy's cheeks had become very red, and Mrs. Ferris refused to meet her eye, while the children were in a flutter of pleased expectancy.
Suppose you go for him!" said the judge, addressing the sheriff. The sheriff was gone from the room only a few moments, and returned with the information that Hicks was down at the bayou, which was to be dragged. "Why?" inquired the judge. "Hicks says Miss Malroy's been acting mighty queer ever since Charley Norton was shot distracted like! He says he noticed it, and that Tom Ware noticed it."
The judge would have attached himself to the first group, but he heard a whispered question, and the answer, "Miss Malroy's lawyer." Clearly it was not for him to mix with these outsiders, these curiosity seekers. He crossed the lawn to the house, and mounted the steps. In the doorway was big Steve, while groups of men stood about in the hall, the hum of busy purposeless talk pervading the place.
The girl met the menace of his words with soft, fullthroated laughter. "Why, yo' hand's shakin' now, Mr. Carrington!" "You know me?" "Yes, I seen you once at Boggs'." She made an impatient movement. "You can't do nothing against them fo' men unless I help you. Miss Malroy's to go down river to-night; they're only waiting fo' a pilot you-all's got to act quick!" Carrington hesitated.
Saul, is there anybody hereabout who aspired to Miss Malroy's hand any rejected suitor?" "Not that we know of." "Under ordinary circumstances, sir, I am opposed to measures that ignore the constituted authorities, but we find ourselves living under extraordinary conditions, and the law God save the name has proved itself abortive.
I'll turn the establishment over to you with the greatest pleasure in the world, and wish you better luck than your predecessors had you'll offend me if you refer to the rent again!" And thus handsomely did Charley Norton acquit himself of the mission he had undertaken at Betty Malroy's request.
We have as good as found Hannibal, but we must be active in Miss Malroy's behalf. For us that has an important bearing on the future, and since I can not, you must be at Belle Plain when Carrington arrives with his pack of dogs. Give him the advantage of your sound and mature judgment, Solomon; don't let any false modesty keep you in the background." "Who's going to second you?" snapped Mahaffy.
He desired to make some striking display of Miss Malroy's courtesy. He knew that his credit was experiencing the pangs of an early mortality; he was not sensitive, yet for some days he had been sensible of the fact that what he called the commercial class was viewing him with open disfavor, but he must hang on in Raleigh a little longer for him it had become the abode of hope.
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