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"I've been looking at it every way," said he. "The matter's in abeyance for the present, so there's nothing to be done just yet. You'll be called up for a further examination, and you'll have to say how things are...." Words, nothing more. Geissler had probably never given the matter a thought at all. And Axel agreed dejectedly to all he said.
His wife, he said, though naturally timid, could show a fine spirit on occasion, and would never forgive one of them if she was left behind. He argued until a compromise was reached. Misset should lay the matter openly before his wife, and the four crusaders, to use Wogan's term, would be bound by her decision. "So you may take it that matter's settled," said Misset. "There will be five of us."
"We are little more than paupers, trusting to the voluntary offerings of the people for our support. But then, this has little to do with what I came here for. We have wandered from the subject. I came simply to speak on behalf of my father." "Oh, that matter's settled now once and fer all," Farrington replied in a cool, matter-of-fact manner. "Ye've taken the bizness into yer own hands.
'They said so many things. Who are they'?" Cecily bit her lip, and dashed away fast-starting tears. "Oh, Damaris, all who have heard all the court his friends and thine and his foes. The matter's all abroad. The Queen hath letters from Sir John Nevil he hath been sent for to the Privy Council " "Sir John Nevil hath been sent for? Why not Sir Mortimer Ferne?... Is he ill? Is he wounded?"
"Anybody here got a kid what's dressed in a red nightgown and sings like a bird?" he demanded, awkwardly. The father and mother sprang excitedly to their feet, gasping in fear. The man nodded reassuringly. "The' ain't nothing the matter of him," he said, with yet deeper embarrassment. "The matter's with us. You're a parson, ain't you?
"Well, you goad me into it, with your unspeakable folly; too much under Lil's thumb to check Roy, even for his own good. For heaven's sake, Nevil, put your foot down firmly, for once, and reverse your crazy decision." He gave her a long, direct look. "Sorry to disappoint, after all the trouble you've taken," he said in a level tone, "but I've already told you the matter's settled.
"But what the deuce, Boyne?" Vandeman wrinkled a smooth brow. "What would some leaves gone from Mr. Gilbert's diary four years ago have to do with us here to-day or even with his recent death?" "Pardon me," I said shortly. "The matter's not as old as that.
"They add a pleasantly cosy and domestic touch to the scene. The only possible criticism I can find to make has to do with their probable brawling with the dog." "Oh, dey won't scrap wit de dawg. Dey knows him." "But is he aware of that? He looks to me a somewhat impulsive animal. Well, well, the matter's in your hands.
"But now that we've got a chance, what do you fellows say if we go over tonight and try to get at the bottom of that alley mystery? I shan't be easy in my mind until I've solved it." "Always looking for trouble," laughed Bart. "But I don't mind confessing that the matter's got tight hold of me too, and I'm game to see it through to a finish." "Count me in," said Billy.
"So the matter's settled, granny? Yes? To-morrow we'll deliver the matter to you and the wheels that grind the centuried darkness to destruction will again start a-rolling. Long live free speech! And long live a mother's heart! And in the meantime, good-by." "Good-by," said Samoylov, giving her a vigorous handshake. "To my mother, I don't dare even hint about such matters. Oh, no!"
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