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Trot out the details of your scheme, and I'll be able to tell you in two words whether it's workable or not." "They do say," said Doyle, "that he has the fishing let to an English gentleman; and he's mighty particular about preserving it. Now the doctor here has the name of being a good fisherman." "If he goes poaching," said Meldon, "he'll get the worst of it.
"Major," said Meldon, "we've been intimate friends for years, and you ought to know that, whatever else I may be, I'm always a gentleman. Is it likely I'd go out of my way to insult a helpless woman?" "You wouldn't mean to, J. J., but you might do it. Your ideas of what is insulting are so peculiar.
He'll have to be careful how he treats Simpkins when he's called in. It won't do to make mistakes and go curing him accidentally." "I suppose," said the Major bitterly, "that you'll employ Sabina Gallagher to make the wedding-cake. She might begin the poisoning." "Certainly not," said Meldon.
"We've quietened them down for the present," said Doyle, "but there was a lot of talk of a sworn enquiry. And what did Simpkins do it for if it wasn't just the delight he takes in destroying the peace of the town? You know very well, Mr. Meldon, the way we all pulled together here, Catholics and Protestants, and never had any bad feeling.
She had accompanied Sir Gilbert Hawkesby to the river where he intended to fish. "She's gone with Sir Gilbert Hawkesby!" said Meldon. "Yes, sir." Meldon turned away and walked slowly down the avenue. When he reached the tennis court he propped his bicycle up against a tree and took out his pipe.
"I only meant," he said, "that I'd like to hear about the judge now I know that Sabina is all right. And after all, J. J., the British constitution isn't much use to a man when you are set on ragging him." "Of course not," said Meldon. "In fact, the British constitution is a greatly over-rated thing. It didn't save poor Lorimer from his untimely end.
I'll be expecting you to make that good to me you and the Major between you." "It was the cooking did it, I suppose," said Meldon. "That and the state his bed was in," said Doyle. "It was close on eleven o'clock last night, and I was sitting smoking quiet and easy along with the doctor, when there came a noise like as if some one would be ringing a bell, and him in a hurry.
"If that's all," said Meldon, "a day in the Spindrift will set it right. You'll be surprised how intimate you become with a person when you're sitting for hours crammed up against him or her in the cockpit of a five-ton yacht.
She brought a book with her this time instead of her manuscript. The afternoon was hotter than the morning had been, and there was a very soothing sound of bees among the branches of the trees. Miss King, who had eaten her luncheon with a good appetite, went to sleep. The two gardeners, after a short consultation, sat down under a tree and smoked. At half-past three Meldon arrived.
Miss King blushed slightly, and then, being very angry with herself for blushing, grew quite red in the face. The judge's smile broadened. "From what you've seen of this man Meldon," he said, "would you suppose that he's a very altruistic sort of person?" "What do you mean?"
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