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'Thank you, ma'am, I'm sure it's very kind of you, replied Mosk, who had a husky voice suggestive of beer. 'She'll be honoured to see you, I'm sure. This way, ma'am. 'Is she very ill? demanded the chaplain, as they followed Mosk to the back of the hotel and up a narrow staircase. 'She ain't well, sir, but I can't say as she's dying. We do all we can to make her easy. 'Ho! from Mrs Pansey.
He saw the bishop departing, and recognised his face in the searching glare of the lightning flashes. When Dr Pendle had disappeared, Mosk rode up to Jentham, who, with the money in his hand, stood in the drenching rain under the sign-post. He looked up as the horse approached, but did not run away, being rendered pot-valiant by the liquor he had drunk earlier in the evening.
Bell, detesting the chaplain, as she took no pains to conceal, would probably refuse to hold a conversation with him; but Mrs Mosk, being weak-minded and ill, might be led by dexterous questioning to tell all she knew. And what she did know might, in Cargrim's opinion, throw more light on Jentham's connection with the bishop.
'Arsk me sum'thin' easier, carn't you? I don't know nothin' about the cove, I don't; he comes 'ere two, three weeks ago, and leaves owin' me money. Where he comes from, or who he is, or what he's bin doin' to get shot I know no more nor you do. All I does know, finished Mosk, emphatically, 'is as I've lost two bloomin' quid, an' that's a lot to a poor man like me.
He knew Mrs Pansey, and, like most other people, detested her with all his heart; but she was, as he thought, a great friend of Sir Harry Brace, who was his landlord, so for diplomatic reasons he greeted her with all deference, hat in hand. 'I have come with Mr Cargrim to see your wife, Mr Mosk, said the visitor.
I questioned Mr Gabriel on my return, and learned that he had changed a twenty-pound note at The Derby Winner prior to his departure for Germany. Mosk, the landlord, gave him the ten I traced to Cook's and two fives. Hush, please! Mr Gabriel also told me that he had lent the pistol to Mosk to protect himself from tramps when riding to and from Southberry, so 'I see!
'My gal! replied Mosk, with husky tenderness 'and in tears. What 'ave you bin sayin' to her, sir? he added, with a ferocious glance at Pendle. 'Hush, father! 'tis his lordship, the bishop. 'I know'd the bishop's looks afore you was born, my gal, said Mosk, playfully, 'and it's proud I am to see 'im under m' umble roof. Lor'! 'ere's a 'appy family meeting.
'You are usually more stay-at-home, Mr Cargrim. Thank you, Lucy, I will take another cup of tea. 'I do not care for going out at night as a rule, my lord, observed the chaplain, in his most sanctimonious tone, 'but duty calls me into Beorminster. I am desirous of comforting poor sick Mrs Mosk at The Derby Winner.
Mr Gabriel Pendle comes to The Derby Winner sometimes, I see. 'Yes; he is in love with the barmaid there. Baltic looked up sharply. 'Mosk's daughter, sir? 'The same. He wants to marry Bell Mosk. 'Does he indeed? drawled the agent, flicking his thumb nail against his teeth. 'Well, Mr Cargrim, he might do worse. There is a lot of good in that young woman, sir.
Cairo. We visited the Mosk of Mohamet Ali in the Citadel, the Mosk of Hassen and others. Hats must be kept on, however. A large mosque generally consists of porticoes surrounded a square open court, containing a fountain or tank in the center. Here every Mussulman washes his hands and feet before he goes to prayers. They sometimes would here bathe their whole bodies in former times!
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