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Updated: May 25, 2025
One soldier described Niven's eyes as sparks emitted from two holes in his dust-caked face. Pappineau tells how a tree outside the trench was cut in two by a shell and its trunk laid across the breach of the trench caused by another shell; and lying over the trunk, limp and lifeless where he had fallen, was a man killed by still another shell.
Gaff quickly removed the jacket, kissed the child's pale cheek, and laid her in Mrs Niven's ready arms. "She ain't dead surely, sir?" inquired the housekeeper. "No, bin saved from a wreck an' half drownded! She'll come to in a bit tak' care of 'er."
Mr Jack thrust the fat pocket-book into a breast pocket, and buttoned up his coat with the determined air of a man who means to keep hold of what he has got. Bidding Mr Wilkins good-bye, he walked rapidly to Mrs Niven's house and pulled the bell rather violently. The summons was promptly answered by Peggy, who ushered him into a little parlour, where he was quickly joined by Mrs Niven.
In regard to this latter fact, however, it may be recorded that Peggy proved a sharp-witted, tight-handed, and zealous defender of her mistress. Among Mrs Niven's other boarders there was one who was neither young nor a student. He came to reside with her in the following manner:
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