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Kit was human, however, and owned that he had felt savage when he read Osborn's note. The fellow had meant to humiliate him, and he got hot again as he thought about it. Moreover, Osborn had, so to speak, for his sake, insulted the men he had persuaded to help.
He settled down by the fire after dinner to read so much of his evening paper as the Tube journey had not given him time for, while Marie made coffee and handed him his cup. "Osborn," she said. "Yes, dear." "I wanted to ask you about something." Into Osborn's eyes crept a harassed look, almost of fear; it was a very reluctant look, with repugnance in it and resignation and suspicion.
Osborn's firmness was something of a surprise; Thorn had not expected he would weigh his daughter's feelings against the danger that threatened his house. His opposition must be broken down. "I had hoped for your consent," he said and his face got hard. "To some extent, I took it for granted." Osborn's head sunk forward. He had struggled, but saw that he was beaten.
"You know I can't carry on. I came to you, hoping you might suggest a workable plan. Who is the buyer?" "I am," said Hayes. Osborn's face got red and he struggled for self-control. The fellow was his servant, but it looked as if he had cunningly involved him in entanglements an honest agent would have avoided. Osborn remembered that he had sometimes vaguely suspected Hayes.
Can't you imagine how he'll exult? Our honor in Askew's hands! It's unthinkable!" "If the bill isn't met, the holder will apply to Askew," Gerald said as coolly as he could. Osborn's muscles relaxed and he sank back into his limp pose. His hand shook as he wiped his wet forehead. "You have said enough. Leave me alone. I must try to think."
He rang a bell and a minute or two afterwards Mrs. Osborn came in. She sat down and Osborn stood opposite. "Alan has done us the honor of asking my consent to his marrying Grace," he said, with ironical formality. "If we approve, he is willing to help Gerald." He turned to Thorn. "I think I have stated your terms?" Thorn colored as he saw that Mrs. Osborn's eyes were fixed on him. "You exaggerate.
"What took your fancy, Will dear, with Mr. Osborn's teaching more than anybody else's?" Then he told her all that Mr. Osborn had said of the fatherly attributes of God, of the fact that men were veritably His children, and that for communion with God one must be as a child approaching a father. "Yes, dear, I'm sure that's true. But Mr. Norton would say just the same." "He never has said it, Mav.
Harve toted her back over the Cumberlan', an' Rich's kinsfolks tuk him up "Hell fer Sartain"; but Rich got loose, an' lit out lickety-split fer Nance Osborn's. He knowed Harve lived too fer over Black Mountain to go home that night, an' he rid right across the river an' up to Nance's house, an' hollered fer Harve.
It was strange, certainly, that Hallam had inquired about Askew, but in the meantime he could let this go. Gerald was threatened by a danger money could avert, and Thorn could help. If he did help, it would give him a claim to Osborn's gratitude, although he could not tell how far this would influence Grace.
Balch says, that on the evening, whenever it was, he saw the prisoner; the prisoner told him he was going out of town on horseback, for a distance of about twenty minutes' drive, and that he was going to get a horse at Osborn's. This was about seven o'clock. At about nine, Balch says he saw the prisoner again, and was then told by him that he had had his ride, and had returned.
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