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"I'm afraid," said Nicolovius, smoothly, it was the only word he uttered during the meal, "your remark harrows Miss Weyland with reminders of the late Mr. Surface." The Major stopped short, and a silence fell over the table. It was promptly broken by Mrs. Paynter, who invited Mrs. Brooke to have a second cup of coffee. Sharlee looked at her plate and said nothing.
But on one corner of the bright blade was a dull brown stain. "I see," said Ashe, "the woodman's ax, and therefore the Woodman. Your deductions are rapid." "My deductions are reasonable," said Paynter, "Look here, Mr. Ashe; I know what you're thinking. I know you distrust Treherne; but I'm sure you will be just for all that.
But Mr Savile the Paynter seeing me did speak in very handsome language, telling Sam'l he hath a Beauty to his wife worthy that her picture should be with the Court Ladies' pictures, and much more fine things, harping on the same string, whereto Sam'l made answer that he would consider of it.
The Paynter parlor knew Queed not infrequently in these days, where he could sometimes be discovered not merely suffering, but encouraging, Major Brooke to talk to him of his victories over the Republicans in 1870-75. Nor was he a stranger to Nicolovius's sitting-room, having made it an iron-clad rule with himself to accept one out of every two invitations to that charming cloister.
There's no proof whatever that he's dead." "No legal proof?" remarked Paynter dryly. A wrinkle of irritation had appeared in the big bald brow of Doctor Brown; and he made an impatient movement. "Of course he's dead," he said. "What's the sense of all this legal fuss? We were watching this side of the wood, weren't we?
Abbie Prim's disappeared and Jonas Prim's house was robbed jest about the same time Ol' man Baggs 'uz murdered, er most murdered chances is he's dead by this time anyhow. Doc said he hadn't no chance." "Gosh!" It was a pater-filius duet. "But thet ain't all," gloated Jim. "Two of the persons in the car with Reggie Paynter were recognized, an' who do you think one of 'em was, eh?
By the way, do I understand that you support the miraculous claims of that thaumaturgist?" Paynter intervened swiftly and suavely. "Now that sounds a fascinating piece of psychology. You see men as trees?" "As I can't imagine why men should walk, I can't imagine why trees shouldn't," answered Treherne. "Obviously, it is the nature of the organism", interposed the medical guest, Dr.
Paynter, that day you first lunched here and told us about the African trees? Well, it was my birthday; I mean my first birthday. I was born then, or woke up or something. I had walked in this garden like a somnambulist in the sun. I think there are many such somnambulists in our set and our society; stunned with health, drugged with good manners, fitting their surroundings too well to be alive.
Paynter by the coat and whirled him around and then he struck him an awful blow behind the ear with the butt of the weapon. "After that the other two men seemed quite sobered. They discussed what would be the best thing to do and at last decided to throw Mr. Paynter's body out of the machine, for it was quite evident that he was dead.
Several peeks were needed, with artful attention to algebra between whiles, before she was at last convinced that she had it. Undoubtedly it was There was nothing enormous about Fifi's vocabulary, but she well knew what to do in a case like this. Behind her stood a battered little walnut bookcase, containing the Paynter library.
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