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Updated: June 17, 2025
We were abroad in the fields so much that even Penton himself must notice it....
He thought to himself: "It only lacks one figure walking across the common to meet me." Then the thought again: "If she were there would I see anything else?" At Penton Court the maid met him at the door. "Mr. Dix is waiting to see you, sir." "Mr. Dix! Where is he?" "In the drawing-room. He has been waiting a couple of hours."
I had taken my suitcase and was about to repair to the much-discussed inn. But Penton asked me to wait, while he had a conference with the three women of the household. Soon he came out, smiling placidly and blandly. "Johnnie, I'm sorry about this afternoon ... I've been rather hasty, rather inhospitable ... you are not to go to the inn, but stay with us.
"Yes," he continued, "I want to spare you trouble ... Hildreth and I, you see," he proceeded with painful frankness, "are quite near the breaking point ... I don't think we'll be together very many months longer ... and ... and ... I don't want you to become involved ... for I'm simply desperate." "But, Penton, how could I become involved?"
Clem Sypher, down for the week-end at Penton Court, burst in upon him during the afternoon. He came with exciting news. The high official in the Ordnance Department of the War Office had written to him that morning to the effect that he was so greatly impressed by the new quick-firing gun that he proposed to experiment forthwith, and desired to be put into communication with the inventor.
Only Private Penton Gray, of the th Rifles." "Well, you are a-saying `sir' to me." "Yes, but I don't mean it as you do. While I am in the regiment we are equals." "Oh yes, I like that!" said the boy with a faint laugh. "Wish we was. Only Private Penton Gray of the th! Well, ain't that being a gentleman? Don't our chaps all carry rifles?
"You'll have to go with us, young feller!" said Crane. "And leave the hoss?" asked Penton. "We'd ought to take charge of it, and get the reward." "That's so, Penton. You go and get a constable. We'll stand by the hoss." Penton hurried off, and returned shortly with a constable in uniform. "What's up?" he asked. "This young feller's rid into town with Colonel Richard Owen's hoss."
She staggered into the open, swept us with a blazing glance as if we had done something to her, and hurried on down the path toward the little house where Penton had written in quiet till she had strangely routed him out and taken its occupancy for herself. "Hildreth!" I leaped to my feet, starting after her, "Hildreth what's the matter?" I had put all thought of narrative poetry out of my head.
"Never mind ... if it is true, I am very sorry for you for Hildreth's sake, for yours, for mine ... but I want to warn you, if it is not true, to look out ... you, as a friend, owe me some obligations ... I have taken you in here, accepted you as one almost of my family, and " "But, Penton, this is unfair," I lied, "unfair even to suspect me "
Penton made a famous speech reconciling, almost, the irreconcilable parties. And so we adjourned. Penton and I accompanied Jones home. All the way the latter was arguing against Baxter's plea, that he be more lenient with Grahame....
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