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She always asks them how much they earn, and if they have a family, and how many children, and if any of them are sick, you know," she explained to Percival. "And I s'pose you ain't much of a hand fur smokin' cigarettes, are you, ma?" inquired Uncle Peter, casually. "Me!" exclaimed Mrs. Bines, in horror; "I never smoked one of the nasty little things in my life."
Also, he applauded Isaac Ford for having ignored the outcome of his one step aside. Very well, he, too, would ignore it. The dance was breaking up. The orchestra had finished "Aloha Oe" and was preparing to go home. Percival Ford clapped his hands for the Japanese servant. "You tell that man I want to see him," he said, pointing out Joe Garland. "Tell him to come here, now."
"I fear that he will never do that, Percival; nor, indeed, do I think you would gain by it. When you are more advanced in the world, your parentage may be considered as obscure, but still, being born in wedlock, it will be more respectable than the acknowledgment you would seek from Captain Delmar.
And as to the romantic nonsense well it all comes very much to the same thing in the long run, and whether you begin by loving a man or by hating him, after six months of marriage you can ask nothing better than to be able to regard him with Christian forbearance." Laura turned away impatiently as Uncle Percival put his bland, child-like face in at the open door.
What trap have you fallen into, foolish boy? That you would get into some silly scrape or another, was natural enough. But a scrape for life, sir, that is serious! But God bless you for your candour, my Percival; you have written to us in time you are old-fashioned enough to think that a mother's consent is necessary to a young man's union; and you have left it in our power to save you yet.
And I believe this very afternoon was a kind of crisis with him that he was gathering himself together when I came away." "And by your help, I dare say," added his wife. "I hope so. I know but one thing that seems to me more worth while than the purpose of helping Dick Percival to be what it is in him to be." "And what is that other better thing?" "You arrant fraud!
"We cannot have all those boys visiting the place and getting in our way," sputtered Percival when it was suggested by Harry that he and one or two others go with the party. "But we would not be in the way," said young Dickson, "and we might be of assistance." "How did you find it out anyhow?" asked Percival. "We did not say anything about it."
Fenwick was never ill; and Brian grew stronger every day. When Percival opened his eyes once more upon him, after three weeks of illness, he said, abruptly: "Ah, if you had looked like that when you came on board the Arizona, I should never have been deceived." Brian smiled, and made no answer. Percival watched him hobbling about the room for some minutes, and then said:
In science, he was no adept; but his clear good sense and quick appreciation of positive truths had led him easily through the elementary mathematics, and his somewhat martial spirit had made him delight in the old captain's lectures on military tactics. Had he remained in the navy, Percival St. John would doubtless have been distinguished.
The same servant who had opened the gate to Ardworth appeared to his summons, and after eying him for some moments with a listless, stupid stare, said: "You'll be after some mistake!" and turned away. "Stop, stop!" cried Percival, trying to intrude himself through the gate; but the servant blocked up the entrance sturdily. "It is no mistake at all, my good lady.
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