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Just at present she was too much amused by Miss Baylis' attitude toward Sally, who had told her of some of the funny scenes at Kittery Point, to think much about Petty's love affairs, and before luncheon was over a diversion was created, which made her entirely forget it. For some time, "Aunt Sally Jefferson," the cook at Leslie Manor had been ailing, and had recently gone away to "res' up." Mrs.
The electric bell which summoned them to Miss Woodhull's study fairly sputtered sparks. Eleanor was sulkily silent. Petty, as usual, in tears. Tears were Petty's long suit. We have not time to dwell upon the details of that interview even if we would. Eleanor was one of the few girls to really be expelled from the school, and Petty promptly fled to "darling mamma" and "Reggie."
"Wot's the matter with her?" "Busy!" replied Joe, sinking his voice. Never 'ave a woman permanent; that's my experience. The gardener did not reply, but stood staring at the lilac-bush below Joe Petty's face. He was a thin man, rather like an old horse. "Do you think we can win this war?" resumed Joe. "Dunno," replied the gardener apathetically. "We seem to be goin' back nicely all the time."
That it had been impossible for Petty to prepare her lessons for Monday and that her act was purely the outcome of nervous excitement and held no personal demonstration toward Professor Sautelle. This statement the Professor was more than delighted to back up and Petty's tears clenched it.
He was mighty serious with me in discourse about the consequence of Sir W. Petty's boat, as the most dangerous thing in the world, if it should be practised by endangering our losse of the command of the seas and our trade, while the Turkes and others shall get the use of them, which, without doubt, by bearing more sayle will go faster than any other ships, and, not being of burden, our merchants cannot have the use of them and so will be at the mercy of their enemies.
This appears from a tract of his, of 26 pages, published Jan. 8, 1647-8, and entitled "The Advice of W. P. to Mr. Samuel Hartlib for the advancement of some particular parts of Learning." The invention for double writing is described in the tract, but it also sets forth Petty's ideas on Hartlib's favourite subject of a Reformation of Schools.
Leigh with me, and after drunk a cup of wine he went away, and I to my office, there reading in Sir W. Petty's book, and so home and to bed, a little displeased with my wife, who, poor wretch, is troubled with her lonely life, which I know not how without great charge to help as yet, but I will study how to do it. 20th.
She had suddenly remembered Petty's note. "What's the matter?" asked Sally. "I've forgotten something," she answered, scrambling from her chair and crossing to her desk for her history. She would take the note back to Petty. It was utter nonsense of course, but it was Petty's and if she was pleased with such nonsense, she was welcome to it. She looked hurriedly through the book.
He tried to jine in, but he had to give it up and wait for the doxology. "After meetin' broke and we was goin' home, me and Abram had to pass by Silas Petty's wagon.
Presently I was aground on the south end of Petty's Island, where in after-years lay rotting the "Alliance," the remnant ship of the greatest sea-fight that ever was since Grenville lay in the "Revenge," with the Spanish fleet about him. I came to ground amid the reeds and spatter-docks, where the water-lilies were just in bud.
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