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In a very short time their surmise proved correct, for by four in the afternoon the Triton under short canvas, was battling with a mountainous sea and furious gusts of wind from the W.N. W. The presence of so much land around them, surrounded by networks of outlying reefs, the strong and erratic currents, and the approaching night, gave Captain Reay much concern, and it was with a feeling of intense relief that he acceded to the master's suggestion to bring the ship to an anchor in a harbour situated among the cluster of islands that the ship had passed early in the day.
Our parson's sorry to be going away, but he hopes to be back with us at the beginning of April, fit and well again. He's looking badly, poor soul! I felt a bit like crying when he wished us all a bright Christmas and happy New Year, and said he hoped God would allow him to see us all again." "Who is going to take charge of the parish in his absence?" asked Reay. "A Mr. Arbroath.
Lord Reay, who was then Governor of Bombay, was invited to preside and declined only after asking for instructions from the Viceroy, Lord Dufferin, who, though not unfriendly, held that it was undesirable for the head of a Provincial Government to associate himself with what should essentially be a popular movement. Mr.
"I've got a bit of a headache," she murmured, forcing a smile "I think I'll go to my room and rest for half an hour. Good-bye, Mr. Reay!" "Good-bye for the moment!" he answered and taking her hand he pressed it gently. "I hope the headache will soon pass." She withdrew her hand from his quickly and left the kitchen.
"But why," he asked "do you want to write a novel? Why not write a real book?" "What do you call a real book, old David?" demanded Reay, looking down upon him with a sudden piercing glance. Helmsley was for a moment confused. He was thinking of such books as Carlyle's "Past and Present" Emerson's "Essays" and the works of Ruskin.
As a man of business, education, observation, and discernment, he knew that what Reay said was true, but in his assumed rôle of a poor and superannuated old office clerk, who had been turned adrift from work by reason of age and infirmities, he had always to be on his guard against expressing his opinion too openly or frankly.
"Because the church is not what it used to be," declared Reay "Don't get me on that argument, David, or I shall never cease talking! Now, see here! if you stand any longer at that open door you'll get a chill! You go inside the house and imitate Charlie's example look at him!" And he pointed to the tiny toy terrier snuggled up as usual in a ball of silky comfort on the warm hearth "Small epicure!
"No one has ever taken care of or fussed over me," said Reay "I should rather like to try the experiment!" Mary laughed good-humouredly. "You must find yourself a wife," she said "And then you'll see how you like it."
"Please come on to the cottage," said Helmsley "I'm sure Mary Miss Deane will give you a cup of tea." Angus Reay smiled. "I don't allow myself that luxury," he said. "Not when you're invited to share it with others?" "Oh yes, in that way I do but I'm not overburdened with friends just now. A man must have more than twenty pounds to be 'asked out' anywhere!"
And, with the conviction of the village prophetess she assumed to be, she was not to be shaken from the idea that strange discoveries were pending respecting "old David." Mary herself could not quite get rid of a vague misgiving and anxiety, which culminated at last in her determination to show Angus Reay the packet left in her charge, in order that he might see to whom it was addressed.
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