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"Some of the Spittal servants suspect it, nevertheless," Babbie answered, "though how much they know I cannot say. He has not a servant now, either here or in England, who knew me as a child. The gardener who befriended me was sent away long ago. Lord Rintoul looks upon me as a disgrace to him that he cannot live without." "I dare say he cares for you more than you think," Gavin said gravely.
Rintoul only bought the Spittal a year ago, and until then, I daresay, he had seldom been on our side of the Border." This was a foolish, interruption, for it set Walter Lunny off in a new direction. "That's what Elspeth says. Says she, 'When the earl has grand estates in England, what for does he come to a barren place like the Spittal to be married!
They will have to make up their cartridges in future, and cast their bullets, unless they can get a supply from some of the other mutineers." "Well, you will send for us in four hours, Major?" "You need not be afraid of my forgetting." Dawn was just breaking when the relief were called up; the firing had died away, and all was quiet. "You will take command here, Rintoul," the Major said.
I tell you, Lord Rintoul, and it is all the message I send back to the gentlemen at the Spittal who made love to me behind your back, that this is a poor folly, and well calculated to rouse the wrath of God."
I don't believe I have prescribed for you for the last month, and I haven't seen you looking so well since you came out." "I suppose I have not had time to feel ill, Doctor," Mrs. Rintoul said, with a slight smile; "all this has been a sort of tonic." "And a very useful one, Mrs. Rintoul. We are all of us the better for a little stirring up sometimes."
I should say, 'Trust them as long as you can, but don't relax your watch." "You are a confirmed croaker," Captain Rintoul said. "I do not think so, Rintoul. I know the men I am talking about, and I know the Hindoos generally. They are mere children, and can be molded like clay.
"It's Tammas Whamond back again," she moaned; "and if the mistress hears, she'll tell me to let him in." "You shall open to me," cried a hoarse voice. "That's no Tammas' word," Jean said in bewilderment. "It is Lord Rintoul," Babbie whispered. "What? Then it's truth you telled me." The knocking continued; a door upstairs opened, and Margaret spoke over the banisters. "Have you gone to bed, Jean?
This sentiment was warmly echoed; and thus, when the determination at which the men had arrived to cut Bathurst became known, there was something like a feminine revolution. "You may do as you like," Mrs. Doolan said indignantly; "but if you think that we are going to do anything so cruel and unjust, you are entirely mistaken, I can tell you." Mrs. Rintoul was equally emphatic, and Mrs.
On the day following his meeting with Lady Pippinworth came a note from Lady Rintoul inviting Grizel and him to lunch. They had been to Rintoul once or twice before, but this time Tommy said decisively, "We sha'n't go." He guessed who had prompted the invitation, though her name was not mentioned in it. "Why not?" Grizel asked. She was always afraid that she kept Tommy too much to herself.
"The Major is a good officer, Doolan, and you were as lazy a youngster, and as hard a bargain, as the Company ever got. You ought to thank your stars that you had the good luck in having a Captain who knew his business, and made you learn yours. Why, if you had had a man like Rintoul as your Captain, you would never have been worth your salt."
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