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Then Captain Barker spoke in a hoarse whisper. "Jemmy, do you know anything about this this kind of business?" "Nothing. I was abroad, you know, when my own little maid " "Yes, I remember. But I thought, perhaps say, I can't go home till till I've seen the Doctor again." "Nor I." A dull moan sounded within the house. "Oh, my God!" groaned Captain Runacles; "Meg Meg!"
When, however, the unamiable qualities of Captain Salt reached his ear, he would doubtless have made some alteration in the will, but for the tidings of that officer's death in the Low Countries. He had such confidence in the surviving trustee " "Man alive!" Captain Runacles broke in, "if you are talking of yourself, let me advise you to quit England by the first ship that sails.
Captain Barker, left alone, rearranged his neckcloth, contemplated his crooked legs for a moment with some disgust, and began to trot up and down the grass-plot, whistling the while with great energy and no regard for tune. The pair reappeared in the doorway Captain Runacles bearing an hour-glass and a volume of "Purchas," and Simeon the tankards, crowned with a creamy froth.
What have you been doing?" Captain Runacles inquired. "Why, sir, perceiving that your friend was but lately recovered from an illness, and remembering that though the distance to the House in the Wood is but two miles or less, the distance there and back is almost four, I have brought him a litter. Perhaps I did wrong?"
He pointed to the litter, which two men in blue blouses were bringing across the road. "Not at all, sir. On the contrary, your thoughtfulness puts me to shame," answered Captain Runacles, with something like a blush. Captain Barker also thanked him, and added, "Decidedly, it might be Tristram's very self" a remark which the young officer did not understand in the least. But he smiled happily.
And as Captain Jemmy looked, the two green lines resolved themselves into two words; thus bracketed: SOPHIA TRISTRAM "Jemmy Jemmy, confound you! Do you hear?" "Yes, yes." Captain Runacles turned suddenly and took his friend by the arm. "Yes I see very curious. Now let's go." "You're in a great hurry." "Yes, I want to go up and have a look at the wounded in hospital." "Why, what's taken you?
"One that will not only explain my eagerness to get home, but also will, I trust, soothe your disappointment. The fact is, I am in love." "Oh! that certainly alters matters. With whom?" "With Sophia." "Who is Sophia?" "She is Captain Runacles' only daughter, and lives on the other side of our hedge." "My dear lad, why did you not tell me this? Detain you! No.
The face of Captain Runacles, as the Doctor proceeded, went through three rapid changes of colour white, scarlet and purple. "You knew all this?" he shouted, the congested veins standing out upon his temples; "you knew all this, and kept us in the dark?" "I did. It affected the child in no way. The fellow clearly knew nothing, or cared nothing, about Tristram.
He traced this odour round to the back of the house, and there found Captain Barker, Captain Runacles and Narcissus Swiggs. Between them they had managed to clear the garden of an enormous crop of weeds, of which they were now making a bonfire. Behind the thick and yellowish coils of smoke Dr. Beckerleg could just discern the forms of the two captains.
Why, in the name of don't drip on 'em, I tell you! Why, in the name of " The iron gate creaked behind them, and the two captains turned their heads. A portly, broad-shouldered gentleman, in a suit of snuff colour, came slowly across the court, with both hands behind him, and a cane rapping against his heels. "Dr. Beckerleg." "Hey? Why Captain Barker! Captain Runacles!
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