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Four or five years passed in this way, during which time Mrs. Rushton had very little intercourse with her brother's family at Wavertree. Her country house had been shut up and her time had been spent between London, Brighton, and fashionable resorts on the Continent. In the meantime the education which she had promised Mrs. Kane should be given to her nursling had not been even begun. Mrs.
For two fences the loose horse and the favourite rose side by side; and the watchers held their breath. Then the bay began to close in. Chukkers turned and screamed over his shoulder. Rushton on Jackaroo still two lengths in front looked round and saw he could do nothing. Little Boy Braithwaite, who had at last recovered his seat, came up like thunder on the quarters of the mare.
Bert started up guiltily, and found himself confronted by Mr Rushton, who was regarding him with an angry frown, whilst close by towered the colossal figure of the obese Sweater, the expression on his greasy countenance betokening the pain he experienced on beholding such as appalling example of juvenile depravity. 'What do you mean by sich conduct? demanded Rushton, indignantly.
Rushton had at that period realized the necessity of having a deputy who could be used to do all the drudgery and running about so that he himself might be free to attend to the more pleasant or profitable matters.
Halbert thought it was time to be going, and accordingly got up and took his leave. As he opened the office door to go out, he found himself face to face with Robert Rushton, who passed him with a slight nod, and with an air of trouble entered the presence of his friend's father.
In fact, Halbert was waiting for him, expressly to get an opportunity of enjoying his discomfiture at the ruin of the boat. "Hallo, Rushton!" he said. "Good-morning, Halbert!" "Are you going out in your boat this afternoon?" asked Halbert, maliciously. "You know why I can't." "I wonder what Will Paine will say when he sees the good care you take of it."
The committee had decided that the three boys the painters' boy, the carpenters' boy and the front shop boy should be allowed to come half-price: that made it nine pounds twelve and six. In addition to paying the ordinary five-shilling subscription, Mr Rushton had given one pound ten towards the expenses. Mr Sweater, of the Cave, one pound.
He had been to work that day with Harlow, washing off the ceilings and stripping the old paper from the walls of two rooms in Rushton's home, and he looked very haggard and exhausted. 'I have never told you before, said Barrington, after they had been talking for a while, 'but I suppose you have guessed that I did not work for Rushton because I needed to do so in order to live.
Then there's the gold leaf say, fifteen books. 'Don't you think it would be possible to use gold paint? 'I'm afraid not. 'Is there anything else? inquired Rushton as he finished writing down these items. 'I think that's all, except a few sheets of cartridge paper for stencils and working drawings. The quantity of paint necessary for the decorative work will be very small.
She also stipulated for permission to pass the greater part of one day in the week that which might happen to be most convenient to Mrs. Rushton with her father.
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