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He threw the fragments with an impatient cry into the fireplace. Many a time I could wish for the salving influence of the confessional, even without the absolution to follow." "I think," said John Splendid, "it would be a strange day when MacCailein Mor, Marquis of Argile, would ask or need shriving from anything or any one.
The man of the Empire, accustomed to the ways to the Empire, was no doubt quite ignorant of the ways of modern love-making, of the scruples in vogue and the various styles of conversation invented since 1830, which led to the poor weak woman being regarded as the victim of her lover's desires a Sister of Charity salving a wound, an angel sacrificing herself.
But the plague is," says he, "there seems to be more in the business than I can fathom: for one half of these drenched villains take the man's part, while scarce one of them seems too well disposed towards the lady: although to my knowledge she has worked more than any ten of them in salving the cargo. And heaven help me if I can understand a word of their chatter!"
You think he won't care to meet me at all again? 'I don't say that. I should be very sorry indeed to think it. But to speak as plainly as you wish, dear I know that someone must have said unpleasant things to him about your your friendship with Mr. Dymes. 'Are you hinting at anyone in particular? Alma asked, salving her self-respect with a poor affectation of haughtiness.
Too bad we didn't think of that when near Duluth, which place you wanted to avoid because of certain reasons." They made the trip without accident. Then it was considered that about all had been taken from the stranded and half sunken cruiser that was worth salving.
In the cooler weather it was her habit to drive on a Sunday morning to church, sitting in the back seat beside her husband, with Tim and Mandy occupying the front seat beside the hired man, but during the heat and hurry of the harvest time she would take advantage of the quietness of the house and of the two or three hours' respite from the burden of household duties to make up arrears of sleep accumulated during the preceding week, salving her conscience, for she had a conscience in the matter, with a promise that she might go in the evening when it was cooler and when she was more rested.
"I hope you did not quarrel with him." "No," I denied, salving my conscience with the remembering that it takes two to make a quarrel; and I had done none of the cursing. "He came to give me this," I added, handing her the will. She opened the folded parchment, reading a line of it here and there softly to herself.
It's adventure, I know; but there is such a thing as having too much of a good thing. Riding around the plantation will henceforth be good enough for me, or perhaps salving another Martha; but the bushmen of Guadalcanar need never worry for fear that I shall visit them again. I shall have nightmares for months to come, I know I shall. Ugh! the horrid beasts!"
To which I replied that the bungalow, the sailing boat, and the cutter were all mine, built with my own hands out of material salved by me from the wreck; that they had not participated or helped in the slightest degree in any of the salving or building operations.
According to the laconic report of the commander, who seemed more anxious to claim a record for his boat-crew than to share the glory of salving an eminent airman's life, they had the boat up and were under way again inside of eighteen minutes. And so Mr.
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