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And the man had the scent-bottle! Surely a fellow would be justified.... "Now's your chance, Little Chap!" came the gay voice. Kit, betrayed to his own soul, sniggered and put the dark thought away with shuddering disgust. The man was a gentleman, the man trusted him. Once he had saved his life; and once spared it. Should he pay his debt with the jack-knife?
They'd welcome me there if I'd smashed all the scent-bottles in the world. I never meant to do any harm. I didn't know it was wrong to go into Mademoiselle's room. No one ever said I mustn't. Molly, our maid, broke something every day of her life at Bally William, and no one disturbed themselves about it. What's a scent-bottle?
Then a slow-winged shadow, passing between him and the ceiling with puling cry, startled him to the truth. The memories surged back on him. He knew. That white wall sheer above him was the cliff; that swaying curtain was the mist; that passing shadow a sea-bird. The hard something he was clutching so jealously was the scent-bottle; this still thing at his side was The thought stabbed him awake.
"By all the gods, Gabinius!" cried Servius, forgetting to lisp his Greekisms, "don't you know me? Let me go, for old friendship's sake!" Gabinius turned from his task, and held to his nose a glass scent-bottle he had found in the vehicle. "Ah! amice," he responded deliberately, "I really did not anticipate the pleasure of meeting you thus!
"If you do, he will only break it for you break it into little pieces like the glass scent-bottle which you dropped yesterday. Take everything. But do not give anything in return. Will you remember?" And Magda answered her gravely. "Oui, maman, I will remember."
Dusautoy, rising with full energy, and laying a cushion under Sophy's head, reaching a scent-bottle, and sending her husband for cold water and sal volatile; with readiness that astonished Albinia, unused to illness, and especially to faintings, and remorseful at having taken Sophy out. 'Was it the pain of her arm that had overcome her? 'No, said Sophy, 'it was only my back.
She stepped in at the window, gathered up certain small properties a gold scent-bottle, one or two books, a blotting-case, as with a view to final packing and departure. Just as she reached the door she heard Richard say curtly: "Send the carriage round. I shall not want it to-night." But even so Helen did not turn back.
"State your own case, Kenrick." "Well, the case simply is, that a scent-bottle has been taken from Mrs Hart; and Penn doesn't see nor do I why he should be searched." "You haven't mentioned that young Evson says he saw him take it." "Why, Charlie, what have you been doing?" said Walter, looking at his brother's bruised and smeared face in surprise.
I am just going to my room to get my scent-bottle; I will return immediately;" and Madame escaped. Hubert was delighted with the little lady's manoeuvre, designed, as he knew, to leave him alone with Cynthia. As for Cynthia, she gave one scared look round, as if she dreaded to meet his eyes, then dropped into the nearest chair and placed one hand over her face. He thought that she was crying.
Instantly a rapid movement took place among the boys as though to prevent this; but before anything could be done, Henderson had seized Penn by both wrists and Whalley, diving a hand into his right pocket, drew out and held up a little ornamental scent-bottle! This decisive proof produced for a moment a dead silence among the loud voices raised in altercation; and then Power said
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