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Butler would have set out forthwith to return to Pinhel, knowing how urgent was the need of the division and with what impatience the choleric General Craufurd would be awaiting him. "Why, so you shall, so you shall," said the priestly, soothing Souza. "But first you'll dine. There is good dinner ah, but what good dinner! that I have order.
Henceforth you see him the sport of pitiless circumstance. They dined within the half-hour, as Souza had promised, and they dined exceedingly well. If yesterday the steward had been able without warning of their coming to spread at short notice so excellent a feast, conceive what had been accomplished now by preparation. Emptying his fourth and final bumper of rich red Douro, Mr.
Did you ever open your handkerchief with the suspicion that you had got a duster into your pocket by mistake, till the name of De Souza blazoned on the corner showed you that you were wearing someone else's property? An accident of this kind reveals a beneficent branch of the Dhobie's business, one in which he comes to the relief of needy respectability.
Da Souza, who opened the door for them, returned to his seat, moodily flicking the crumbs from his trousers with his serviette. "Hang it all, Trent," he remarked in an aggrieved tone, "you might be a bit more amiable! Nice lively dinner for the women I must say." "One isn't usually amiable to guests who stay when they're not asked," Trent answered gruffly.
Trent helped himself to coffee, and leaned back in his chair, stirring it thoughtfully. "You are right, Da Souza," he said. "It is an excellent joke. The cream of it is too that I am in earnest; neither you nor any of those ladies whom I see out there will sit at my table again." "You are not in earnest! You do not mean it!" "I can assure you," Trent replied grinning, "that I do!"
Trent lit a cigar and puffed furiously at it. "I will think it over, at least," he said in a low tone. "Bring back your wife and daughter, and leave me alone for a while." "I knew," Da Souza murmured, "that my friend would be reasonable." "And the young ladies?" "Send them to " "I will send them back to where they came from," Da Souza interrupted blandly. It is probable that Mrs.
Besides, the British Government disavowed the Raiders' action and punished the Raiders, who, I am quite prepared to admit, got no more than they deserved. de Souza. 'I don't complain about the British Government's action at the time of the Raid. Chamberlain behaved very honourably then.
This host's name happened to be Souza, and the apologist in question has very rashly leapt at the conclusion that he was a member of that notoriously intriguing family, of which the chief members were the Principal Souza, of the Council of Regency at Lisbon, and the Chevalier Souza, Portuguese minister to the Court of St. James's.
The sultan has permitted myself, Mr. and Miss de Souza, with three servants, to proceed to Singapore in one of his prahus, where I hope to succeed in procuring the release of the remainder of my companions from their present very uncomfortable situation. I dare not say more.
He showed all his white teeth in the smile with which he welcomed his visitor. The light of battle was in his small, keen eyes, in his cringing bow, his mock humility. "I am most honoured, Mr. Trent, sir," he declared. "Welcome back to England. When did you return?" "Yesterday," Trent said shortly. "And you have come," Da Souza continued, "fresh from the triumphs of the race-course.
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