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Sir Thomas, he knew, always carried a good deal of money with him. It was unlikely that he kept this on his person in the evening. A man to whom the set of his clothes is as important as it was to Sir Thomas, does not carry a pocket-book full of banknotes when he is dressed for dinner. He would leave it somewhere, reasoned Spennie. Where, he asked himself. The answer was easy.
Leaving him to discuss the point with Charteris, Spennie slipped quietly away. The delay, however, had had the effect of counteracting the uplifting effects of the Mumm's. The British Lion required a fresh fillip. He went to his room to administer it. By the time he emerged, he was feeling just right for the task in hand.
Would there, Pitt, old man?" These were deep problems, too spacious for casual examination. Jimmy shrugged his shoulders. "Well, I guess Sir Thomas might not have got along with George Washington, anyway," he said. "Of course not. Well" Spennie moved toward the door "I'm off downstairs to see what Aunt Julia has to say about it all." A shudder, as if from some electric shock, shook Sir Thomas.
So engrossed was his lordship in his meditations that a voice spoke at his elbow ere he became aware of Sir Thomas himself, standing by his side. "Well, Spennie, my boy," said the knight. "Time to dress for dinner, I think. Eh? Eh?" He was plainly in high good humor.
He only walked away when I got off to pick some roses, and I couldn't catch him. And then I met Jimmy." Jimmy bowed. "I hope you aren't tired out," said Lady Jane to him. "We thought you would never arrive. It's such a long walk. It was really too careless of Spennie not to let us know when he expected you."
When Spennie became Earl of Dreever, there was about one dollar and thirty cents in the family coffers. This is the point at which Sir Thomas Blunt breaks into Dreever history.
"A fool, if you refuse my offer." "I've a fearfully good mind to give you a most frightful kicking." "I shouldn't try, Spennie, if I were you. It's not the form of indoor game at which you'd shine. Better stick to picquet." "If you think I can't pay you your rotten money " "I do. But if you can, so much the better. Money is always useful." "I may be a fool in some ways "
Now and then, it is true, we find beginners forging with the accuracy of old hands or breaking into houses with the finish of experts. But these are isolated cases. The average tyro lacks generalship altogether. Spennie may be cited as a typical novice.
Lady Blunt stopped short, and fixed him with a glittering eye. "I know what it is, Spencer," she said. "You never telegraphed to your mother to tell her what time you were going to arrive." Spennie opened his mouth feebly, but apparently changing his mind, made no reply. "My dear," said Sir Thomas smoothly, "we must not expect too much of Spennie." "Pshaw!" This was a single shot from the Maxim.
The prompter had made himself a great favorite from the start, his series of duets with Spennie having been especially admired; and Jimmy, as became an old professional, had played his part with great finish and certainty of touch, though, like the bloodhounds in "Uncle Tom's Cabin" on the road, he had had poor support. But the audience bore no malice.
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