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The chauffeur took a final glance around; as far as he could see, and a final shuddering look at the valley of the Ar, far below. "I will tell you," he said sullenly. Herman Spier had made his escape with the letter. He ran through tortuous byways of the old city, under arches into courtyards, out again by doorway set in walls, twisted, doubled like a rabbit.
The latitude we supposed was 55° 19´. We were now certainly on the Doggerbank. We caught many young spier hayties, which the English call dogs, and because large numbers of these fish always keep there, the bank, which is very large and almost makes the figure of a fishing boat, is called the Doggerbank. At four o'clock we had 18 fathoms, and in the evening 17.
"I'm sayin' naething agin Bell," pursued the other, "but, man Sam'l, a body should be mair deleeberate in a thing o' the kind." "It was michty hurried," said Sam'l, wo-fully. "It's a serious thing to spier a lassie," said Sanders. "It's an awfu' thing," said Sam'l. "But we'll hope for the best," added Sanders in a hopeless voice.
An', by the leuk o' ye, ye'd be nane the waur for soap an' water yer ainsel's." "We'll gie 'im 'is washin' an' combin' the nicht," they volunteered, eagerly. "Weel, noo, he wullna hae 'is dinner till the time-gun." Neither would they. At that, annoyed by their persistence, Mr. Brown denied authority. "Ye ken weel he isna ma dog. Ye'll hae to gang up an' spier Maister Traill.
We had a grand take, I mind, and the way that the fish lay broucht us near in by the Bass, whaur we forgaithered wi' anither boat that belanged to a man Sandie Fletcher in Castleton. He's no lang deid niether, or ye could spier at himsel'. Weel, Sandie hailed. "What's yon on the Bass?" says he. "On the Bass?" says grandfaither. "Ay," says Sandie, "on the green side o't."
Indeed, 'am of opinion that he's no without a hantle o' book lair; for, to do him justice, de'il a question I spier at him, anent the learned names o' the rare plants, that he hasna at his finger ends, and gies to me off-hand. Naebody but a man that has gotten book lair could do yon." "Ou, just a correck knowledge o' the learned names of the plants.
And when I was a limber lad like yourself, I do think truly that once I might hae likit weel to hae been lot and part of siclike stir and hazard, and to see the bale-fires burn. "Bear with me a moment yet, and I'll have done. There is a hard question I would spier of you. I thought but ill of my kind in my younger days.
"I'm sayin' naething agin Bell," pursued the other, "but, man Sam'l, a body should be mair deleeberate in a thing o' the kind." "It was michty hurried," said Sam'l, woefully. "It's a serious thing to spier a lassie," said Sanders. "It's an awfu thing," said Sam'l. "But we'll hope for the best," added Sanders, in a hopeless voice.
He suspected the girl of a softness for him, not entirely borne out by the facts. So he straightened his ready-made tie, which hooked to his collar button, and ogled her. "All right, girl. You may go," said Humbert. His huge bulk seemed to fill the little room. "Good-night to you both," the girl said, and gave Herman Spier a nod. When she was gone, the concierge locked the door behind her.
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