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He wondered whether Beorn's treatment of Spurling, and the fact that he had shown him to him on the earliest occasion, was meant as a threat to himself; or had the disclosures which he had made in his delirium given him the impression that he also was entirely Spurling's enemy. The bearing of Eyelids and of Peggy led him to believe that the latter supposition was correct.
"I'm not going to stop here to be kicked round by a bunch of Rubes like you," he snarled. "I won't stand for it any longer. I'll give you ten dollars to set me over on Matinicus to-night." There was a dangerous flicker in Spurling's eyes, but his voice was steady. "You can go, and welcome, on our next trip, day after to-morrow; but we can't break into our regular work to set you across." "No?
Another matter became clear in his mind; that, when Spurling's body was discovered, if the man who had done the deed did not own up, he would be accused of the murder and it would be murder, for it would be thought that he had killed him not in the cause of justice, but out of private spite.
He conceived that it would answer his purpose better, in order that he might make the corporal unsuspicious of his share in Spurling's escape, to speak of him in a hostile manner, and to mention all the small and private faults which he could place to his discredit.
"Come into old Spurling's shop; he will sew it up in a trice. He always mends our things; and I will pay for it." I at once accepted my school-fellow's offer; and we made our way to the narrow lane in which Andrew's small shop was situated.
It was outrageous that he, the son of John P. Whittington, should be expected to shift for himself like an ordinary fisherman. "I'm not used to living in a pigpen!" he snapped. "This cabin's too dark to be healthy; besides, it isn't clean." A spark of temper flashed in Spurling's eyes. "Stop right there, Whittington! This is my uncle Tom's cabin.
He saw the glint of eyes in the darkness, shining out and disappearing among the crosses. He tried to count them; as far as he could make out there were six pairs. Then he called them softly by name, and there came toward him Spurling's four grey huskies and the two of his own team, which had been taken.
Even then, when they had rejected all the provisions, save those which were necessary for a five days' journey, and their blankets and their rifles, the canoe was still unsafe. At Spurling's suggestion they limited themselves to half rations and took off all their clothing except their trousers and shirts; and still it was too heavy.
Spurling's new curate that it is thought that he may be tempted to secure her assistance for ever. So runs the gossip of the village, and in small places such gossip is seldom wrong. As to Hector Spurling, he is still in her Majesty's service, and seems inclined to abide by his father's wise advice, that he should not think of marrying until he was a Commander.
Very strangely to Granger, since Spurling's arrival, they had manifested a great fondness for being in his own company; one or other of them was never far from his side. Though he turned upon them angrily, telling them that he wished to be by himself, they continually disobeyed and, next minute, like faithful dogs, with apologetic faces, were to be found watching near by.
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